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AZERBAIJAN USES KARABAKH PRISONER OF WAR FOR PROPAGANDA, EXPERT SAYS
YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan is using the contract serviceman
of Karabakh army of defense Andranik Grigoryan, who crossed into
Azerbaijan on Sunday, for propaganda purposes, political analyst
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said on Sputik-Armenia radio.
A contract serviceman of Karabakh army of defense, 24-year old Andranik
Grigoryan left his weapon, deserted and crossed into Azerbaijan at
about 13:50 on Sunday March 22, the press office of Nagorno-Karabakh
ministry of defense reported.
Azerbaijani mass media disseminated a video of Grigoryan on Monday.
It is not the first case when Azerbaijan makes Armenian citizens
found in its territory say what it needs in front of the cameras,
to re-affirm its anti-Armenian propaganda Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
This means Azerbaijan is consistent in its policies and re-affirms
it will pull out all the stops to achieve its goals, according to
Melik-Shahnazaryan.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum.
A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace
agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several
adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of
Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era
conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of
the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0--
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YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Azerbaijan is using the contract serviceman
of Karabakh army of defense Andranik Grigoryan, who crossed into
Azerbaijan on Sunday, for propaganda purposes, political analyst
Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan said on Sputik-Armenia radio.
A contract serviceman of Karabakh army of defense, 24-year old Andranik
Grigoryan left his weapon, deserted and crossed into Azerbaijan at
about 13:50 on Sunday March 22, the press office of Nagorno-Karabakh
ministry of defense reported.
Azerbaijani mass media disseminated a video of Grigoryan on Monday.
It is not the first case when Azerbaijan makes Armenian citizens
found in its territory say what it needs in front of the cameras,
to re-affirm its anti-Armenian propaganda Melik-Shahnazaryan said.
This means Azerbaijan is consistent in its policies and re-affirms
it will pull out all the stops to achieve its goals, according to
Melik-Shahnazaryan.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum.
A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace
agreement has been signed. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several
adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of
Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era
conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of
the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0--
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/azerbaijan_uses_karabakh_prisoner_of_war_for_propa ganda_expert_says/#sthash.2Uqj0kPP.dpuf