ABDULLAYEVA PLACES GHUKASYAN IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION
Lragir.am
03 Aug 06
On August 3 Arzu Abdullayeva, the chair of the Azerbaijani National
Committee of Helsinki Civil Assembly, gave a news conference in Baku.
This news conference is interesting in the sense that Abdullayeva
told about her visit to Armenia and especially Karabakh. The news
conference of the Azerbaijani defender of human rights revealed some
interesting details concerning Arkady Ghukasyan. Maybe these are not
revelations but in this case Arkady Ghukasyan should also announce
about it or deny Abdullayeva’s words. And according to Abdullayeva,
Arkady Ghukasyan said, "the agreement of Armenians to the settlement
involving a common state was a concession and a chance for Azerbaijan
which Azerbaijan missed, however". But it is not all that Ghukasyan
said and that Abdullayeva told in his homeland.
According to Abdullayeva, Arkady Ghukasyan considered the discussion
of an interim status possible. "An interim status is interesting,
however we must know what is awaiting us in the future," said the NKR
president according to Abdullayeva. But this is not the end. According
to the Azerbaijani defender of human rights, Ghukasyan recognized the
right of Azerbaijan to work out the status of Karabakh. This is the
end. Hopefully this will be the end of Ghukasyan as the NKR president.
We should ask Arkady Ghukasyan what he considers himself to be in
Karabakh, a president, a governor or a self-declared official. If he is
a president, of which country? If he is the president of Karabakh, what
interim status the head of the state which was declared independent
in 1992 is talking about? It is clear that the state has not been
recognized yet but Arkady Ghukasyan may be convinced that it will
not be recognized if the head of this state speaks about an interim
status. Moreover, he also speaks about the right of Azerbaijan with
regard to the status. The right of the same Azerbaijan which used
aggression against Karabakh. The same Azerbaijan, from which Karabakh
became independent, at the expense of thousands of victims. And now
the president of this independent country not only considers the
existence of some interim status possible but also recognizes the
right of a state to interfere although our people gave thousands of
victims to become free from this state.
If Arkady Ghukasyan considers himself a governor, he made a serious
subordination mistake, speaking about something which is the right
of the president of Armenia, because he works out the foreign policy
of the country. And if Arkady Ghukasyan is a self-declared official,
in this case Karabakh needs to hold a presidential election as soon
as possible, for someone may decide to grant an interim status to an
independent state. Hurry to save Karabakh!
It is also possible that Arkady Ghukasyan has serious expectations
that after reaching an interim status until 2007 he will have a
chance to be president for another two terms in Karabakh with a new
status. Especially that Matthew Bryza hinted that the spring of 2007
is a favorable period for a definitive agreement. Devil knows what may
happen, and if before the NKR presidential election in 2007 Karabakh
is given a new status, Arkady Ghukasyan will get a legitimate chance
for nomination which he does not have now. It should not be forgotten
even if the country’s independence is forgotten, that the devil jokes
when God allows him to.
However, it is also possible that Ghukasyan does not forget, and the
devil is not joking, simply Abdullayeva is lying. It is not excluded,
because they all are human beings and tell lies, especially in their
homeland. And in that case it is not enough that Arkady Ghukasyan
publicly refutes Abdullayeva’s statement. The society does not
have a reason to believe Ghukasyan more than Abdullayeva or vice
versa. Especially that Azerbaijan is the homeland for Abdullayeva’s
lies, and Karabakh is for Ghukasyan’s. However, it is wrong to tell
lies in the homeland, otherwise this time God will not try, God will
punish immediately.
HAKOB BADALYAN