BAKU PLOTTING ATTACK AGAINST ARMENIAN DIASPORA AND MEDIATORS
By Gayane Movsessian
Yerkir.am
August 18, 2006
Baku has discovered a new scapegoat for its diplomatic failures –
the Armenian Diaspora.
The activities of the Armenian Diaspora aimed at moral and material
support to the policies of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic have
been bothering Azerbaijan and Turkey for a long time. The latter have
been trying to oppress politically and economically the two Armenian
states for more than ten years.
There are very few people in Baku who do not talk about the
"omnipresent and omnipotent Armenian lobby". The Azeris have been
trying in vain to mobilize their nationals living abroad for the
benefit of the homeland.
At last, Ilham Aliyev decided to mobilize his diplomats against the
successors of those who survived the Turkish yataghan and escaped to
different parts of the world from the Western Armenia. At a meeting
with representatives of diplomatic missions in Baku Aliyev expressed
his concern that the international community’s sympathy lies with
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. He demanded that all Azeri diplomats
exert their best efforts to change the situation.
"We have to launch an information attack and reveal the true nature of
Armenia’s policies," Aliyev stated expressing his discontent with the
fact that the Azeri diplomacy fails to counter the activities of the
Armenian Diaspora and change the international community’s sympathy
towards Azerbaijan. "The international community sympathizes with
Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh," Aliyev stated in a very nervous manner
and demanded that his diplomats do everything to change this situation.
One can easily make guesses as to how this will be achieved: the
Azeri propaganda machine will most likely increase the flow of lies
and dirt poured against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic in
an attempt to present Azerbaijan as "the unfortunate victim of the
Armenian aggression". Baku does not seem to care that Azerbaijan,
with its population of 7-8 million people, its oil reserves and
increasing wealth, sounds ridiculous because of its constant weeping
and complaints against Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh Republic and its
tendency of accusing everyone for its failures.
OSCE Minsk Group might become another target for activation of Azeri
diplomacy. At the same meeting with the Azeri diplomats a proposal was
made that USA, Russia and France chair the Minsk Group on a rotation
basis. Of course, the proposal was not made with the purpose of making
the negotiation process more efficient. On the contrary, the Azeri
diplomats are looking for a scapegoat to blame for the failures in
the Karabakh negotiation process. Official Baku believes USA, Russia
and France can be such scapegoats. It is interesting to know who will
be the first one?