AZERBAIJANI TOP OFFICIAL: ARMENIAN LEADERS DO NOT WANT TO RESOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN REALITY
S.Agayeva
Trend
Aug 22, 2011
Azerbaijan
Head of the Foreign Relations Department at the Azerbaijani
Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov commented on the statement
by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan that he made at the congress of
the Vmeste youth movement on the Sevan Lake.
“The English philosopher John Toland said: “The more ancient the lie,
the dangerous it is. Hence, it is deeply rooted”. “For centuries,
the Armenian people have been indoctrinated the idea on the existence
of “Great Armenia” and that this “Great Armenia” had existed on
the territory of modern Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, etc. The
Armenians, who always preferred to be under the auspices of someone,
turned into a hostage of adventurist and absurd ambitions of their
leaders,” Mammadov told Trend.
Hypocritically claiming upon Armenian that these lands were Armenian,
the Armenians had lived there for centuries, the current president of
Armenia even ignores many archival materials, documents of the early
and mid 19th century, which testify the resettlement of Armenians
to these lands, said Mammadov. “And these tsar’s decrees, orders
on resettlement, etc. are kept in the archives of Russia, Georgia,
Turkey and other countries,” said Mammadov.
Mammadov said that Sargsyan is right, declaring that “history and time
proved who is afraid, who is an adventurer, who can stay and run away,
who can be ready to die for the native land”. “It does not need and I
think it is impossible to only powder the brains of countrymen. So,
perhaps, the Armenians were scattered throughout the world “to die
for the sake of the native land”, leaving the tiny part of those who
wanted much to escape, but still can not, since they do not have the
funds,” said Mammadov.
And as for who is an adventurer, unfortunately, Sargsyan misunderstands
that everything that has happened with the Armenian people throughout
its history is the consequences of the adventurist acts of its leaders,
which are apparently continuing.
“One is surprising: both leaders and scientists and the entire educated
part of the Armenian community are well aware that the legend on the
historical past of Armenians is completely false and that such an
approach to history is not productive and ultimately is useless, but
they still continue to go on this way for the sake of their ambitions,”
said Mammadov.
“Today I am convinced once again that in reality the leaders of
Armenia do not want to resolve this conflict. Apparently, the status
quo is satisfactory for them. The negotiations are necessary for them
to delay the time and to splurge the international community. Yes,
I am sure that the time will come when we shall find a key to solving
the problem, and this key will be adequate to the Armenian behavior
in these processes,” said Mammadov.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the U.S. –
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council’s four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.