KIRO MANOYAN: BAKU PLOTTING AGGRESSION AGAINST KARABAKH

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.02.2009 18:47 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azerbaijan is worried about a possible normalization
of Turkish-Armenian relations and is preparing to resolve the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict by use of force, ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s Hay
Dat and Political Affairs Office Director Kiro Manoyan told a news
conference on Tuesday.

"Baku’s increasing pressure on international structures to recognize
Armenia as an aggressor suggests that Azerbaijan is going to resort to
violence in Nagorno Karabakh. We have raised the issue in the European
parliament. There were some among the MPs who accused Armenians of
occupation, yet the Armenian delegation proved that there were no
occupied territories in Karabakh, but only liberated regions actually
belonging to Nagorno Karabakh," Manoyan said.

Azerbaijan fears that Turkey could change its position on the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict and normalize relations with Armenia, according
to him.

"Statements by Baku officials and public figures are rather disturbing,
despite Ankara’s ongoing assurances of support. If Turkey stops being
the hostage to Azerbaijan in Karabakh issue, what is inevitable,
it may provoke armed incidents," Manoyan said.