AZERBAIJANI YOUTH ACTIVISTS TRIAL PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Khadija Ismailova and Shahin Abbasov
EurasiaNet, NY
April 17 2006
With just over a week before Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
meets with US President George W Bush, the closed-door trial of three
Azerbaijani youth movement leaders charged with plotting to overthrow
the government has sparked a sharp condemnation of Azerbaijan’s human
rights practices.
The three Yeni Fikir (New Thinking) activists — Ruslan Bashirli,
leader of the organization, and deputies Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuri
— have been charged with preparing a government coup and “illegal
entrepreneurship,” or tax evasion. The prosecution has dropped a
previous accusation that the three were spying for Armenia.
Judge Tofiq Pashayev, one of three judges hearing the case against
the Yeni Fikir group, ruled on April 7 that media and the public
would be barred from the courtroom for “national security concerns.”
In response, the three men have refused to testify and to have legal
representation in court. Three court-appointed defense lawyers have
since been assigned to the trio, however.
The Baku mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE), local human rights activists and the opposition Azadlig
alliance have protested the court decision to conduct the hearings
behind closed doors. “We were surprised to learn about the decision
since the main evidence of the prosecution had been shown on state and
private TV channels before the investigation started,” Maurizio Pavesi,
head of the OSCE mission, said in an April 6 statement. The decision
does little to increase public trust in Azerbaijan’s judiciary system,
Pavesi argued, and makes it impossible for OSCE observers to assess
the fairness of the trial and whether it meets international standards.
In an April 13 interview with Radio Liberty’s Azeri-language service,
a spokesperson for the US State Department Bureau for European and
Asian Affairs echoed those concerns. “Conducting these proceedings
behind closed doors and restricting the defendants’ access to the
evidence against them are inconsistent with international norms and
basic rule of law” said Linda Hartley, Turan news service reported.
International human rights organizations have also expressed skepticism
about the chances for a fair trial. “Azerbaijan’s government is known
for pressing charges against opposition figures for what appear to
be political reasons, and the Yeni Fikir case fits this pattern,”
Human Rights Watch Europe and Central Asia Division Executive Director
Holly Cartner said in a March 31 statement. “We are deeply concerned
that the three men will not get a fair trial.”
Police are keeping careful watch on the courthouse, located in
downtown Baku, where the trial is being held, with police cars
stationed throughout the neighborhood to prevent protests.
Yeni Fikir leader Ruslan Bashirli, 27, was arrested in late July 2005
after returning from a conference in Tbilisi, where he allegedly was
paid by Armenian agents to organize a coup against President Ilham
Aliyev. Bashirli’s associate, Osman Alimuradov, who accompanied
him to Tbilisi, became the main source for the allegations against
Bashirli and provided a videotape that supposedly substantiated his
claims. Alimuradov, also a Yeni Fikir member, testified that he had
tried to convince Bashirli to refuse the money offered for the coup,
but had failed. Two of Bashirli’s deputies, Said Nuri and Ramin
Tagiyev, were later detained on similar charges.
At the time of the group’s arrests last summer, many independent
observers and opposition members had argued that the detentions were
related to Azerbaijan’s contentious parliamentary elections campaign.
[For background, see the Eurasia Insight archive]. Yeni Fikir had a
loose affiliation with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA),
one of the country’s leading opposition parties, and a founding member
of the opposition election alliance Azadlig (Freedom). In a statement
from the prosecutor general’s office, PFPA Chairman Ali Kerimli was
accused of being associated with the alleged Armenian-backed coup
attempt, but was never formally charged.
Though the Yeni Fikir case attracted considerable initial media
attention last summer during the parliamentary campaign, local
television stations are now largely ignoring the trial, leaving the
bulk of coverage to independent and opposition print media.
Government representatives to date have refrained from any comment
about the trial.
Ironically, defendant Said Nuri, currently under house arrest,
has served as the key press conduit for information about the
proceedings. His role has prompted repeated warnings from the state
prosecutor and Pashayev that he will be arrested if he does not stop
issuing “disinformation” about the proceedings.
According to Nuri, the prosecution’s two main witnesses — Osman
Alimuradov and Merab Jibutia, a Georgian citizen who prosecutors claim
was one of the alleged Armenian agents paying Bashirli – have already
been questioned. Jibutia was arrested in autumn 2005, while crossing
the Georgian-Azerbaijani border carrying a false passport and Armenian
currency. Opposition media have alleged that both Alimuradov and
Jibutia were acting at the behest of the Azerbaijani special services.
“Jibutia, their [the prosecution’s] own agent, put the authorities
in a spot. The prosecutor asked four times whether [PFPA leader]
Ali Kerimli asked for any help with organizing a coup attempt and
was very angry to get the answer ‘No’ each time . . .[Jibutia]
gives contradictory answers and they [the prosecution] repeat their
questions if they have not received the desired answer,” claimed Nuri.
The video tape supplied by Alimuradov that shows Bashirli allegedly
signing a receipt for $2,000 and drinking cognac with two men
identified by state prosecutors as Armenian agents has not been
submitted as evidence, Nuri said. The film had earlier been broadcast
regularly on pro-government television channels and public video
displays.
Nuri also stated that no medical examination has yet been scheduled
to confirm the defense charge that investigators tortured Ruslan
Bashirli. “In the preliminary hearing on March 31, the judge agreed
to begin preparations for this. But no medical examination has been
conducted.”
The defendants believe that the charges against them are “made up by
the law enforcement agencies of Azerbaijan,” and will not testify in
their own defense. The group expects to receive the maximum punishment
for the charges brought against them, Nuri continued.
Under Azerbaijan’s criminal code, “preparing a government coup”
is punishable by a 10-15-year prison sentence.
“There is no justice in an Azerbaijani court. We will be the next
political prisoners. What can we do? We only hope that society
understands the real meaning of things,” Nuri said.
Editor’s Note: Khadija Ismayilova and Shain Abbasov are freelance
journalists based in Baku.

THERE IS NO OPPOSITION LOYAL TO GEORGIA IN ABKHAZIA, ABKHAZIAN JOURNALIST SAYS
Prime News Agency, Georgia
April 17 2006
Tbilisi. April 17 (Prime-News) – Marta Ardashelia, Prime-News reporter
interviewed Beslan Kmuzov, journalist from the breakaway Abkhazia.
Beslan Kmuzov, 1975, graduated from the secondary school in Sokhumi.
During the Georgian-Abkhazian hostilities he left for Cherkessia
and got enrolled in the Karachay-Cherkessia State University in
1993. In 1997 he continued his instruction by correspondence in the
Pyatigorsk Linguistic University. In 1997-1999 he was working in
the newspaper of the town of Cherkassy, in 2000-2001 – in the Exo
Abkhazia newspaper. In 2001-2002 served in the de facto armed forces
of Abkhazia. 2002-2004 was working as a marshal arts instructor in the
Sokhumi police academy. In 2004 he was working in the press service
of Sergey Baghapsh, Abkhazian Foreign Minister. In 2005 entered GIPA
(Zurab Zhvania Georgian Institute of Public Affairs). Presently he
is an editor of Abkhazia.info Internet edition.
It is difficult to say exact origin of this two-meter tall guy
immediately at the first sight. But even short conversation is enough
to make sure that he is Abkhazian – only residents of Sokhumi are
able to speak such Russian, combining slang with phraseological
expressions. One may even wonder how he can write his articles in
quite good Russian.
Beslan Kmuzov has been living in Tbilisi and studying in the
magistrates of GIPA for almost one year and a half. He is satisfied
with education, but says that he is too busy to continue his work
in journalism.
Beslan Kmuzov is one of few journalists who are well aware of the
situation in both parties in conflict. And what is more important he
is able to speak frankly about it.
According to him, the present situation in Abkhazia is simply another
struggle for redistribution of assets, as it happens in all parts of
the world. Only 10% of the local population is engaged in political
developments. They generate ideology and account for brainwashing.
Those most crafty residents of the breakaway region are only looking
for as much profits as possible.
“The authority in Abkhazia is close to people; Baghapsh (de facto
president) visits Akop’s coffee shop every day. But both the president
and the government depend on many institutions in Abkhazia, as well as
abroad. Baghapsh and Ankvab, de facto Prime Minister have been meeting
the representatives of different organizations in their offices for
three months. Leonid Lakerbaia, Chairman of the de facto Parliament
still puzzles over healthcare and pensions. But there are some criminal
factions that make everything worse in Abkhazia. They seized some
industrial units, including recreation houses and restaurants. They do
nothing to them and prevent others from business too. The government
is incapable to deal with them – they have power and money. This is
a transient period”, Beslan Kmuzov says.
