Colonel is dismissed from Azerbaijani army because of his mother’s
Armenian origin

17:18 23/07/2014 >> SOCIETY

By the decree of the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Zakir Hasanov
Colonel Seyran Gafarov has been dismissed from the Armed Forces of the
country. He worked at the Military Academy of the border troops. Now
he is forbidden to serve in the Azerbaijani army because of his
mother’s Armenian origin, the website “Axar.az” reports.

Colonel Gafarov has officially admitted the fact that his mother was
Armenian. Azerbaijani press has long discussed the issue of how it is
possible to allow the “enemies” who can easily “spy” serve in the
armed forces.

Before that fact the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry denied that there is
an Azerbaijani army colonel called Gafarov, as well as the fact of the
service of Major General Bagir Fatullaev who, being a citizen of
Russian Federation, had moved to St. Petersburg together with his
family and was dismissed because of that.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress