ILKHAM ALIEV THREATENS ARMENIANS
Translated by Pavel Pushkin
Source: Turan news agency (Baku), December 21, 2006
Agency WPS
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
December 25, 2006 Monday
President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliev called on authorities of Armenia
to adopt a constructive stance at negotiations at the Nagorno-Karabakh
regulation. Speaking at a meeting in Nakhchyvan today, Aliev called
on Armenia "to finally accept" proposals of the Minsk group of the
OSCE and "not to seek excuses for drawing out."
According to Aliev, officials in Yerevan have been releasing
"ridiculous" statements lately. He added, "Azerbaijan will never
grand independence to Nagorno-Karabakh. Such statements of officials
are absolute lies."
Importance of Azerbaijan and Armenia for international community is
different. Economy of Azerbaijan is 500% bigger than economy of Armenia
and in the near future this difference will be tenfold. The overall
budget of Azerbaijan is 500% bigger than the budget of Armenia and the
military budget of Azerbaijan equals the overall budget of Armenia,
says Aliev.
Importance of Azerbaijan for the energy security of Europe has been
growing permanently, which has been strengthening the military
political position of the country, "So far, Azerbaijan has been
taking into account the interests of Armenia, namely the readiness
to grant autonomy to Nagorno-Karabakh. However, this may not be in
the future." Aliev called on Yerevan to draw a "correct" conclusion
and to adopt a constructive stance.
Aliev concluded, "You should not refer to parliamentary elections
and place yourself in a stupid position. The OSCE, European Union,
Council of Europe, US, France etc definitely condemned conduction of
the illegal referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh. The purposeful policy of
Azerbaijan is bringing its frits and we will achieve a just solving
of the problem."