AZERBAIJANI NEWSPAPER: FREQUENT CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH CRITICISM ADDRESSED TO AZERBAIJANI DM S. ABIYEV

Yerevan, April 17. ArmInfo. The frequent cease-fire violations
on the contact line of Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces are
directly connected with the criticism addressed to Defense Minister
of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev, writes military correspondent of the
newspaper “Realniy Azerbaijan” Jan-Mirza Mirzoyev in his article
“President is no authority for Abiyev.”

“In one of my previous articles I mentioned that the cease-fire and
the situation of undeclared war helped S. Abiyev keep his post for
some fatal fortunity (regularity?). Every time when his person was
subjected to harsh criticism and the wave of indignation reached
Mass Media, exchange of fire was starting on the front line and the
cease-fire was being violated,> J. Mirzoyev writes. “One can speak
of a fatal regularity of cease-fire violations now. The wave of
accusatory articles about the activity of the defense minister was
arousing a splash of activity on the delimitation line. At first it
was by chance, for the second time it was just a coincidence, and for
the third time it became a system,> Mirzoyev says. He adds that such
connections must be revealed by relevant bodies and any reference to
external forces is inappropriate “as everything is much more prosaic.>

Mirzoyev believes that hot news on cease-fire violations and the
military valor of “the hungry, barefoot and untrained Azerbaijani
soldiers” creates patriotic sentiments in public. Simultaneously,
subconsciously the citizens think that in the period of a new
Armenian attack, S. Abiyev should be protected against criticism and
suspensions, the correspondent writes.

“False impression! The soldiers, officers on the front line guard
us and die for us and never the rat-generals in the rear who take
to soldier’s ration,> Mirzoyev writes. The Defense Ministry data
say that the cease-fire violations for the last three months killed
18 servicemen and wounded 12. “What losses did the Armenian party
suffer? Armenian Defense Ministry sources and Mass Media report
that the Azerbaijani party “repeatedly violates the cease-fire;
return fire neutralizes the enemy weapon emplacements,” but nothing
about killed or wounded. No victims! What is it? Misinformation? So,
who the fire was exchanged with?> Miszoyev asks.