PANIC IN ARMENIAN RULING CIRCLES – AZERBAIJANI MP

news.az
Feb 9 2010
Azerbaijan

Aydin Mirzazade The Armenian president and defence minister are
visiting Europe to show Russia their displeasure at its latest moves
on the Karabakh conflict.

This is what MP Aydin Mirzazade, a member of the board of the ruling
New Azerbaijan Party, said in an interview yesterday with 1news.az.

"Of course, there’s a reason why Sargsyan flew to Great Britain and
Ohanyan to France on the same day. I think the Armenian leadership
wants to show Russia that it is offended, since Russia is taking a
more realistic position on the Karabakh conflict and processes in
the South Caucasus," the MP said.

"It is clear that neither Britain nor France would be able to provide
substantial support to the Armenian regime. The fact that Sargsyan
and Ohanyan are going to Europe is not only a show for Russia’s
benefit, but is designed for the domestic Armenian audience to show
that Armenia has an alternative to Russia’s support. One can sense
a degree of panic in the ruling circles of Armenia that the time has
come to return the occupied lands of Azerbaijan," Mirzazade said.

"Yerevan has realized that none of the world’s leading powers will
sacrifice their national interests for the sake of tiny Armenia. It
is time for real politics, in which the interests of major powers
are a long way from the nationalistic plans of Armenia – an isolated
country which has no economic attraction or prospects," the MP said.

President Serzh Sargsyan makes it clear that Defence Minister Seyran
Ohanyan is the second person in the ruling hierarchy, according
to Mirzazade.

"This fact shows that history is repeating itself and the chain [former
President] Kocharyan-Sargsyan-Ohanyan has been formed. They are all
complicit in the genocide in the Azerbaijani village of Khojaly. The
ruling elite of Armenia is associated with the blood of the innocent
civilians of Khojaly," Mirzazade said.