Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 CIVILNET.AM: November 9, 2020 5:05 PM: The RA MFA spokesman commented on the statements made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Ali in an interview with BBC. He particularly stated. "In the interview, Ilham Ali confirms that there is no justification for the deliberate targeting of the civilian population of Stepanakert, the civilian population of other peaceful settlements in Artsakh, which has been undeniably documented by many reputable international media outlets specializing in human rights. Realizing that he would sooner or later be held responsible for his war crimes, Ilham Ali made a desperate attempt to deny the truth, calling it "fake news.""Ilham Ali's hateful statement, made against the backdrop of the ongoing targeting of Artsakh's civilian infrastructure by the armed forces acting on his orders," proves once again that the people of Artsakh can not be under the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan under any circumstances. " https://www.civilnet.am/news/2020/11/09/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%AD%D5%AB-%D5%AA%D5% B8% D5% B2% D5% B8% D5% BE% D5% B8% D6% 82% D6% 80% D5% A4% D5% A8-% D5% B8% D6% 80% D6% 87% D5% A7 -% D5% B0% D5% A1% D5% B6% D5% A3% D5% A1% D5% B4% D5% A1% D5% B6% D6% 84% D5% B8% D6% 82% D5% B4- % D5% B9% D5% AB-% D5% AF% D5% A1% D6% 80% D5% B8% D5% B2-% D5% AC% D5% AB% D5% B6% D5% A5% D5% AC -% D4% B1% D5% A4% D6% 80% D5% A2% D5% A5% D5% BB% D5% A1% D5% B6% D5% AB-% D5% AB% D6% 80% D5% A1 % D5% BE% D5% A1% D5% BD% D5% B8% D6% 82% D5% A9% D5% B5% D5% A1% D5% B6-% D5% B6% D5% A5% D6% 80% D6% 84% D5% B8-% D5% 80% D5% 80-% D4% B1% D4% B3% D5% 86/406928 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 The fake sultan lies because he knows, Russia, USA and Europe will not challenge. The world was silent in 1915, they are silent today.Azerbaijan’s Aliyev embarrasses himself on BBC11:35, 09.11.2020Region:World News, Armenia, Karabakh, AzerbaijanTheme: Politics 6 SHARES This time, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was ridiculed on BBC, not shying away from spreading lies on the air of international media.He described as misinformation not only the facts of the Armenian side, but also the documented evidence by the BBC correspondent in Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) capital Stepanakert and by Human Rights Watch that the Azerbaijani side is targeting the civilian population of Artsakh with cluster munitions and other weapons.According to Armenpress, Aliyev, in an interview with BBC, described the words of the aforesaid BBC correspondent as misinformation.In response to the journalist's remark that the BBC correspondent in Stepanakert reported that the local civilians as well as civilian settlements and infrastructures had been targeted, the Azerbaijan president said he doubted this report which, according to him, could be false information.On the next remark that the Azerbaijani side used cluster munitions against the population of Artsakh—and about which there are evidence, photos and videos, and all this is documented in detail by Human Rights Watch—the president of Azerbaijan again stated that all of them were false.Referring to the shelling of the Saint Ghazanchetsots Church in Artsakh’s Shushi city, Aliyev said that it could be the fault of their artillery. And when asked by the journalist whether it was possible to make the same mistake twice a day, the Azerbaijani president said, “yes.” Armenia News - NEWS.am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 ‘Many reporters can prove: You are lying!” BILD's eyewitness of Azeri war crimes tells AliyevSaveShare11 16:27, 9 November, 2020YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Reporter Paul Ronzheimer of the German BILD reacted to Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev’s absurd claims alleging that the Azeri bombardments of peaceful settlements in Artsakh – witnessed by the BBC and Human Rights Watch, among others, is “fake news”.Ronzheimer himself was in Artsakh and saw the Azeri shelling of civilian areas. “Not only BBC knows that the President is telling lies, once again. We were on the ground for two weeks, saw shelling of civilian areas almost every day and every night. @azpresident, there are many many reporters who can prove: You are lying!” the reporter tweeted.Video Player Editing by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Battle for Shushi continues, Azeri forces lose upper handSaveShare12 10:52, 9 November, 2020YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Battles continue near the town of Shushi, Armenian Defense Ministry official Lt. Colonel Artsrun Hovhannisyan said.He said the Defense Army of Artsakh is successfully carrying out its mission and is “depriving the adversary from proactiveness.” “This is the true state of affairs. Simply dismiss other, ungrounded opinions,” he said on social media, referring to disinformation campaigns.Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Swiss intelligence: Turkey key transit area, safe haven for Islamic StateNovember 9, 2020 - 17:09 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey plays a key role as a transit area and safe haven for the Islamic State group, according to the 2020 edition of Switzerland's Security report from the country's Federal Intelligence Service.Published in late October, the survey says the core organisation of the Islamic State has considerable resources in terms of personnel and finances."It has been preparing for the prospect of defeat for a long time: cadres and financial resources have been moved to safe places. In Syria and Iraq it is now an underground organisation which, though fragmented, has intact structures at the regional level. It has carried out thousands of attacks in Syria and Iraq since the fall of the caliphate," the report reads."Despite the limitations referred to above, the core organisation entertains extensive transnational networks. Turkey plays a key role in this context as a transit area and safe haven. This assessment is corroborated by the fact that adherents of the Islamic State have been captured or killed in areas close to the Turkish border on numerous occasions."In 2019, the Turkish Minister of the Interior publicly confirmed the increasing presence and heightened activity of jihadists in Turkey. In the same year, the Islamic State declared Turkey one of its provinces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 AFP refuses to publish interview with Azeri ambassador in FranceNovember 9, 2020 - 14:42 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Agence France-Presse (AFP) has refused to publish an interview with the Azerbaijani ambassador in France, Rahman Mustafayev, according to a tweet the envoy posted on Monday, November 9 night.An email screenshot the ambassador published reveals that the news agency has explained their decision by the fact that "the accusation he mentioned cannot be verified."Mustafayev wrote that Le Figaro and other media outlets "systematically refuse" to publish Azerbaijani stories.Since the beginning of the war in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), Azerbaijan has embarked on a campaign to shift the blame for the ongoing hostilities. Their president Ilham Aliyev went as far as to accuse the BBC of disseminating what he described fake news about Azerbaijan's war crimes, which have been verified by international and local news outlets and major human rights organizations.Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Erdogan admits military presence in AzerbaijanNovember 9, 2020 - 13:10 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is militarily "present" in Azerbaijan, just like in Libya and Syria.According to a video posted by Turkish journalist and researcher Abdullah Bozkurt, Erdogan said: "We are present [militarily] in Syria and Libya. Now we are also present in Azerbaijan.""I talked to my brother [Azeri President] Ilham Aliyev this morning. I learned about the current developments personally from him. Thank God. I was happy when I heard about the positive developments from him. God willing, we are approaching victory [in Nagorno-Karabakh]," Erdogan said on November 7.In the war against Artsakh (Karabakh), Turkey is supporting Azerbaijan militarily, also by transferring terrorist mercenaries from Libya and Syria to fight against Karabakh. Armenia was the first to report on Turkey's deployment of thousands of Syrian fighters to Azerbaijan. International media publications followed suit, as did reactions from France, Russia, Iran and Syria. The Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army has already unveiled footage of the interrogation of two such terrorists captured on the front.Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Karabakh official announced loss of control over ShushiNovember 9, 2020 - 18:00 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) presidential spokesman Vahram Poghosyan said Monday, November 9 that the Karabakh army has lost control of the key city of Shushi."The enemy is in the outskirts of Stepanakert, the existence of the capital is already endangered," Poghosyan said."If we want Shushi to be ours again and Artsakh to be preserved, today we must use all our capabilities to organize a reliable defense in Stepanakert and other directions of the front," Poghosyan wrote on Facebook.Poghosyan has confirmed the authenticity of his post to several Armenian news outlets. No official from Armenia has commented on the situation.Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey and terrorist mercenaries deployed by Ankara, started a war against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. Foreign and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Artsakh's Defense Army resolutely defends Shushi – militarySaveShare 22:31, 9 November, 2020YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, ARMENPRESS. Representative of the Defense Army of Artsakh Suren Sarumyan emphasizes that during the last 3-4 days the Azerbaijani side has focused on Shushi. According to him, during this period fierce clashes to place. The Defense Army units defended and continue to defend one of Artsakh's symbols, ancient citadel Shushi and are resolutely ready to carry out their military task with honor, ARMENPRESS reports Sarumyan said in a press conference.''During the day the adversary continued attacks against Shsuhi. The attacking units have been detected, targeted, inflicting heavy losses on them. I want to note that in that section 2 Azerbaijani servicemen have been captured'', Sarumyan said. According to him, military operations still continue in Shushi direction. Sarumyan said that military operations assume some confidentiality. ‘'For that reason sometimes it's unreasonable to even talk about territorial gains. Anyway, we have nothing to hide from our people, please trust official information and follow only official sources'', he said. Sarumyan assured that the army will be able to crush the adversary. ''The troops are in high combat mood. The soldiers spiritually strong and will protect their motherland to the end'', the Defense Army representative said.He added that the Azerbaijani side carried out military operations also in other sections of the front line. ''Our troops have taken control of more favorable positions in some parts. During the day 1 tank, 4 vehicles and 8 UAVs have been destroyed by the Defense Army’', Sarumyan said, adding that in the south-western direction Artsakh's troops were able to capture 1 tank and artillery means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Վարչապետը Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը ղարաբաղյան պատերազմը դադարեցնելու մասին հայտարարություն է ստորագրել https://hetq.am/hy/article/124134?fbclid=IwAR3wHrm2eD4qJrP9j2XbF0-hCOLTJkT6OxIb5IdRJQHd_X7NG-qz6K7Tg5A#.X6m9bco418k.facebook Վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանը գրառում է արել իր ֆեյսբուքյան էջում՝ հայտնելով, որ «անձամբ իր եւ բոլորիս համար ծանր, չափազանց ծանր որոշում է կայացրել»:«Ռուսաստանի եւ Ադրբեջանի նախագահների հետ ղարաբաղյան պատերազմը ժամը 01.00-ից դադարեցնելու մասին հայտարարություն եմ ստորագրել: Հայտարարության տեքստը, որ արդեն հրապարակվել է, անասելի ցավոտ է անձամբ ինձ եւ մեր ժողովրդի համար:Այդ որոշումը կայացրել եմ ռազմական իրադրության խորը վերլուծության եւ այդ իրադրությանը ամենալավը տիրապետող մարդկանց գնահատականի արդյունքում: Նաեւ հիմնվելով այն համոզմունքի վրա, որ ստեղծված իրավիճակում սա ՀՆԱՐԱՎՈՐ ամենալավ հանգուցալուծումն է: Այս ամենի մասին առաջիկա օրերին հանդես կգամ մանրամասն ուղերձով:Սա հաղթանակ չէ, բայց չկա պարտություն, քանի դեռ ինքդ քեզ պարտված չես ճանաչել: Մենք մեզ երբեք պարտված չենք ճանաչի եւ սա պետք է դառնա մեր ազգային համախմբման, վերածննդի դարաշրջանի մեկնարկ:Մենք պետք է վերլուծենք մեր անկախության տարիները, մեր ապագան պլանավորելու եւ անցյալի սխալները չկրկնելու համար:Ծնկի եմ իջնում մեր բոլոր նահատակների առաջ: Խոնարհվում եմ մեր բոլոր այն զինվորների, սպաների, գեներալների, կամավորների առաջ, ովքեր իրենց կյանքով են պաշտպանել ու պաշտպանում հայրենիքը: Նրանք իրենց անձնուրացությամբ փրկել են արցախահայությանը:Մենք պայքարեցինք մինչեւ վերջ: Եւ մենք հաղթելու ենք: Արցախը կանգուն է:Կեցցե՛ Հայաստանը: Կեցցե՛ Արցախը»,- ասված է վարչապետի գրառման մեջ: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia agree to end Karabakh warNovember 10, 2020 - 02:05 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signed a statement with Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Nagorno-Karabakh at 01:00am Tuesday, November 10, Pashinyan said on Facebook.“I have made that decision as a result of an in-depth analysis of the military situation, based on the assessment of people who know the situation best,” Pashinyan said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Azerbaijan apologizes for "accidentally" downing Russian helicopterAzerbaijan apologizes forNovember 9, 2020 - 21:50 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan has apologized for "accidentally shooting down" a Russian Mi-24 helicopter over Armenia, saying it is "ready to pay compensation", Izvestia reports.The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said the helicopter "flew in close proximity to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in the dark, at low