AZERI OFFICIAL SAYS ARMENIA BACKED BY WEST
Azad Azarbaycan TV
Feb 2 2010
Azerbaijan
[Presenter] Pressure should be mounted on Armenia without delay in
order to settle the Nagornyy Karabakh conflict. This will also weaken
virtual powers who back Yerevan, an official of the Presidential
Administration [of Azerbaijan] Novruz Mammadov has said.
[Novruz Mammadov] I will be frank. I believe Armenia is backed by some
powers which is why it is not willing to make any steps back in such
a difficult situation while they realize their own situation. Some
virtual powers support them, otherwise, knowing Armenians’ trait, they
would immediately beg for mercy from Turkey and Azerbaijan and ask
to rescue them. They are still being supported by that virtual power.
[Correspondent] You probably mean Russia.
[Novruz Mammadov] I also mean the West. At this period of negotiations
strong pressure needs to be put on Armenia by the USA, Russia,
France and the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. Each time Armenia tries
to demonstrate that everything depends on it and that no one puts
pressure on them.