SECOND ARMENIAN STATE NEVER TO BE ALLOWED ON AZERI LAND, LEADER SAYS

Lider TV, Baku
14 Aug 06

[Presenter] A conference attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev, diplomats, consuls and representatives of the diplomatic
corps is under way at the Foreign Ministry. The biennial conference
will review work done, as well as tasks facing Azerbaijani diplomacy,
and define short-term and long-term priorities.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has addressed the conference and
given necessary instructions and tasks to diplomats.

[Aliyev] The Azerbaijani lands under occupation must be freed from
the occupying forces, and refugees and internally displaced people
must return to their homes, as well as to Nagornyy Karabakh. Once
this has happened, the status of Nagornyy Karabakh may be
discussed. International norms of law, as well as the existing
positive practice and experience, should be applied when the status
is discussed.

We know that many countries have ethnic minorities and
autonomies. Having an ethnic minority does not mean that by way of
separatism our country may be divided for an independent country to
be set up. They say that Karabakh Armenians must have the right to
self-determination. Given this, as I have said more than once, there
are also Armenians in other countries. Will they set up Armenian
states in Los Angeles, USA, in Marseille, France, in Krasnodar or
in Georgia? How many Armenian states will be established across the
world following this logic? This is impossible. Why should Azerbaijan
be an exception? Why should a second Armenian state be established
exactly on Azerbaijani territory? What is the logic here? I am not
mentioning all other issues.

I want to state once again that we shall never allow this to happen. We
are simply talking about the logic. Therefore, their legal positions
are very weak.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress