ALLAHSHUKUR PASHAZADE DOES NOT AGREE WITH ILHAM ALIYEV

ArmInfo
2010-04-26 11:37:00

ArmInfo. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not only a problem of only
two nations, it must be solved within inter-ethnic and interreligious
dialogue, chairman of the Clerical Office of Caucasus Muslims,
Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade said, Day.az reports.

"We, as religious leaders of the CIS countries, should create an
environment, where people will be brought together and will not harm
each other" – Pashazade said on Sunday in Baku at the opening of the
summit of the CIS Inter-religious Council. To recall, Catholicos
of All Armenians Karekin II also takes part in summit of the CIS
Inter-religious Council. "Religious leaders can’t remain indifferent
to the problems existing in our countries", Pashazade said.

Pashazade expressed his support for the position of Patriarch of Moscow
and All Russia Kirill, who said in Yerevan that the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict can only be resolved peacefully. He said the rich experience
of the church can be applied in relations between peoples. "All
these nations [the CIS] need to try to deepen the cultural dialogue,
religious diversity. Religious leaders [CIS] should contribute to
fighting separatism and aggression. Over the years of existence the
Interreligious Council of Religious Leaders of the CIS strengthened
the cultural ties between peoples, as well as allowed entering new
stage of relations between nations", Pashazade said.

Pashazade said that by adjusting the CIS peoples on tolerance, the
Council was able to deepen inter-ethnic solidarity, intercultural
dialogue by means of mutual efforts, thus preserving the spiritual
solidarity of the community in multi-religious space of the CIS. To
also recall, the foregoing peaceful statements strongly conflict with
permanent threats by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to solve the
Nagorno Karabakh conflict in a military way.