‘Azerbaijani issue’ discussed at Bush-Kaskiv meeting

02.03.2005 13:26

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – U.S. President George W. Bush and Vladislav Kaskiv,
the head of the Ukrainian movement Pora, have discussed the “Azeri
issue” at their Bratislava meeting last week, according to the
Azerbaijani newspaper Echo.

Kaskiv, whose organization backed the “orange revolution” in Ukraine,
reportedly told Bush that Ukraine set a good example for the whole
region and that Azerbaijan is among the countries where there are good
grounds for using the Ukrainian example. Besides, the paper wrote, a
Center of experts will open in near future to support democratic
movements in Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Azerbaijan.

According to Pora’s press service head Anastasia Bezverkhova, a group
of Pora activists have sent letters to the leaders of several CIS
countries, warning them against possible repetitions of the “orange
revolutions” in their respective countries unless they pushed ahead
democratic reforms.

The organization has urged Ilham Aliyev to ensure fair and democratic
parliamentary elections in autumn, otherwise the Ukrainian
revolutionaries threatened to apply their experience in Azerbaijan,
Bezverkhova has told the Azeri paper.