altitude, outside the radar detection zone of [the country's] air defense [units]," claiming that the Azerbaijani side had not previously seen Russian Air Force helicopters in the area.Baku, in particular, cited "the tense situation in the region" as a reason for the their decision to open fire on the aircraft.Two members of the crew died while a third was injured in the crash, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier. The Mi-24 aircraft accompanying a convoy of the Russian military base in Armenia was shot down with a man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD), the Ministry added, stressing that the incident took place in the airspace of Armenia, outside the combat zone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 at this moment fights are in Shushi, some are saying shushi is in our hands some are saying otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Azerbaijan's downing of gunship "an aggression against Armenia, Russia"Azerbaijan's downing of gunshipNovember 9, 2020 - 23:51 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's destruction of the Russian military helicopter on the sovereign territory of Armenia is a clear aggression and attack on both Armenia and Russia, chief adviser to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Vagharshak Harutyunyan said Monday, November 9, Armenpress reports.Azerbaijan earlier apologized for "accidentally shooting down" the Mi-24 gunship over Armenia, saying it is "ready to pay compensation". Two members of the crew died while a third was injured in the crash, the Russian Defense Ministry said earlier. The Mi-24 aircraft accompanying a convoy of the Russian military base in Armenia was shot down with a man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD), the Ministry added, stressing that the incident took place in the airspace of Armenia, outside the combat zone."Azerbaijan was well aware that the helicopter flew within the territory of Armenia and did not pose a threat. They shot down the helicopter nonetheless," Harutyunyan said."On the other hand, a helicopter of the 102nd Russian military base was shot down, and an attack on helicopters and aircraft is considered an attack on that particular country, in this case, Russia. So, two international laws have been grossly violated here."The aide to the Armenian Prime Minister believes it necessary to also consider the direct participation of Turkey in the attack on the helicopter belonging to Armenia's ally, since the helicopter was shot down from Nakhichevan, which is under Turkish control."It is obvious that the nature and direction of the helicopter's flight could not be considered a threat to the Azerbaijani-Turkish side, which means any arguments are unacceptable," Harutyunyan added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Արայիկ Հարությունյան Arayik HarutyunyanJust now ·Սիրելի ՛ հայրենակիցներԱյսօր ամբողջ օրը ՀՀ Վարչապետ Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի հետ քննարկել ենք պատերազմական գործողությունների դադարեցմանն ուղղված մեր անելիքները: Նախօրոք քննարկումներ եմ ունեցել նաև ԱՀ Ազգային ժողովի հետ և ստացել պատգամավորների գերակշիռ մեծամասնության համաձայնությունը: Հաշվի առնելով ներկա ծանրագույն վիճակը և խուսափելու համար հետագա մարդկային մեծաքանակ կորուստներից և Արցախն ամբողջությամբ կորցնելուց՝ ես տվել եմ իմ համաձայնությունը ժամ առաջ դադարեցնելու պատերազմը: Ինչ վերաբերում է ստորագրված եռակողմ հայտարարությանը, ապա դրա վերաբերյալ մանրամասնորեն հանդես կգամ ավելի ուշ:Իմ խորին ցավակցություններն ու հպարտությունն եմ հղում մեր նահատակների հարազատներին ու ողջ ժողովրդին: Մենք դեռ ժամանակկունենանք զոհված հերոսների հարազատների ու մեր զինվորականների հետ երկխոսություն ունենալ մեր անելիքների շուրջ: Խոնարհումս բոլոր այն անձանց, ովքեր իրենց փոքրիկ լուման անգամ ներդրեցին Հայրենիքի պաշտպանության ծանր գործում: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 Karabakh President says has agreed to trilateral deal to end warKarabakh President says has agreed to trilateral deal to end warNovember 10, 2020 - 03:14 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan said on Tuesday, November 10 that he has agreed to a deal signed by Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan to end the war in Karabakh."We spent the whole day with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussing our actions aimed at ending the hostilities․ Prior to that I had discussions with the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, got the consent of the overwhelming majority of the lawmakers," Harutyunyan said."Given the dire situation, I have agreed to end the war as soon as possible in order to avoid further casualties and the complete loss of Artsakh. As ras as the trilateral statement is concerned, I will talk about it in detail later."As reported earlier, Pashinyan has signed a statement with Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Karabakh at 01:00 am Tuesday, November 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted November 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/armenia-pm-says-signed-painful-deal-to-end-nagorno-karabakh-war Armenia PM says he signed agreement to end Nagorno-Karabakh warNikol Pashinyan announces ‘painful’ agreement with presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia to end weeks-long conflict. