Armenpress News Agency, Armenia
Friday
Azerbaijani protest in Prague disappears shortly after starting
YEREVAN, JULY 14, ARMENPRESS. A small-numbered rally of Azerbaijani
youth, who had been granted a permit for the demonstration outside the
Armenian Embassy in Czech Republic, has disappeared shortly after
beginning as a result of a counter-protest.
The Azeri protesters were “welcomed” by the Armenian Embassy staff and
the Armenian community, with the flags of Armenia, Artsakh and Czech
Republic, loud national-patriotic songs and posters saying “Hiding
behind human shields is immoral”, “Stop aggressor Aliyev”, “Nagorno
Karabakh is a free state”, as well as the famous assessment of
European Parliament lawmaker Eleni Theocharous “Azerbaijan not only
breached ceasefire, but used its own civilians as a human shield”, and
others.
During the one-hour period which was granted to the Azeris, they got
the chance to listen to national songs dedicated to Armenian soldiers,
the Armenian Armed Forces, Commander Andranik Ozanyan, as well as Aram
Khachaturyan and System of A Down – as they say: an option for every
taste.
Speaking about the rally to orer.eu, the Armenian Ambassador to Czech
Republic H.E. Tigran Seyranyan said: “According to our information the
Azerbaijanis living in Czech Republic most probably organized this
small-numbered protest outside the Armenian Embassy at the orders from
Baku. Azerbaijan must understand that protesting around fraudulent
issues won’t lead to anything. It would’ve been more effective if they
were to implement the Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements around
forming an atmosphere of trust, which was reached at the mediation of
the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. The Armenian side has numerously
condemned the Azerbaijani military’s actions on using their own
civilians as a human shield. Due to the coordinated actions of the
Armenian Community of Czech Republic, the provocation of Azerbaijanis
essentially failed”.
In the coming days Azerbaijan will try and manipulate the civilian
deaths and will order protests in different capitals outside Armenian
diplomatic missions.
The reality is that as long as the conflict is not settled, the only
way currently to rule out the possibility of losses from both sides
and similar situations is installing and using ceasefire violation
monitoring mechanisms, which is vehemently denied by Azerbaijan.
This is the reason that the Minsk Group Co-Chairs, expressing their
concern over the civilian deaths, reminded that there cannot be a
military way to solve the issue and it is necessary to return to the
negotiations table.
