NKR DEFENSE MINISTRY: BAKHMANOV’S STATEMENT NOTHING BUT REGULAR PROVOCATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.02.2008 16:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The statement by Nizami Bakhmanov, the leader of
so-called Azeri community of Karabakh, is nothing but a regular
provocation of the Azerbaijani agitation machine, head of the
propaganda and information division at the NKR Defense Ministry,
lieutenant colonel Senor Asratyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"This is a recurrent canard of the Azeri authorities meant to mislead
the public. The statement also conflicts with the EU recommendations
for trust building measures between Armenia and Azerbaijan," Asratyan
said, adding, "There are no Kurds in Nagorno Karabakh. It’s strange
that Mr Bakhmanov is unaware of this fact."

On February 11, Bakhmanov told a news conference in Baku that
Azerbaijan will carry out "anti-terrorist operations in Karabakh if
existence of Kurdish bases is proved." The Azeri Defense Ministry
did not comment on the statement, 1news.az agency said.

In 1928, Soviet Azerbaijan razed to the ground Red Kurdistan, a region
adjacent to Karabakh. Exiled Kurds found shelter in Armenia.