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AZERBAIJANI ENVOY RESPONDS TO NYT CRITICISM
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Jan 21 2015
21 January 2015, 13:56 (GMT+04:00)
Azerbaijan's ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov responded
to the recent criticism over the country in the US daily newspaper
New York Times.
"While a January 12 editorial rightly underscores Azerbaijan's
contribution to European energy security and promoting intercultural
dialogue, it shows little appreciation for the changing realities in
Eurasia," Suleymanov's article says.
Earlier, New York Times expressed criticism over Azerbaijan, referring
to WikiLeaks, which publishes the information taken from anonymous
sources.
"Should America's partners relate to Washington based on what they
learn about the United States from WikiLeaks, a source that you quote,
or through the prism of individual cases, where the American view
of justice differs from perceptions abroad? If so, the conversation
would be reduced to counterproductive mutual accusations," he wrote.
Suleymanov said that instead, focusing on a positive agenda and
working to address real challenges -- like the humanitarian needs of
hundreds of thousands of displaced victims of Armenia's occupation of
Nagorno-Karabakh and the territories around it -- is a more productive
approach. This would certainly fit both American values and interests.
"Finally, although the article seems to dismiss assertions that a
coordinated campaign is waged against Azerbaijan, the sudden increase
of one-sided criticism of my country in the American media speaks
for itself," Suleymanov wrote.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/76331.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Jan 21 2015
21 January 2015, 13:56 (GMT+04:00)
Azerbaijan's ambassador to the United States Elin Suleymanov responded
to the recent criticism over the country in the US daily newspaper
New York Times.
"While a January 12 editorial rightly underscores Azerbaijan's
contribution to European energy security and promoting intercultural
dialogue, it shows little appreciation for the changing realities in
Eurasia," Suleymanov's article says.
Earlier, New York Times expressed criticism over Azerbaijan, referring
to WikiLeaks, which publishes the information taken from anonymous
sources.
"Should America's partners relate to Washington based on what they
learn about the United States from WikiLeaks, a source that you quote,
or through the prism of individual cases, where the American view
of justice differs from perceptions abroad? If so, the conversation
would be reduced to counterproductive mutual accusations," he wrote.
Suleymanov said that instead, focusing on a positive agenda and
working to address real challenges -- like the humanitarian needs of
hundreds of thousands of displaced victims of Armenia's occupation of
Nagorno-Karabakh and the territories around it -- is a more productive
approach. This would certainly fit both American values and interests.
"Finally, although the article seems to dismiss assertions that a
coordinated campaign is waged against Azerbaijan, the sudden increase
of one-sided criticism of my country in the American media speaks
for itself," Suleymanov wrote.
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/76331.html