ARTHUR AGHABEKIAN: IF BLACKMAIL POLICY GOES ON, BAKU WILL BE VIEWED AS AN UNSERIOUS PARTNER
DE FACTO
DEC 17, 2008
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, 17.12.08. DE FACTO. Azerbaijan cannot blackmail the world
community any more as if the blackmail policy goes on, Baku will
be viewed as an unserious partner, Chairman of the parliamentary
Commission on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs,
ex-deputy Defense Minister of Armenia Arthur Aghabekian told ArmInfo.
"Some lull in the Azerbaijani military and aggressive rhetoric during
the last month is the evident confirmation of my words’, he said.
Aghabekian thinks the policy of Azerbaijan with respect to the Karabakh
conflict settlement was in continuous threat towards Armenia along
with holding of negotiations within the frames of the OSCE Minsk
Group. Moreover, according to the Azerbaijani party, if no consensus
is achieved, it will resolve the conflict in a military way.
"If the threats towards us in the beginning of the conflict were only
a product of internal consumption, now the situation has principally
changed, and Baku permanently blackmails the world community, in
particular, the OSCE MG countries, with its threats", A. Aghabekian
resumed.