KARAPETYAN: ALIYEV’S STATEMENTS ARE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Yerkir
25.11.2009 18:35
Yerevan (Yerkir) – Speaking at a news conference on November 25,
Hrayr Karapetyan, a member of the ARF Supreme Body of Armenia and
the chairman of the parliamentary committee on Defense and National
Security, said that some NATO member countries help in arming
Azerbaijan.
This raises our concerns, Karapetyan said. He also raised concerns
about the close cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan.
This cooperation contradicts the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) principles as Armenia is a member of this
organization while Azerbaijan is not, and the member states of
the organization are supposed to engage in collective defense of a
country attacked.
"A questions raises, what is the difference between us and
Azerbaijan then. We are a CSTO member, Azerbaijan is not. Is it
right to closely cooperate with a county that make such belligerent
statements?" Karapetyan asked.
He also said that the belligerent rhetoric by the Azerbaijani president
did not receive adequate responses neither from the international
community nor from the Armenian leadership. He said this is due to
the fact that Aliyev’s statements are not taken seriously.
From: Baghdasarian