From: Sebouh Z Tashjian <[email protected]>
Subject: Azeris Do Not Condole With Armenians
PanARMENIAN.Net
Azeris Do Not Condole With Armenians
Azerbaijan did not even condole with Russia on the
tragic airplane crash.
06.05.2006 GMT+04:00
The crash of Armenian plane was used in Azerbaijan as a means of
political propaganda. While Yerevan and Moscow and the whole world are
mourning, Azeris are trying to benefit by discrediting Armenia and
bringing senseless accusations towards Russia. This is another proof
of the anti-Armenian hysteria in the neighbor country.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It should be admitted that this time in Azerbaijan
there were no such disgraceful phenomena like in December 1988 when
Yerevan received congratulating telegrams after the devastating
earthquake in Spitak. Celebrations on the occasion of “punishment
of Armenians” by Allakh did not take place in Baku. Azeri mass
media did not gloat over our tragedy. The majority of Azeri newspapers
made casual mentions about the accident, without any comments. (The
death of 113 Armenians does not deserve the attention of Baku press.)
However there were some newspapers, which expressed their anger on the
fact that President Putin announced a national mourning day in Russia
because of the Armenian plane crash. Azeris call this an application
of double standards by Russian leaders. Newspapers remind that, on
February 23rd, 2006 when the roof of Basman market in Mocow fell down
and killed about 40 Azeris, Putin did not announce mourning and
celebrations of the Soldier’s Day were organized with usual
pomposity. In Baku they suppose that the two tragedies mentioned above
are equal though the number of victims is not. Meanwhile, it is worth
mentioning that after the incident in Basman market Azerbaijan did not
announce mourning day too. Taking into account this, it is not clear
why do they demand that from Moscow.
Baku newspapers made use of the slightly tactless statement of the
head of Moscow Helsinki Group Ludmila Alekseeva who recently said that
announcement of national mourning bore political coloring and was a
political curtsey towards Armenia – the only country with which Russia
has not quarreled with yet. Azeri journalists quote this phrase of
Alekseeva with special pleasure. According to the representatives of
the political elite of Azerbaijan, Vladimir Putin’s decision
testifies to the fact that he is not impartial to
Armenians. “Kremlin’s attitude towards Azerbaijan significantly
differs from that towards our western neighbors”, Majlis deputy
Panakh Hussein said on Thursday. Similar to this was the announcement
of his colleague Elmira Akhundova: “Russians do not like Azeris and
Armenians know how to make a big show of any tragedy and turn that to
their own advantage”, she said. Thus, there can be one conclusion
– Russia cannot be an objective mediator in Karabakh conflict
settlement…
No one expected official organs of Azerbaijan to condole Armenia. But
Aliev could at least condole Russia, since there are 24 Russian
citizens among plane crash victims. Meanwhile, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Turkey Abdullah Gul addressed official condolences to his
Armenian colleague. On Friday the document was to be delivered to
Armenia. By the way many Turks came to the Armenian diplomatic
representation in Istanbul and expressed their pain in the condolence
book. Nothing of the kind could happen in Baku. However, for the sake
of justice, it should be noted that several Azeri deputies told local
journalists that maybe it was worth condoling Armenia. After all,
Armenians are also people… «PanARMENIAN.Net» analytical
department