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he signed a “painful” agreement with the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.His declaration in the early hours of Tuesday came hours after ethnic Armenian officials in the disputed region confirmed that the key city of Shusha (known as Shushi in Armenia) had been taken by Azeri forces.In a Facebook post, Pashinyan said the agreement would take effect from 1am on Tuesday (21:00 GMT on Monday), ending six weeks of fierce fighting that has left hundreds of people dead.Describing the move as “unspeakably painful for me personally and for our people”, Pashinyan said he took the decision as a result of “an in-depth analysis of the military situation” that has seen Azeri force make major gains.He said the agreement was “the best possible solution to the current situation”. No other details were immediately available.There was no official immediate reaction from Azerbaijan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 Unfortunately Mr. Rubin, it's too little too late for this! Armenians will remember this The National InterestNov 9 2020 It’s Time for Pro-Israel Groups to Divorce Azerbaijan The Jewish community should demand every country promote and respect religious freedom, but it should never use religious freedom as an excuse to turn a blind eye to other abuses. by Michael Rubin Much of Azerbaijan’s diplomatic prestige in Washington and success in Congress rests on two pillars: first, its embrace by Israel activists who found in Azerbaijan a strategic ally in a difficult neighborhood, and second, energy companies for whom their Azeri business nets billions of dollars. Oil windfalls often corrupt countries, as both politics and diplomacy become less about accountability and more about patronage. Azerbaijan is no exception. The latest Freedom House rankings put Azerbaijan even below the Gaza Strip, Cuba, and Venezuela. While the United States, France, and Russia have joined together to condemn Azerbaijan’s military offensive and gross violations of human rights such as summary execution of prisoners and deliberate destruction of Christian cultural sites, the United Kingdom and China have banded together to defend Azerbaijan in multilateral forums. British Petroleum has lobbied the Foreign Office to take an apologetic position toward the Aliyev dictatorship, while Azerbaijan’s increasing economic partnership with China has also led to Beijing’s willingness to protect its new Belt-and-Road Initiative proxy. Israel, too, has bragged that the military equipment and drones it provided to Azerbaijan has given the oil-rich dictatorship a decisive advantage over more democratic Armenia. “Azerbaijan would not be able to continue its operation at this intensity without our support,” an Israeli defense ministry official told the Asia Times on the condition of anonymity. Israel’s bargain is clear: It receives 60 percent of its oil from Azerbaijan and, in exchange, it arms Aliyev’s government. Pro-Israel groups and Jewish activists have long embraced the Israel-Azeri relationship for two reasons: First, Azerbaijan is generally religiously tolerant and protects its small Jewish community. Secondly, Azerbaijan has long positioned itself against the Islamic Republic of Iran, both in terms of its official approach to the role of Shi’ism in politics, and also against Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Tehran’s export of revolution. Washington-Baku relations, meanwhile, developed against the backdrop of the two states’ counter-terror partnerships in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism attacks. Jewish groups can applaud Azerbaijan’s willingness to allow its Jewish community to thrive, but that should not be a reason to turn a blind eye to its abuses against Armenia. Armenia, too, protects its Jewish community. Indeed, the Jewish community should demand every country promote and respect religious freedom, but it should never use religious freedom as an excuse to turn a blind eye to other abuses. While many pro-Israel strategists continue to support Azerbaijan because they believe it is opposed to Iran, they may be blind to changes underway that alter reality. So, too, are those U.S. strategists who