ISN’T AZERBAIJAN A MEMBER OF THE UN, THE OSCE AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE?

KarabakhOpen
29-01-2008 12:53:24

The speaker of the Azerbaijani ministry of foreign affairs Khazar
Ibrahim was asked to comment on the statements by Armenian officials
that in order to guarantee the Armenian communication the Armenian
force should be deployed to Mingechaur and Yevlakh. "It is more
evidence that the Armenians do not give up their territorial claims
to other states, but it is the 21st century rather than the 1990s,
and the member of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe cannot
threaten other countries with occupation."

"The speaker of the Azerbaijani ministry of foreign affairs did not
mention when, where and which Armenian official threatened to occupy
Yevlakh and Mingechaur," stated the chair of the NKR National Assembly
Committee of Foreign Affairs Vahram Atanesyan. "In addition, he is
trying to present his country as one which honors the international
law and has no territorial claims to its neighbors. In the meantime,
official Baku backs the movement of the National Revival of South
Azerbaijan which is in reality a radical movement for the secession
of the north of Iran and foundation of Great Azerbaijan."

"Khazar Ibrahim’s statement sounds especially pharisaic in the context
of the recent statements by the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev
during the opening of the "Olympic base" at the village of Guzanli,
who said "in 1918 Irivan (Yerevan, capital of Armenia) was granted
to the Armenians, and it was a bad mistake, the khanate of Irivan
is an Azerbaijani territory, and Armenians are not natives". The
Azerbaijani president made those statements publicly, and they were
released through the media. If this is not a territorial claim,
or as Khazar Ibrahim put it, threat of occupation to the sovereign
Armenian state, I wish the Azerbaijani expert on the international
law used his imagination to prove the contrary.

The impression is that the Azerbaijani side is interpreting the
international law in its own way, proceeding from their national
interests, whereas when the interests and the rights of the Armenian
people are concerned, Baku prefers medieval nuances of the word and
does not feel uneasy about imperialistic ambitions, ascribing the
history of another nation, such as Iran, to themselves, referring to
the khanate of Irivan as an Azerbaijani territory. Isn’t Azerbaijan a
member of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe? And what does
Baku demand from the international organizations if it violates
diplomatic ethic based on respect for criteria accepted in the
civilized world?" the member of parliament added.