NAGORNO-KARABAKH VETERANS OPPOSE EYNULLA FATULLAYEV’S EDITION
TREND News Agency, Azerbaijan
June 1 2007
Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / Habil Valiyev, the
Chairman of the Yasamal District department of the Union of War
Veterans, stated on 31 May that the Union expressed its disapproval
regarding the support of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor-in-chief
of the Gundalik Azerbaijan and Realniy Azerbaijan newspapers by the
Armenian journalists and media.
Valiyev noted that the veterans of the Nagorno-Karabakh war attended
the meeting of the Yasamal District department held on 31 May. The
veterans opposed Fatullayev’s article, which demonstrated the Khojali
tragedy as being executed by Azerbaijan. "We, the veterans of war are
against these false statements issued in Fatullayev’s newspaper. It
means that the Khojali tragedy was performed by our brother-in-arms.
Each participant of the war, each Azerbaijani citizen acknowledges
the Khojali tragedy was committed by the Armenians," Valiyev added.
The Armenians have utilised Fatullayev’s articles and maintain that
the Azerbaijani journalists acknowledges that the Armenians had not
participated in the Khojali tragedy. The Armenian newspapers issued
the photographs of Fatullayev against a background depicting a large
Armenia map and in the church, placing a flower on the tank which
was said to be brought down by the Azerbaijani soldiers.
The Armenian journalist organizations, particularly Ashot Melikan,
Tigran Ovanesan, Artur Fakunis, Susanna Shakhnazaran and many other
journalists have spoken in support of Fatullayev.
The Union of War Veterans will continue its protests against
Fatullayev’s articles.