applaud Azerbaijan’s post-9/11 counter-terror posture. Firstly, Iran is on the same side as Azerbaijan in the assault on Nagorno-Karabakh. Whereas President Ilham Aliyev once stood firmly against Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and, for that matter, Russian president Vladimir Putin as well, his calculations began to change because of what he interpreted to be the disinterest shown him first by the Obama administration and then by Trump’s team. Whatever Aliyev’s true beliefs—if he has any beyond the pursuit of personal power—he is a realist and recognizes he needed to make an accommodation with his more powerful neighbors. Additionally, Azerbaijan’s full-throttled embrace of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s regime should also raise alarm bells. Aliyev has acquiesced in almost all sectors to Erdoğan’s diktats, even to the point where Azeri officials cannot talk to Jews who have criticized Erdoğan’s own excesses. While Azerbaijan may once have aided the Mossad’s campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, Hakan Fidan—Erdoğan’s intelligence chief—has also exposed Israel’s anti-nuclear intelligence operatives in Iran. Just as many Israel activists were in denial about Turkey’s changes a decade ago, a naivete which Erdoğan exploited to the strategic advantage of Hamas, Iran, Russia, Al Qaeda, and the Islamic State, so too does there now appear to be a growing gap between the reality of Aliyev now versus the positions he took a decade ago. Indeed, pro-Israel activists should worry about where Aliyev’s subordination of himself and Azeri sovereignty to Erdoğan ambitions. Erdoğan’s Turkey may trade with Israel, but it holds Israel in contempt. It empowers Hamas—a terrorist group that now plans attacks on the Jewish state from Turkish territory—as well as Al Qaeda and the Islamic State. The logic some Turkish apologists make that Turkey is anti-Iran and so the United States should hold its nose and embrace Erdoğan both shows ignorance of the multidimensionality of relations in the Middle East and fails the logic test. Hamas is Iran’s chief Palestinian client. To embrace Turkey is to also empower Iranian proxies. Nor is castigation of Armenia as somehow anti-Western because of its ties to Iran and Russia entirely fair. Certainly, as some Azeri and Armenian activists have pointed out, I have called out Armenia for these issues in Congressional testimony before but, just as Azerbaijan has pivoted away from its anti-Islamic Republic and counterterror position over time, so too has Armenia changed. The year 2020 is not 2010, and countries change: After its 2018 revolution, Armenia today is substantially more democratic and westward-leaning. While Yerevan maintains close relations with Tehran and Moscow—and even hosts a Russian military base in Gyumri, seventy-five miles northwest of the capital—those relations are more reactive than proactive. Armenia might not need a Russian military base if it could be ensured that Turkey and Azerbaijan did not intend to complete the genocide the Ottomans began just over a century ago. The blockade by both Turkey and Azerbaijan of Armenian products also shapes Armenian foreign policy. It decimates the Armenian economy by raising the cost of its goods and forcing it to rely more on Iran and Russia as its economic lifeline. There is a certain irony to the argument that Azerbaijan is a better ally for the United States or Israel than Armenia because of Armenia’s ties to Russia and Iran when, aside from the fact that this need not be a zero-sum game, it is Azerbaijan’s policy which forces Armenia into their embrace. The Baku to Ceyhan pipeline, which purposely bypasses Armenia, simply amplifies these dynamics. While again it is British Petroleum’s oil interest which leads the United Kingdom to protect Azerbaijan at the United Nations Security Council and elsewhere, Armenia—even at the height of tensions with Azerbaijan—has not attacked the pipeline. This reinforces that Armenia is more a partner than an impediment and that its inclusion in the region’s oil infrastructure might have far broader diplomatic ramifications. Simply put, should the United States pressure Turkey and Azerbaijan to open trade with Armenia or join its pipeline network, then it would allow Yerevan to wean itself away from any Russian or Iranian demands which run counter to broader Western interests. For decades, Israel languished in isolation. It was willing to develop ties with any country that would have it, regardless of the baggage that the country carried. Hence it was with Apartheid-era South Africa, a country whose domestic politics were noxious to any Jewish value. Israel still pays the price for its ties to that racist regime today (perhaps unfairly given