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Zahid Oruj: "Now Azerbaijan has forced Armenia to undertake the self-defense tactics"

30 April 2008 [12:21] - TODAY.AZ
Day.Az interview with Zahid Oruj, Milli Medjlis deputy, member of the permanent parliamentary commission on security and defense.
-How would you comment on the statement, passed by the Armenian parliament regarding Nagorno Karabakh which in particular stresses the need to work out a mechanism for provision of support to Nagorno Karabakh by Armenia in case Azerbaijan resumes war in the region?

-Primarily, attention should be paid to the fact that events, ongoing in Armenia are not fully reflected in the Azerbaijani press or presented to our community, which hinders the formation of a full scale image about processes, ongoing in neighboring country, which has not formed as a state.

Sometimes, familiarizing with anti-governmental materials in Armenian mass media, I regret that our community and political elite do not always base on this critics. By its radicalism, Armenian society and its anti-governmental elite outstrips ours, its activity is more substantiated.

In such conditions, the illegitimate government of the Karabakh clain, ruling over Armenia, is obliged to make efforts to raise trust of the population, get certain political dividends, remove the split within the society. Naturally, the Karabakh problem is the best instrument for it, therefore, it is not by accident that one of the steps of the new authorities in this direction became the decision, you have indicated.

Let's see whether these steps, undertaken in the past or now, have unified the Armenian community or put an end to the split between the institutes of diaspora and lobby> On the contrary I consider that Serzh will not be able to gain the trust of people. Certainly, he will represent his country on the international arena from the legal point of view, but the support of powers by the people is also important, why Serzh does not have this support. Do not forget that the actions, not basing on the support of people, gradually lead to elimination of the political elite, undertaking them.

It seems to me that currently Armenia's so-called "brain centers", political institutions enter a new stage and this is mainly connected with the events in the Balkans,. Yerevan saw that the main arguments, which the West presented to legitimate independence of Kosovo, was recognition of rights of Kosovo residents by Serbians and application of the most brutal actions against them, including genocide, though this can not be the basis for independence of any people.

Yet in the present day realities the world society substantiated independence of Kosovo, this ethnic area of local importance, by such moral and political factors. This was the uniqueness of the Kosovo issue. Now Armenians consider different kind of steps, aiming to involve Azerbaijan in various provocations, especially, in military clashes, even at the expense of the lives of Armenian people, to attach the same uniqueness to Nagorno Karabakh. At the same time Armenians realize that in current conditions they lack such a platform in the Karabakh issue, as Azerbaijan has not committed genocide against Karabakh Armenians and on the contrary has fallen victim of it, and on basis of this genocide, the working leadership of Armenia came to power.

Thus, I think that the real cause of the events ongoing in Armenia were the circumstances I presented.

-At the same time, the Armenian parliament periodically raise the issue of possible recognition of independence of Nagorno Karabakh by Armenia. Is it real?

-I don't think it is. Recognition of independence of Nagorno Karabakh will affect the state system of Armenia, which has not formed yet. This step will in fact imply Armenia's recognition of its indirect participation in the occupation of Azerbaijani lands, which Armenians have so far avoided. They personally speak of the untimeliness of this step and the reason is clear. They are well aware that the steps, undertaken by Armenia, have not yet helped to achieve the goal, set by Yerevan: international pressure on Azerbaijan and its recognition of that Karabakh Armenians have no alternative to independence.

Armenians realize that recognition of independence of Nagorno Karabakh will lead to nothing. Unlike Kosovo, this will not be supported by various countries. Nagorno Karabakh will never demonstrate itself as a subject of international law and no one intends to provide a place in the United Nations for it. This means that it will ot be able to gain attributes of independence and on the contrary the process of the peaceful settlement of the conflict will be affected. Azerbaijan will gain political and diplomatic advantages, as Armenia will itself prove the fact of the rude violation of the norms of international law.

Thus, Armenians avoid this step.

-Anyway the Armenian parliament express its position on Nagorno Karabakh more frequently that Milli Medjlis, hold hearings, discussions and other events with attraction of local and foreign representatives. Don't you think that our parliament should also intensify its efforts on the problem?

-I think on the current stage we should pay more attention to the traditional course, aimed at the more active advancement on the diplomatic front for the purpose of strengthening international support. I would like to note that Armenians have already undertaken the tactics of self-defense in the result of it. Now they are obliged to oppose the facts, we present.

I have recently familiarized with the session record of the Armenian parliament and some announcements and saw the anxiety about the steps, undertaken by Azerbaijan, while in the mid 1990s we were obliged to follow them, opposing their statements by some well-known reasons, that is Azerbaijan has conducted a policy "They tell a lie"

Therefore, I consider that any public discussions of the Karabakh problem should not be built depending on the steps of the Armenian side, by making an impression that we fall for their bait. This would restrict our capacities.

On the other hand, I have always spoken for discussion of the Karabakh problem in the parliament, as international situation is changing, many new initiatives are being formed in the society which strengthens the position of the country. I wish the discussion of the Karabakh is not turned into a tool for gaining scores in the internal political fight. We, in the parliament, have always feared the speculations with this topic.

I have repeatedly witnessed that our opposition tries to consider this issue from a different aspect. I think, the defining factor is the position of the head of state on this issue. Analyze the position of political powers of our country on the said problem and see whether others have the second, non-compromise position on the Karabakh issue, which fully reflects the national interests, and I want everyone to assess the position in the duly manner.

/Day.Az/
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