GEORGIAN EX-PRESIDENT SAYS ARMENIA SHOULD RESPECT AZERBAIJAN
Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan
May 10 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku/ Trend , corr. P. Amirdjanov/ Eduard Shevarnadze,
the Georgian Ex-President, who worked together with Azerbaijan’s
All-Nation Leader heydar Aliyev for many years, urges Armenia to
respect Azerbaijan, since it is the most powerful state in South
Caucasus, Trend reports referring to the National AzTV Channel.
According to Mr. Shevarnadze, just owing to the political will of
Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan has taken the leading position in the region.
" Armenia should respect Azerbaijan, otherwise it may lost its
independence. I think that Armenians will realize the necessity
to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The delay in this issue
may represent even more heavy results than the present-day ones,
as Azerbaijan has left behind both Armenia and Georgia by economic,
military and defence, and other indicators," stated Mr. Shevranadze.
"Heydar Aliyev was a unique person. He founded the independent state
on an empty place. The existing Azerbaijani leader is a wise man too.
Heydar Aliyev did not make a mistake when he chose him as his
successor," concluded the Georgian Ex-President.