According to him, there is no opposition loyal to Georgia in Abkhazia.
“There are opposition forces in Abkhazia but none of them speaks for
return within the Georgian borders. The main problem is redistribution
of assets. Despite of the fact that everyone declares about his
commitment to Russia, their only intention is to be in the driving
seat in Abkhazia, without interference of Russian”, Beslan Kmuzov says.
But the local elections are to be held in the breakaway region soon.
Amtsakhara, public political movement of veterans and Aytayra will
run in the elections against the ruling United Abkhazia party.
According to Beslan Kmuzov, the government will easily negotiate with
its contenders.
“Sergey Baghapsh was a common candidate of Amtsakhara, Aytayra and
United Abkhazia. Besides, headquarter of Baghapsh is located in
the office of Amtsakhara. It’s quite another matter that Amtsakhara
sometimes forwards certain claims against the government – one can’t
always get what one is looking for. So if they face serious rivals,
part of Amtsakhara is likely to join the ruling party”, Beslan says.
Abkhazia makes slow progress with regard to media diversity – all
Abkhazian web sites feature the same news, as if dictated.
“The Abkhazian mass media does not feature any opposition opinions
on the policy of the government of Abkhazia. The guiding light
is independence and that’s all. But there are many debates on
privatization, pensions, and protection of ethnic minorities, including
the residents of the Gali District in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict
zone. The information war has been raging in Abkhazia for one year. The
Nujnaia newspaper drove Vladislav Ardzinba (former de facto president)
up a tree. Means to the end are another subject of discussion. In fact
there is no uninterrupted flow of news, everyone features news without
profound knowledge of background story, rule of Five W is completely
denied. Experienced professionals are leaving”, Beslan Kmuzov says.
Migration in Abkhazia is intensive. Russians are not too willing to
go to Abkhazia owing to harsh living conditions. According to the
de facto State Committee, there are 60 000 Georgians in the Gali
District only. Besides, Georgians live in Ochamchire and Tkvarcheli
districts. The least number of Georgians lives in Sockhumi, Capital
City. But Armenians still account for the largest part of the
foreigners arriving in Abkhazia.
The issue of migration is the most urgent before the forthcoming
presidential elections. Alexander Ankvab, de facto Prime Minister
demands immediate address to the problem of illegal registration of
Armenians in Abkhazia, in defiance of the residential qualification,
as those registrations are used in application for the Abkhazian and
later for Russian passports.
“I think that there are more Armenians than Abkhazians there. By the
way, even Georgians population prevails, however they are not allowed
to take any offices. Abkhazians are the only part of the population
that lives in freedom. It’s quite another matter that rate of Armenian
migration to Abkhazia is growing above other ethnic groups.
Their presence in Abkhazia becomes more and more evident”, Beslan
Kmuzov says.
When asked what Abkhazia is looking n from Russia, Beslan Kmuzov
shrugs shoulders.
“It is strange; we kind of have gained independence, now we want to
be bound to some other party. But in fact this is the only choice for
us. 2004 presidential elections was successful test for determination
of the Abkhazians. But murder of one of the most powerful relatives
of the former president in Moscow came of surprise. If he has not
he been murdered he would probably become a president and leave all
other contenders far behind”, Beslan Kmuzov said.
But as the popular saying goes, new it is well forgotten old.
Therefore I remind him of Ubykhs that used to live in Sochi and now
there are none of them.
“No, the Ubykhs must blame themselves. They had to make up their
minds in time. To fight with Russia means to fight indeed. To live in
peace means to live in peace. Englishmen deceived them, they promised
to support and betrayed in the decisive moment. As for Abkhazians,
they do not count on anyone’s help”, Beslan Kmuzov claims.
But here is another question – what about the fraternal Caucasian
nations and their help?
“The representatives of the ethnic groups of Adygh origin express
their sympathy with Abkhazia. But they also suffer lack of unbiased
information. They do not even exactly know what happened in Abkhazia
before 1992 and are not well aware of the present developments too.
