THE MEDITATIONS OVER WAR AGAINST ARMENIA TESTIFY TO WEAKENING BAKU’S
POSITIONS IN ISSUE OF KARABAKH”
Azg/arm
16 March 05
According to the Azeri mass media, on March 11, Hajigha Nuriev, leader
of the Azeri Islamic Party, said that Azerbaijan should declare Jihad,
a sacred war, against Armenia to liberate the occupied territories. On
March 13, Ilham Aliyev said in the interview to the Turkish Public TV
that “We don’t want any war, but let them know that we are always
ready for a war.”
Such militant statements are not news. The Azeri president, members of
the government and the parliament, political parties and NGOs have
been making such statements since the very day of signing the
ceasefire with Armenia, i.e. May 9, 1994.
If Azerbaijan could fight in the war and would be sure that that would
not be the beginning of its end, it would immediately begin military
actions against Armenia. As they don’t do that it means that they are
attaining political goals. In the beginning, they tried to contrast
the war in the South Caucasus against the efforts of the international
community to maintain peace and stability in the region. They also
strive for leading the process of Nagorno Karabakh settlement in the
direction they want, blackmailing the OSCE Minsk group. They also pose
threats as a pressure measure over Armenia.
As neither the OSCE Minsk group yields the blackmail of Azerbaijan,
nor Armenia is frightened with the threats of the Azeri, the
determination of the Azeris to fight a war becomes a mere
mediation. In other words, Ilham Aliyev is “mediating” “on being ready
for a war. Maybe he thinks that the propaganda aimed to overcome the
psychology of a loser that is functioning in the subconsciousness of
the Azeris is not effective enough. That’s why Aliyev makes frequent
statements about the war against Armenia to comfort his people.
The attempt to comfort testifies to the concern of the Azeris. It
turns into a panic, when the West says that “Azerbaijan lost Nagorno
Karabakh in the war and should abandon this territory.” Zeyno Baran,
head of the International Security and Energetic program at the
Washington Nixon Center, said this atthe sitting of the US Congress
Committee for External Relations. Moreover, emphasized the strength of
the Armenian Diaspora, Mrs. Baran said that the U.S.A can’t exert
pressure over Robert Kocharian or the Armenian government.
This means that the meditations of Ilham Aliyev over unfolding a war
are based on concern. Meanwhile, he involuntarily approves the
statement of Vartan Oskanian, RA foreign minister, who said during the
March 9 press conference”We are in favorable positions in the Karabakh
issue.”
By Hakob Chakrian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress