Vitaly Balasanyan: Azerbaijan is likely to settle Karabakh issue
through militaristic statements

12-05-2007 11:44:22 – KarabakhOpen

Member of Parliament Vitaly Balasanyan, chair of Havat NGO, commented
on the statement by the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev that Baku
demands return of all the seven territories adjacent to Karabakh.

Obviously, Azerbaijan tends to settle the Karabakh issue through
militaristic statements. Karabakh upholds a fair peace settlement of
the issue. As to the withdrawal of the force from the territories
surrounding the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, apparently
it is necessary to remind Azerbaijan about the historical realities
before and after the Soviet Union.

The regime led by Ilham Aliyev ruling in Azerbaijan continues to feed
their public with false promises to take revenge and to return the
territories for which they have no rights, forgetting that they are
responsible for the deaths and destruction.

The Aliyev clan misleads their nation, reassuring them that the
conflict will be settled in favor of Azerbaijan. This behavior stems
from the desire to hold on to power. The militaristic statements are
an effort to pressure on the international community and avoid
responsibility. Presently, Azerbaijan is not ready for a fair peace
settlement of the issue because the desire of the Baku authorities to
hold on to power is cemented with the ideology of Great Turan.