ANAR MAMMADKHANOV: IF EVERYTHING COULD BE SOLVED BY SHOUTING, WE WOULD HAVE LIBERATED KARABAKH

Azeri Press Agency
Oct 23 2007

"Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry can negotiate with Armenians in Nagorno
Karabakh, since this territory belongs to Azerbaijan. But Foreign
Ministry’s negotiating with Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh would not
be right," parliamentarian Anar Mammadkhanov told journalists, APA
reports. The parliamentarian said he will visit Karabakh, if invited
and noted that he has not been offered yet.

"But I can visit Nagorno Karabakh as a public figure, not as a
parliamentarian," he said.

Commenting on Armenians’ visit to Baku, Anar Mammadkhanov said that
the main problem is which Armenian visits Baku.

"Sportsmen came and what happened? Did we sell Karabakh, or did
it offend our honor? We are not ashamed when it is necessary. Let
Armenians come and see Baku, and envy us. For some reason, we want
to beat Armenians in Baku for 20 years. If everything could be solved
by shouting, we would have liberated Karabakh," he said.

Anar Mammadkhanov also noted that the Armenians living in Karabakh
do not have one-sided approach to Azerbaijan.

"We should not say that all of them are enemies, all want to be
independent and hate Azerbaijan. We should involve Armenians having
loyal attitude towards Azerbaijan in this process. Sooner or later
Azerbaijan should work with them," he said.