RASIM AGHAYEV: "OFFICIAL BAKU SHOULD DRAW A CONCLUSION THAT MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI AAN NOT BE TRUSTED"
Today.Az
05 September 2008 [11:25]
"President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan chose a suitable moment for
announcing that their top goal is to persuade Azerbaijani side that
recognition of the right of "Nagorno Karabakh" for self-determination
is inevitable. The thing is that the defeat of Georgian President
Mikhail Saakashvili on the South-Ossetian and Abkhazian fronts
resulted in Azerbaijan’s being able to think of the forced return
of our occupied lands only theoretically", said famous political
scientist Rasim Aghayev.
According to him, Georgia has compromised the very strategic formula
of Azerbaijan in the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
based on international law.
"After the Georgian-Russian war international law and territorial
integrity of the state were ignored.
Moreover, Georgia has compromised the very strategic formula of
Azerbaijan in the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict based
on international law. After the Georgian-Russian war international
law and territorial integrity of the state were ignored", noted the
political scientist and added that Serzh Sargsyan, whose voice became
louder after the events in Georgia, takes into account these moments
and even so more he sees the amenability of the Turkish leadership,
which is making open steps for unblocking the border with Armenia
and establishing normal relations with it.
"In the result, we see that Armenia’s policy, which stakes on ignoring
international right and openly demonstrates territorial claims to all
neighbor states, is more suitable in conditions of the established
geopolitical realities in our region. This allows Serzh Sargsyan to
put pressure on Azerbaijan", said he.
Rasim Aghayev said that though Georgian President Mikhail Saakasvili’s
actions are explainable, as he wanted to regain control over the
autonomies via blitzkrieg and naturally the countries, which are
planning to conduct such military actions, do not coordinate their
actions with the allies in order to prevent inflation leakage, it was
necessary to think about the negative variant of the developments,
not only for Georgia but also for its allies, in this case Azerbaijan.
"Georgian President failed to do it and after the recent events
official Baku should draw the following conclusions: Mikhail
Saakashvili can not be trusted".
According to the political scientist, if political and economic
rapprochement of Armenia and Turkey takes place, Azerbaijan should
create a new bloc to deal with the resolution of territorial disputes.
"Moreover in exchange for Armenia’s disavowal of territorial claims
to Azerbaijan, official Baku may start unblocking borders with
Armenia. But official Baku can take this step only after Armenia
returns our occupied lands and officially disavows the territorial
claims to20 Azerbaijan, as history proves that Armenians are
highly unreliable partners, who can violate existing agreements
at any moment. Moreover Azerbaijan should hamper the prospects of
establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and Turkey more
actively", concluded the political scientist.