Today.Az, Azerbaijan
Dec 4 2008

Mubariz Ahmedoghlu: "Armenians can lose in a referendum in Nagorno
Karabakh, which they suggest to hold"

04 December 2008 [15:36] – Today.Az

The issue of holding a referendum in Nagorno Karabakh is not dangerous
for Azerbaijan, said head of the Center of Political Innovations and
Technologies Mubariz Ahmedoghlu.

He considers that if theoretically we imagine that Azerbaijan agrees
to hold a referendum, the results can be negative for Armenians, who
offer them.

"Armenians consider that there are more Armenians than Azerbaijanis in
Nagorno Karabakh. But a simple calculation shows that it is not like
that. According to them, there are 137,000 Armenians in Nagorno
Karabakh and jist 65,000-70,000. They should realize that no one will
allow them to hold a referendum with results to be defined by the
50%+1 vote principle. They adopt the law which says that the results
of the referendum must be held by the 2/3 principle", said he.

Ahmedoghlu considers that in such a situation the results of the
referendum can be in Azerbaijan’s favor. He said of 137,000 of Nagorno
Karabakh Armenians, 20,000 are Armenian servicemen.

"Moreover, of 137,000 we must also deduce 20.000 people, who come from
former Shaomyan. In this case there are 90,000 Armenians who can not
make 2/3 of majority against 70,000 Azerbaijanis", considers the
political scientist.

/Day.Az/

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