The local vendible politicos do not let Cherkesians, Adyghs and
Kabardians unite to be able to deny political course dictated by
Russia. They also hinder economic development of the region. This is
the core problem of the North Caucasus. But saying that those nations
will join hostilities in Abkhazia once again is contradictory –
Russia will simply step aside to let those nations mangle each other.
We have already experienced it during the Georgian-Abkhazian
hostilities in 1992”, he says
The Abkhazian journalist also does not like the recent developments
in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara.
“I have spoken to Mikheil Makharadze, Chairman of Parliament of the
Autonomous Republic. It is evident that the local regional authority
of the autonomous republic is formal. They are not able to make any
decisions without prior agreement with the center”, Beslan Kmuzov
says in disappointment.
The conversation with Beslan Kmuzov makes the lamentable state of the
Abkhazian people evident – they might take their crave for independence
to extreme edge. However Beslan Kmuzov is optimistic over the future.
“Time will cross all “t’s” and dot all “i’s”, he says.
Let’s wait and see.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

FM MAMMADYAROV MEETS VATICAN’S AMBASSADOR
AzerTag, Azerbaijan
April 17 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Azerbaijan Republic Elmar
Mammadyarov on 17 April met with the ambassador of the State of Vatican
Apostolic Nuncio Claudio Gujerotti also accredited in Azerbaijan.
Ambassador Gujerotti said he is pleased from the visit to Azerbaijan,
expressing his deep impressions on the country’s development, the
accomplishments reached in numerous fields.
Speaking of the negotiations carried out for settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Minister Mammadyarov
said solution of the problem is possible only in the frame of
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, international legal principles
and norms, and according to the Constitution of the Republic.
Ambassador Gujerotti emphasized necessity of establishment of closer
ties between the two countries, development of mutual exchange in
the field of education and culture.
Minister Mammadyarov informed about the Academy of Diplomacy to be
established in Azerbaijan and expressed wish to cooperate in the
said area.
The sides exchanged views on a range of issues of mutual interest.

ELMAR MAMMADYAROV RECEIVES VATICAN AMBASSADOR CLAUDIO GUGEROTTI
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
April 17 2006
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received accredited
ambassador of Vatican in Azerbaijan Claudio Gugerott, the Foreign
Ministry’s press center told APA.
Expressing his gratitude for the cordial welcome, ambassador Gugerotti
said it gives him pleasure to be in Azerbaijan.
Touching on the Nagorno Garabagh conflict and its settlement, Mr.
Mammadyarov stressed the importance of solving the conflict in the
framework of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, within international
law norms and principles and in accordance with the Constitution
of our country. The Minister also informed about the Academy of
Diplomacy which will function in Azerbaijan, stressing the importance
of expanding exchange between our states in educational field as well
as developing cooperation relations between the two sides. The sides
also exchanged views on issues of mutual interest.

AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS VATICAN REP IN BAKU
Author: S. Agayeva
TREND Info, Azerbaijan
April 17 2006
Issues of cooperation between Vatican and Azerbaijan were discussed on
April 17 meeting of Azerbaijani foreign minister, Elmar Mammedyarov
and the Vatican ambassador to Azerbaijan, Claudio Guggeretti, the
ministry press-service told Trend .
Guggeretti announced the intensions of Vatican to expand the bilateral
relations and develop cultural cooperation with Azerbaijan.
The Minister informed his guest about the progress in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regulation stressing the importance of
solving the conflict on the basis of international principles and
norms.

SYMPOSIUM TO BE ORGANIZED IN ERCIYES UNIVERSITY ON TURKISH – ARMENIAN RELATIONS
Anatolian Times, Turkey
April 17 2006
KAYSERI – Plenary discussion panel on: “The Art of Living Together
in the Ottoman Society: The Case of Turkish-Armenian Relations” will
be organized in Erciyes University (EU) in Central Anatolian city of
Kayseri, it was reported on Sunday.
EU Rector Prof. Cengiz Utas held a news conference and said the
university will host the symposium between April 20 and 22
Utas said 125 scientists from various countries and Turkish Armenians
Patriarch Mesrob II would attend the symposium where social dimensions
of the Turkish-Armenian relations would be examined rather than
political dimensions.
