Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijani opposition
 Monday


Scandal around the "Peace Platform"


Baku / 29.05.17 / Turan: The "Public Platform", created a few months
ago from public figures of Azerbaijan and Armenia, seems to begin to
fall apart. Thus, one of the Armenian members of this public
association Vahan Martirosyan made accusations against Azerbaijan. So,
this former political refugee, who hid for several months in Baku with
his family, suddenly stated that the Peace Platform was a product of
Azerbaijani special services and called on not to trust its members.

After leaving Baku, Martirosyan resided in a third country and
cooperated with one of the pro-government websites of Azerbaijan for a
long time. He thanked the Azerbaijani authorities for a long time and
supported the activities of the "Platform for Peace" in every possible
way, however, for some unknown reasons, he now began to say that he
does not trust the Azerbaijani authorities and urges his compatriots
in Armenia not to yield to Baku propaganda, but on the contrary to
resist it in every way.

Whatever the reasons for such a "metamorphosis", this indicates that
attempts to create an authoritative structure from someone else are
doomed to failure. At one time, human rights activists of Azerbaijan
and Armenia actively cooperated in humanitarian issues and raised the
issue of reconciliation of the two peoples at a serious level.
However, to some in Baku, this seemed a betrayal and a dangerous
undertaking. Moreover, human rights activists were accused of treason
and even imprisoned as Armenian spies. But now, the "peacekeeper"
selected by the Azerbaijani authorities from Armenia beautifully spat
in the face, the authors of this venture called "The Platform of the
World". -02B-