MUBARIZ AHMEDOGHLU: "IF THE VIDEO TAPE ABOUT THE SO-CALLED VIOLENCE IN THE AZERBAIJANI ARMY IS TRUE, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO OFFICIAL STRUCTURES FIRST"

Today.Az
08 October 2008 [15:52]
Azerbaijan

I am not an expert to assess the authenticity of the video tape about
the so-called violence in Azerbaijani army, but I am sure that if it
was really true, this material should have been brought to official
structures first", said Mubariz Ahmedoghlu, head of the center of
political innovations and technologies.

He noted that the appearance of this video tape in the internet is not
timely, as the presidential elections of Azerbaijan will be held soon
on the one hand and after the events in South Ossetia Armenians state
that Azerbaijan fears to make bellicose statements, on the other hand.

"Violence is partially present in the army of any state. 32 servicemen
died in Armenia in the first half of 2008, by official statistics. In
the end, the Armenian ombudsman intends to hold investigation in the
armed forces personally.

Now Armenians try to use any, even insignificant, negative fact to
throw shadow on Azerbaijan and its armed forces", said Ahmedoghlu.

He said it should be admitted that Azerbaijani armed forces are
currently much stronger than the armed forces of Armenia and Georgia.