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April 17 2010

Azerbaijan’s interests in Karabakh issue not taken into account – expert
Sat 17 April 2010 | 06:40 GMT Text size:

Fikret Sadikhov Political scientist Fikret Sadikhov has criticized the
policy of the international community in the resolution of the
Karabakh conflict.

Fikret Sadikhov spoke at a roundtable discussion on "South Caucasus:
Global trends and threats", held at the Center for Strategic Research
(CSR) under the President of Azerbaijan with participation of the
leadership of an international organization International Alert.

"When we talk about security, the first thing we have in mind is the
threat of separatism and terrorism", said Sadikhov on the situation
around Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The political scientist recalled
that Armenia has repeatedly committed terrorist acts against
Azerbaijan even after the signing of the ceasefire agreement. "No one
can guarantee that this will not happen again", said Sadikhov.

The occupied Azerbaijani lands (Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 regions) are
now beyond the control and drug trafficking and other criminal
activities are carried out there", said the political analyst.

"During the meetings with representatives of the Armenians of Karabakh
we could hear more than once that they will be finally recognized as
a state. In this case, they say that there is a lot of Arab States, so
why can there not be one more Armenia? If there was no great danger in
such statements, they could have caused only laughter’, said Sadikhov.

"Today, the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border is at issue and to
this end, the international community puts pressure on Turkey. But for
some reason the international community does not put pressure on
Armenia though it does not accept the updated international principles
for the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. As a result, the
interests of Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue are not taken into
account which increases the risk of war in the region’, Sadikhov said.

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