Regnum News Agency, Russia
Feb. 20, 2008

Azerbaijani political analyst: Declaration of Kosovo’s independence
is undesirable for Baku

Infringement of the territorial integrity of one of the European
countries is an undesirable event for Azerbaijan, said Rasim
Musabekov, an independent political analyst, adding that `however,
there is no reason for worrying.’

Musabekov stressed that the official Baku should not undertake
obligations to anyone to recognize Kosovo. On the other hand, the
political analyst noted, `Kosovo’s case really has no analogues,
because, had it been no interference of the UN, the Serbs would have
continued carrying out ethnic purges, slaughtering whole districts
with prevailing Muslim population, no Kosovars would be left today.’
`As we see now, establishment of the direct control of the UN in
Kosovo was an only action to protect the party which was suffering
>From an imposed armed conflict, that is the Kosovars,’ he noted.
Thus, no wonder, he believes, that first Europe and the USA were
protecting the Muslim inhabitants of Kosovo in every way from the
Serbs that overwhelmed them by many times in human forces and armored
vehicles, and now they recognize Kosovo as an independent state.
According to him, contrary to the Kosovo case, `nobody plans to
recognize’ independence of the Armenians in Karabakh.