Prof. Metin Hulagu, the Chairman of the Symposium Organization
Committee said they hoped the symposium to be a new start in
Turkish-Armenian relations, stating that issues based on documents
would be discussed.
“We want the symposium to establish a new bridge between Turkey and
Armenia. We hope to organize the second symposium in Armenia. Peace,
tolerance and dialogue between Turks and Armenian will be taken up,”
he noted.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION RETURNS FROM NAKHICHEVAN
Anatolian Times, Turkey
April 17 2006
ARALIK – The ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP) deputy Mahmut
Kocak and 14 deputies returned to Turkey on Sunday concluding their
2-day visit to Nakhichevan.
The parliamentary delegation visited Nakhichevan upon the invitation
of Vasif Talibov, chairman of the Nakhichevan Assembly.
Kocak told A.A correspondent that they had the opportunity to see
the economic and social problems of Nakhichevan.
Kocak said both Azerbaijan and Turkey exerted efforts for establishment
of peace in the Caucasus, and stated that intransigent policy of
Armenia was problem in the region.
Kocak said policy of Armenia should be constructive and in line with
the facts of the history and should contribute to the regional peace.

TURKISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION IN NAKHICHEVAN
Anatolian Times, Turkey
April 17 2006
NAKHICHEVAN – The ruling Justice & Development Party (AKP) deputy
Mahmut Kocak and 14 deputies met Vasif Talibov, chairman of the
Nakhichevan Assembly.
Kocak stated that the Armenian diaspora have increased their activities
recently, noting that Turkish nation never committed genocide. He
added that archives in Turkey were open for everyone in the world.
On the other hand, Talibov stressed that the economy of Nakhichevan was
developing day by day, noting that Turkish companies made investments
in Nakhichevan worth 100 million USD in 2005.
Talibov added if Turkey became a full member of the EU, Nakhichevan
would also be mentioned as a neighbor of an EU member state.

IRANIAN “EASTERNIZATION” IS STRONGER THAN TURKISH “WESTERNIZATION”
Hazem Saghieh Al-Hayat
Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon
April 17 2006
Lying in the dark shadow of dealing with the US-Iranian issue is the
Turkish issue, and by extension, the Turkish-Kurdish issue.
If Washington and Tehran reach a settlement over Iraq, after a partial
military clash caused by Uranium enrichment, or even without this
enrichment, the issue of Turkish influence and interests in northern
Iraq will be raised. One of the geo-political constants that have
accompanied this region is the preservation of balance between the
Turkish and Iranian roles, whether extending toward Iraq or keeping
distant from it.
Currently, the probable course of this issue joins up with two other
courses, making the problem even more unstable.
With the creeping civil war in Iraq, the Kurds of the North might
survive; they have lived in a state of quasi-independence since
the secure zone was established there in 1992. The situation
was strengthened by the establishment of independent political
institutions, like a Parliament and autonomous government, as well
as the Kurds’ own political parties.
If this is added to what is taking place in terms of infrastructure,
economic development and security arrangements, the “separatist”
form involves a serious amount of content.
Perhaps Washington, if there is a total collapse in Iraq and the
reshaping of the country along communal spheres of influence, will
approach Iraqi Kurdistan as the “share” that it can retain and perhaps
transform into the model that was desired for the entire country.
However, all of this is connected to Turkey, to a great extent,
to the degree that American interests and its own become one. It is
a complex matter, naturally, which complicates the second direction
that further crisis is likely to take, a direction that involves the
relationship between Ankara and its Kurds. It was interesting to see
the situation explode, with no obvious introduction, in a way not seen
since 1994. The violent clashes between Kurdish fighters and Turkish
security forces led to the killing of 20 people in south-east Turkey
as well as Istanbul itself.
In fact, Ankara, under constant pressure from the European Union,
lifted the state of emergency in Kurdish regions and began paying
compensation to Kurds for the destruction of their villages by
the Turkish Army. The government also endorsed some cultural and
linguistic rights for the Kurds. This is of course insufficient,
especially since the economic despair that hovers over the Kurds of
Turkey, the widespread unemployment, low wages and lack of investment,
makes Kurdish anger an event to be anticipated. But the defeat of this
course is another thing altogether, quantitatively and qualitatively
different. In this sense, some observers fear that the recent clashes,
sparked by the funeral of 14 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party,
was the beginning of a wide-scale deterioration, especially since
the KWP two years ago ended a unilateral truce that had lasted for
six years.
