CSTO SECRETARY GENERAL HARSHLY CRITICIZES STATEMENTS BY AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT

ArmInfo
2009-11-24 15:13:00

ArmInfo. "While reading this information I thought that the initiative
by the Russian president regarding the necessity of signing legally
obliging security treaties is very timely and we should have a similar
treaty to rule out settlement of political problems by force. This
is an absolute truth today," said Nikolay Bordyuzha, CSTO Secretary
General, when commenting in Yerevan on the bellicose threats by
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed to Armenia

A day before the regular meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents, Ilham Aliyev again launched threats to Armenia saying
that they will no longer pin hopes with the negotiation process if
the Munich meeting proves useless and the Azerbaijani army is ready
to resume military actions at any moment.

"How can I take the statements about a start of war? Of course,
negatively. I am a former serviceman and I had been in flash points
for many times. I know firsthand what is war and human loses," CSTO
Secretary General said.

N. Bordyuzha regrets that the generation of politicians of 90s who
experienced the situations when conflicts were settled by force is
now changing. "I pin big hopes that the above statement was nothing
but an attempt to stimulate the agreement on Karabakh. I take quite
negatively any statements on possible settlement of political conflicts
by force," Bordyuzha said.