KLO Lashes Out At Chief Azeri Diplomats, Vowing Not To Let In Armenian Officers
Baku Today, Azerbaijan
June 17 2004
Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) on Wednesday lashed out at
Azerbaijan’s high-ranking foreign ministry officials, as well as some
local human rights activists and celebrities of “falling victim to
Armenian policies.”
KLO accused Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and his deputy Araz
Azimov for “making irresponsible and illogical” statements approving
Armenian military officers’ planned visit to Baku to attend a NATO
conference, which is set for June 22.
“By making irresponsible and illogical statements, Mammadyarov and
Azimov demonstrate that are ready to go for concessions on the Karabakh
issue,” a statement by KLO read.
“They invite and express readiness to sit down by a same table with the
Armenian officers who have slaughtered more than 20,000 Azerbaijanis,
occupied our territories and now continue murdering our soldiers
and officers.”
KLO vowed to go for every radical step to stop the Armenian officers’
entering Baku.
The officers were to appeal Azerbaijan’s embassy to Georgia on
Wednesday for entry visas to Azerbaijan. The are going to participate
in June 22 planning conference for NATO’s Corporative Best Effort—2004
exercises scheduled to be held in Azerbaijan in September of this year.
“Karabakh Liberation Organization believes that these people have been
trapped by the Armenian Diaspora and they have become … participants of
a big plot against Azerbaijan … But we will not allow this treacherous
design to be carried out,” the statement added.