Opinion
Khachatourian: War Threats Loom Over ‘Peace’ Talks
On Sun., Nov. 22, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs issued a statement following the meeting in Germany between the Armenian and Azeri presidents on the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict. The representatives of France, Russia, and the U.S. expressed optimism over the progress of the peace talks, but failed to condemn Azerbaijan and its president, Ilham Aliyev, for inciting violence when he threatened military action against Armenia and Karabagh just two days before.
“That meeting must play a decisive
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I completely agree. It is outrageous that Aliyev and Azerbaijan are allowed to make war threats
in a peace. Without an appropriate response from the Armenian side,they almost sound like impatient victors; rather than the losing side in a conflictinitiated by thier oppressive state. I understand that it is, at times, in Armenia’s interest to not respond to such ridiculous statements,but we must be careful to not lose more ground in the public positioning debate. Aliyev’s continued
barage of obsurdities, are designed to distort the truth by repeating comments to a naive or uniformed public . I do believe that Armenia’s statement on recognizing Karabagh is a response
along these lines and should continue.
Dear Stepan,
Anti chronologically,to your above post.
1.RA should have done that long ago,that is recognize Artsakhs´(Nagorniyi Karab agh) independence.Better yet,should have done what it started to do in the commencement of it.
“Miatzoum” ….after all if we declare it is Armenian territory,parecel and part of it,it SHOULD FORM PART OF IT… usurped,”squattered” – in by azeris.lIKE YOU SAY, WE WERE THE VICTORS.sINCE IT FAILED ,YES FAILED TO DO SO ,THESE ARE THE CONSEQUENCES.Those people at the helm of the previous government,LTP ,to be exact, did not have the “cojones” to act appropriately
After all a man of letters and much knowledge..but Cultural-wise,not with abilitites to steer the victorious “jogads”.There is proof that one or two or the latter comandants,had had the idea and suggsted to lTP or other inpower of the armed forces to make an incursion into NAKHIJEVAN and within a few hours liberate it too.Bygones are bygones!!!!!!
As regrds your first and second paragraph´s ,I regret for Armenian Amerticans it is probably their being incognizant of turkic,rather ,in spanish( turco-azeri ) “Khasiat”,voj in Armenian,which means their nature or natural mode..even with their backs on the ground they will keep “Hokhortal” means boast,MORE OR LESS.Several times over when Serzh Sargsyan was Ministre of Defense, he boldly DEFIED THEM and said “come and get it”this I describe Ala Americaine…
But nothing happened.So do not be dismayed with their “Khasiat” -like boasting!!!
However,they have One IMPORTANT factor on their side,that of great Turkey and in exstension suppoting states….Viz.who-you go figure outplease…
So it is high time we in the Diaspora also brface ourselves get mOBILIZED in case great Turkey really means what it declares, that of being on the side of Azerbaijan and…even support it in case war breaks out.
I do believe this is a probability as we have seen so far, their unrelenting stance is not changing.They may mean business.
A. There are two reasons for this to happen.A.If their quest for entering in EU is not attained.Like in the past, they will then turn to the EAST.They have dropped in this respect.
B.TODAY, yes today their FM has declared openly we are NEO-OSMANLY….go figure that out please.
Hama Haigagani SIRO,
gaytzag palandjian
ex-Executive Board member of Armenian (first)
Co9ngress ,Paris 1979
Russians are no longer in Azerbaijan. If Azerbaijanis continues threatening Armenia, the Armenian ambassador in Iran should start encouraging the Iranian leadership in Tehran to abrogate Golestan (1813) and Torkemanchayi Treaties (1824) and put an immediate claim on Azeri territory. It’s about time Azerbaijanis joined their former native homeland. Many sincerely religious Shia Azeris might in fact be delighted. They will be able to go to the Iranian mosques and Shia holy pilgrimage centers in Mashhad and Quom and worship their God without Aliev’s government bullying them. And for the Iranians, Baku oil fields and southwestern Caspian continental shelf oil reserves might be too tempting. To the delight of Armenians, with the West being preoccupied in Afghanistan and Iraq, Iranians might march all the way to Baku and overthrow Aliev’s threatening government.
It was unfortunate that Fathali Shah-e Ghagar of Persia being preoccupied with Circassian -Georgian slave girls, and the imcompaetense of his Armenian eunuchs to managing his harem, ignored to protect the northwestern periphery of his empire. Armenians can help Iranians to declare abovementioned two treaties null and void and eventually persuade Iranians to annex Azeri territory. It will be nice to get rid of mean, cantankerous, and bellicose enemies such as phony Turks in Baku!