how South Africa was an Arab oil client). It is no longer 1970, however. Most of the world recognizes Israel; the Israeli government no longer needs relations at any price; it can afford to raise the bar. To supply Azerbaijan with weaponry at a time when Azerbaijan is both targeting Christian villages and churches and developing its relations with China is immoral and will have a long-term cost to which Israeli officials appear blind. Furthermore, as Israel has both normalized relations with the United Arab Emirates and developed its own resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, it need not feel that it is dependent upon Aliyev for energy. Simply put, it is time for any activist who seeks to enhance Israel’s security in the region to recognize that the reality of Azerbaijan is in dissonance with its propaganda. It’s time for both Israel and the U.S. Jewish community to step away from its former Caspian ally. Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/it%E2%80%99s-time-pro-israel-groups-divorce-azerbaijan-172255?fbclid=IwAR07sdVvWWGGGmRac9XJwRBcGKCPuy2xtRipS21OxzZS3emyiuK_rdaX9B0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 Pashinyan paid the price for having a democratic election. Next election get the candidates approved first by Mr. Putin. Armenian Prime Minister explains reasons behind signing Karabakh armisticeSaveShare5 11:56, 10 November, 2020YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian military and the political leadership of Artsakh had termed a clear task of immediately stopping the war, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, explaining the reasons behind signing the armistice with Azerbaijan with Russian mediation.“I’ve previously said that I’ve made this decision after the military continuously insisted on the necessity of taking this step,” he said, adding that there were some problems which weren’t possible to be solved anymore. “For example, we’ve faced cases when a regiment had to be transported for combat purposes, but the residents of the given settlement had blocked the gates of the military base and didn’t allow the vehicles to exit. We’ve had dozens of cases like this. As a result, there was a problem of getting the equipment to the frontline. In many cases strict intervention was made, while in some cases there simply wasn’t the possibility because police officers were on-duty at the frontline. This has caused serious, grave consequences,” Pashinyan said. The Prime Minister also pointed out problems in the military’s mobilization system, noting that the citizens who are drafted for active duty to supplement the regular army don’t always have the required combat-readiness. “This doesn’t anyhow mean that all of the [draftees] were in the same condition. We’ve had people who fought heroically. But in any case, we also faced some desertion issues which we couldn’t solve. When the entire involved resource wasn’t effective we had problems, very often those who fought well didn’t have anyone to replace them,” he said, adding that there were servicemen who served on combat duty for one month uninterruptedly with no replacement shifts.“This all created serious problems to the degree that our army, the political leadership of Artsakh formed a clear task that it was necessary to stop the war immediately, otherwise the consequences would be far worse. This was an extremely difficult and hard decision. It angered us also, but we were in a situation where there was no alternative,” he said.Speaking on why a truce wasn’t signed on the same conditions on September 27 – the day the war began – the PM said the conditions were the same then. “It could’ve been adopted under the conditions of surrendering the 7 territories known to you and us. We couldn’t take that step because we believed that the army of Artsakh, the Armenian people would be able to enable us to impose the ceasefire rather than for us to be interested in a ceasefire, which, regrettably, didn’t happen. We couldn’t think that surrendering territories was the right way to achieve a ceasefire. A question will be asked, in that case why did we nevertheless decide to take that step, for a simple reason – upon listening to the briefings of the military it became clear to us that the consequences of a continuation would be far more serious. As difficult as it may be, at this moment this simply had to stop,” he said. Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted November 10, 2020 Report Share Posted November 10, 2020 Armenia President: I immediately initiate political consultations08:44, 10.11.2020Region:Armenia, Karabakh, AzerbaijanTheme: Politics 4 SHARES I learned from the press that a statement on ending the Karabakh war was signed with the Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan. I learned about the conditions for ending the war from the press as well. Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian noted this in a statement he released Tuesday morning“Unfortunately, there had not been any consultation or discussion on this document with me as the President of the Republic. I had not taken part in any negotiations.The settlement of the Karabakh conflict is a matter of national significance. Any step and action, any decision related to the vital security interests and rights of Armenia, Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] and the entire Armenian people, especially the signing of a document, should be the subject of comprehensive consultations and discussions.I emphasize that the fate of Artsakh, and consequently, of the Armenian people, can be resolved only taking into account our national interests and only on the basis of a national consensus.Taking into account the deep concerns of the large masses of the people conditioned by the current situation, I immediately initiate political consultations in order to coordinate the solutions, arising from the protection agenda of our national interests, as soon as possible.As the President of the Republic, I consider the formation of national unity at this crucial moment of national preservation to be my current mission. I hope that within ten days we will all be able to form such a unity, in which case I will consider that I have used the opportunities to serve my homeland,” the Armenian President’s statement also reads. Armenia News - NEWS.am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Yervant1 Posted November 11, 2020 Report Share Posted November 11, 2020 We all preach unity, but never practice it when it matters the most! AGBU Press Office55 East 59th StreetNew York, NY 10022-1112Phone: 212.319.6383Email: communications@agbu.orgWebsite:https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.agbu.org__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9T1D_PRKd2VRKm2aHgI2hMwEhr-Dxa-kUWQy82Am1UGFFlL7tzr_n5aI_IeBkw$PRESS RELEASETuesday, November 10, 2020A Call for Unity and ResilienceStatement by the Armenian General Benevolent UnionFor 44 days our global nation has experienced a myriad of emotions - pride,excitement, fear, anger, frustration, sadness. We may be afraid of the futureand questioning what lies ahead but this is when Armenians show their truestrength and character. We are survivors. We have learned over millennia ofexistence that no matter what obstacles or powers try to control us, our spiritwill endure. Our legacy on civilization is marked with achievement afterachievement. It is in these times when we feel knocked down that we must look atour history as the greatest story of existence, endurance and resilience.For 44 days Armenians from all corners of the earth have merged efforts andvoices. Strangers have become comrades and partners in collaborations. Thesudden attack on our lands released the shackles of labels among our communitiesto unite us as never before. It is this story that will write a new chapter inwhich we continue to work together and build bridges to the future. Each of uswill contribute to the healing and rebuilding that is necessary to support ournation and our people.It is our duty to find peace within ourselves and reemerge ready to cometogether with this same spirit of nation building.We owe this to our many heroes, those who have lost their lives, those who havesuffered injury and those with pain in their hearts. Armenia needs us all.Artsakh needs us all. We need each other more than ever.We call upon all devotees of our nation - individuals, humanitarian or socialorganizations, as well as all political parties within or outside Armenia - tounite and rise as we confront any challenges in the days ahead.AGBU is here and ready to serve. Ready to connect and to rebuild. Ready tosupport our people, our institutions, our government and our church, and lead asnecessary as we move forward together.Now as always, in unity is strength.The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is the world's largest non-profitorganization devoted to upholding the Armenian heritage through educational,cultural and humanitarian programs. Each year, AGBU is committed to making adifference in the lives of 500,000 people across Armenia, Artsakh and theArmenian diaspora. Since 1906, AGBU has remained true to one overarching goal:to create a foundation for the prosperity of all Armenians. To learn more visithttps://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.agbu.org__;!!LIr3w8kk_Xxm!9T1D_PRKd2VRKm2aHgI2hMwEhr-Dxa-kUWQy82Am1UGFFlL7tzr_n5aI_IeBkw$ . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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