If things goes this way, and militarization and oppression return to
the southeast, Turkey’s desire to join the EU will be threatened again;
it is a desire about which doubts of its success are growing.
That said, the possibilities of “easternization” via Iran remain
stronger than the possibilities of “westernization” via Turkey. Even
if the Iraqi Shiite Coalition splits off, this possibility remains
“safer” and easier to travel.
Pure authoritarianism, which characterizes the Iranian state, makes
it a candidate for imperial expansion in a way that does not suit the
current nature of the Turkish state. Turkey has become a complicated
mixture of aspects that are authoritarian, democratic, nationalist and
Islamic, not to speak of civilian and military. In times of crisis,
the decisive entity wins out over the confused entity.
The Turkish stumbling is revealed in its points of contact with
all concerned parties, and all of the issues that concern them. It
reveals that the deadlocks practically represent impossibilities. If
relations with Europe are threatened because of the Kurds, in sympathy
with the Armenian genocide and the rest of the “human rights” agenda,
following the US policy will provoke the majority of people, which
will make the claim of democracy purely that – a claim.
Meanwhile, a just solution of the Kurdish problem will mobilize a
rainbow in Turkey consisting of the military, the nationalists, and
some Islamists; dealing with the matter through repression will weaken
any Turkish role in Iraqi Kurdistan, especially if the Kurdish-Turkoman
conflict there explodes, in parallel to the Kurdish-Arab conflict,
over Kirkuk.
The Iranian authorities appear to be united around Khamenei and
Ahmadinejad, while “opponents” like Rafsanjani and Khatami are out of
the spotlight. However, when these two are in line with the regime,
the Turkish authorities, after the fall of the one-sided Kemalism,
seem closer to coalitions that are made and broken on a daily basis
between the Islamists and the army, and the president of the Republic
and these two groups.
In this situation, it is said that what made democracy fail in Iraq
could make it fail in any part of the country, despite the good
thinking shown by the Kurds ever since their mid-1990s fighting.
However, the Kemalism of Turkey that involved modernization from
above requires some rethinking, about the ways it can be corrected
and the methods used.
If it is true that Turkey went too far in its anti-pluralistic
nationalism, especially regarding the Kurds, its militarism remains
more effective in a region that voted for Ahmadinejad as president.
These are certainly narrow options, and ones likely to provoke
despair. However, they put us face to face with certain questions:
Why, at a stone’s throw away from India, with its different experience,
has no instance of modernization arisen in our region, unless it comes
at the expense of freedom. And when freedom arises, modernization
collapses, while the nation either collapses or is paralyzed. This
question will be increasingly asked in the event of a wide-scale
military confrontation between Tehran and Washington, doing away
with the Khamenei regime or weakening it until it does away with
many of the above-mentioned hypotheses, without doing away with the
question itself.

POLITICAL COORDINATION CENTER LEADS ROUND TABLE ON NK
Today, Azerbaijan
April 17 2006
Political coordination center of opposition (PCCO) has led a round
table “Influence of new regional situation on Azerbaijan, expected
changes in Karabakh problem” April 17.
Trend reports that state deputies and representative of Azadlyg
political block were partaking at the session.
The session was opened up by Faradj Guliyev PCCO cofounder and leader
of National Renascence Movement. He spoke on influence of the current
regional situation in Karabakh problem. To speed up the resolution
of the problem, Azerbaijan should change the course it adheres to now.
Speaking after him, deputies Nasib Nasibli and Fazil Gazanfarogli said
of tension between the USA and IRI and importance of such situation
for Azerbaijan. In case this conflict turns into a war Azerbaijan
will be in great danger.
The word then was given to Sardar Djalalogli, first deputy chairman
of Democratic party, but Mr. Djalalogli denied. “I haven’t prepared
speech on this issue in public,” – Mr. Djalalogli explained.
At the session the politicians demanded the state inform the public
on the process of conversations on resolution of Karabakh problem.
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