Politicians Large Obstacle for Armenian-Azeri Dialogue

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.07.2006 15:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The work on establishment of peace between peoples
should be done by politicians. Public dialogue is necessary –
it is half the success on the way to peace, but just politicians
are the largest obstacle on the way to dialogue between Armenians
and Azeris, Azeri publicist and journalist Alekper Aliyev stated
in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words,
the anti-Armenian hysteria in Azerbaijan can be explained by Baku
losing the Karabakh war.

"The winner is always condescending – maybe this is why there is no
hysteria in Armenia similar to that in Azerbaijan. We have Leader
TV channel, which is authority leaning, and you can never hear of
xenophobia, anti-Armenian moods or military hysteria on it. However,
there are media, who each day propagate the enemy image," he remarked.

Aliyev also remarked that if politicians want a war, let them fight. In
his words, militant statements of top officials can result in nothing
good. "Leave the peoples alone, stop fearing peoples’ diplomacy. If the
state is afraid of its people, it means it does not trust it. As for
bans for trips to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh, the sole structures,
who can prevent me from travelling are the President, MFA and the
Ministry of National Security," he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress