Statue of a Dictator (Aliyev Clan)

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Interfax - Russia & CIS General Newswire
February 22, 2017 Wednesday 9:24 PM MSK


Azerbaijan opens criminal case against Armenian, Spanish, British
scientists who excavated in Karabakh

BAKU. Feb 22

The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has opened a criminal case
against scientists from Armenia, Spain and the United Kingdom who
conducted field studies in the territory of the unrecognized
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic; a request was sent to Interpol, the press
service for the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office said.

"The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office has initiated a criminal
case under various articles of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code due to
excavations in the Azokh Cave located in the occupied territories
carried out by Levon Yepiskoposyan, employee of the Armenian National
Academy of Sciences' Institute of Molecular Biology, Yolanda Fernandez
Jalvo, researcher of the Spanish National Research Council, Tanya
King, director of the British Blandford Museum's Azokh Project and
Peter Andrew, researcher of the London Natural History Museum since
2002," the press service said.

"A court ruled to arrest the aforementioned individuals, Azerbaijan
put them on the international wanted list and sent a request to
Interpol," the press service said.

The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office said that the Spanish
National Natural History Museum and the Science and Technology
Ministry, the UK's Galway Institute and the London branch of the
Armenian General Benevolent Union are suspected of providing
"financial and other aid to excavations."

Baku is currently considering whether the aforementioned activity
complies with Azerbaijani legislation and norms of international
humanitarian law.

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Transitions online, Czech Republic

Feb 23 2017

Azerbaijan Strategizes Return to Karabakh

President orders to rebuild ruined village in a showcase of the country's progress in regaining disputed region.

23 February 2017

With mine clearing work under way, Azerbaijan is going at full speed to repopulate a village that it gained full access to last spring.

President Ilham Aliev (pictured) signed an order last month to fund the construction of 50 private houses in Jojug Marjanli, as well as a school and other infrastructure, including roads to the village, Azernews writes.

Azerbaijani forces retook a nearby strategic hilltop and other areas around the village in last April’s so-called “four-day war” with Armenian forces.

Jojug Marjanli lies near the Iranian border, south of Armenian-held Nagorno-Karabakh. The village changed hands several times during the war with Armenia over the region in the early 1990s, finally ending up under Azeribaijani control when the 1994 ceasefire was signed. But demining and reconstruction work, much less repopulating the village, was impossible until Azeri forces secured the area last spring, EurasiaNet.org writes.

Resettlement of the village served up a PR opportunity for Azerbaijan's government. Last week the government organized a trip for heads of diplomatic missions and international organizations accredited in Azerbaijan to visit the village and observe the restoration work, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.

Restoring the village is a curtain raiser for the government’s “Great Return” program of eventually restoring its control over Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding Armenian-held districts, the deputy head of the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Fuad Huseynov, told EurasiaNet.

• The success of the spring military operation may embolden Baku to new attempts at recovering Nagorno-Karabakh, EurasiaNet's sources feared.

• Azerbaijan has issued an international arrest warrant for a Czech member of the European Parliament, Jaroslav Stetina, and two other deputies it accuses of repeatedly entering Armenian-occupied Karabakh while serving as referendum observers there, Lidove noviny reports.

• Belarus recently extradited Russian-Israeli travel blogger Aleksandr Lapshin to Azerbaijan to face charges of illegally entering Nagorno-Karabakh, a fact that brought a complaint from Moscow, RFE/RL reported.

http://www.tol.org/client/article/26721-azerbaijan-jojug-marjanli-karabakh-war-idps.html

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The Charlatan, Carlton University, Ottawa - Canada

March 1 2017

Armenian Students’ Association mural vandalized

March 2, 2017 Karen-Luz Sison

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The tunnel mural of the Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) was found defaced and covered with propaganda posters on the morning of Feb. 27.

Serge Iskedijan, senior executive member of the ASA, said he and his club suspect the incident is a hate crime, and reported the incident to Campus Safety.

Iskedijan said Campus Safety has involved the Ottawa Police in the case.

“We were deeply appalled that they chose to attack the mural . . . The mural is a depiction of just our historical background,” he said. “There’s nothing political about the mural. We’re not sending a message, and we don’t want people to interpret it that way.”

According to a statement on the ASA’s Facebook page, the posters were not approved by the Carleton University Students’ Association, and were not found anywhere else on school grounds.

The ASA said in the statement that they condemn “any sort of hate speech and discrimination towards any race, ethnicity or faith.”

This mural defacing was not the first time his club has encountered hostility, according to Iskedijan.

The posters placed on the mural appeared to be part of a campaign called “Justice for Khojaly.” Khojaly is a city in Azerbaijan, neighbouring Armenia.

The Justice for Khojaly campaign aims to raise awareness for an incident that took place during the Nagorno-Karabakh War where Azerbajani civilians were killed by Armenian armed forces, according to the Justice for Khojaly website.

Iskedijan said Campus Safety has forwarded information about the case to the intelligence unit of the Ottawa Police, which will determine whether or not the incident will be considered a hate crime.

The Charlatan reached out to Campus Safety regarding the incident with the ASA’s mural but did not receive a response in time of publication.

– Photo is provided

http://charlatan.ca/2017/03/armenian-students-association-mural-vandalized/

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Luxemburg MFA reminds Azerbaijan that conflicts are resolved through diplomacy
12:06, 04.03.2017
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The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg has gently reminded Baku that conflicts are resolved through diplomacy.

Commenting—while speaking to L’essentiel news website of Luxembourg—on Azerbaijan authorities’ discontent over European Parliament member Frank Engel’s (Luxembourg) recent visit to Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), the spokesperson of Jean Asselborn, the Minister of Foreign of Luxembourg, recalled, citing Asselborn, that his country has not severed diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan.

“Luxembourg has never severed ties with anyone, and it is not interested in this now, as well,” noted the spokesperson, citing his country’s FM. “Conflicts should be viewed differently; the objective of diplomacy is in this.”

Also, the Luxemburg MFA representative reminded that his country’s relations with Azerbaijan are not so active, and that Luxembourg does not have an embassy in Baku.

https://news.am/eng/news/376750.html

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U.S. diplomat condemns statement of Azerbaijani scholar specializing in literary science
17:09, 06.03.2017

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Evans commented on the words of Azerbaijani scholar specializing in literary science, Meti Osmanoglu that every Turk’s duty is to kill at least one Armenian.

“This is incitement to murder, if not to genocide, pure and simple,” he tweeted.

Meti Osmanoglu shared his memories about a dialogue between Artsakh writer Levon Adyan and Azerbaijani translator and literary critic Abbas Abdulla.

“I remember Levon’s conversations with Abbas Abdulla, who told Levon: Every Turk’s duty is to kill at least one Armenian. Levon, come on, I will kill you, too,” said Osmanoglu.

https://news.am/eng/news/377058.html

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Armenian community protests against Aliyev’s visit to France

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15:34, 15 March, 2017

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian community of France on March 14 held a protest on the occasion of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to France, Nouvelle d'Armenie reports.

Earlier Murad Papazian – CoChairman of the Coordination Council of the Armenian Organizations of France, ARF Bureau Member, informed that the protest will be held aimed at condemning Aliyev’s visit, as well as supporting the issue of self-determination of Artsakh and its people.

“We must make sure that media will cover our initiative. The protest will be held in a place where there are always a large number of people, as well as tourists. It is expected many people will take part in the protest”, Papazian said earlier.

The protests were held in Paris, Lyon and Marseille.

https://armenpress.am/eng/news/882643/armenian-community-protests-against-aliyev%E2%80%99s-visit-to-france.html

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Azerbaijan Accused of Giving

Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe

By Harut Sassounian

Publisher, The California Courier

www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

For years, the government of Azerbaijan has been showering politicians and dignitaries from around the world with expensive gifts, such as silk carpets, gold, silver, caviar, cash, and all-expense paid trips in exchange for their votes in favor of Azerbaijan and against Armenia and Artsakh (Karabagh). This illicit practice is so prevalent that Europeans describe it as "caviar diplomacy.”

Even though this bribery goes on behind closed doors and it is disclosed neither by Azeri officials nor by crooked foreign politicians, once in a while it comes to light. We should all remember that what is disclosed is a tiny portion of the large amount of bribery doled out to Baku visitors, officials in various countries, and those serving in international organizations like the United Nations.

Recently, a great scandal was exposed in the Council of Europe involving millions of dollars of cash given to some of its members in return for defeating decisions critical of Azerbaijan or supporting unfavorable reports on Artsakh.

As a result, Transparency International, the world’s largest anti-corruption group, has called on the Council of Europe to investigate serious allegations of corruption. The European Stability Initiative (ESI) also accused Azerbaijan of unduly influencing Council of Europe decisions by transferring huge sums of money and other favors to key parliamentarians. ESI urged that an independent investigation be conducted to look into the PACE vote in 2013, rejecting a highly critical report of political prisoners in Azerbaijan and the role of members of that country’s delegation.

The Guardian published a lengthy expose on April 20, 2017, titled: “Fresh Claims of Azerbaijan vote-rigging at European human rights body.” Two high ranking officials of PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) have informed The Guardian about PACE members receiving bribes from Azerbaijan in exchange for votes in favor of that country. PACE is composed of 324 Parliamentarians from 47 European countries, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and Turkey.

Arif Mammadov, a former Azerbaijani diplomat informed The Guardian that a PACE member was given over $30 million by the government of Azerbaijan to hand out as bribes to other PACE members. “Tobias Billström, a Swedish delegate to the assembly and former justice minister, said ‘very credible members’ had told him they had been offered bribes to vote in a certain way. He is one of 64 parliamentarians to have signed a resolution calling for an independent investigation into ‘serious and credible allegations of grave misconduct’ centered on an Azerbaijani vote,” The Guardian reported.

“The claims were first laid out in a 2012 report by the European Stability Initiative think tank, but have gathered momentum since Italian prosecutors began investigating a former chair of the center-right group, Italian deputy Luca Volontè. He is accused of accepting €2.39m [$2.6 million] in bribes from Azerbaijan in exchange for supporting its government in the Council of Europe. He faces a trial for money laundering, and Milan’s public prosecutor is appealing a decision to drop a corruption charge against him. He has always denied any wrongdoing,” according to The Guardian.

Even the President of PACE, Pedro Agramunt, is in trouble because he has refused to open an investigation into Azerbaijan’s bribery scandal. His recent trip to Syria has increased the number of PACE members who have called for his resignation. Since Agramunt cannot be fired under the Rules of Procedure, the PACE Bureau censored him last week by resolving that he is not authorized to make any official visits, attend meetings or make any public statements on behalf of the Assembly in his capacity as President. He is expected to resign shortly.

Furthermore, the Council of Europe launched an investigation in 2015 into Azerbaijan’s compliance with the European Convention on human rights, the first such inquiry into a member state in the last 25 years!

It is shameful that PACE, a body created to champion human rights, is falling victim to the Azeri dictator’s bribery schemes. These allegations undermine the core values of the Council of Europe. It should be unacceptable that during previous Azeri elections when PACE members went there as observers, they surprisingly issued highly positive reports, whereas the rest of the international observers had very negative assessments. Such a contrast brought up concerns that Azerbaijan had managed to bribe the PACE observers to cover up the corrupt elections.

The Guardian concluded that “Azerbaijan uses the [PACE] assembly to add a veneer of legitimacy to the authoritarian rule of its president, Ilham Aliyev, who has ruled the country since 2003.”

Ignoring Azerbaijan's abuses of bribery would mean that the Council of Europe could no longer be viewed as the guardian of human rights!

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Aliyev Family Plunders

Azerbaijan’s Oil Revenue

By Harut Sassounian

Publisher, The California Courier

www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

The government of Azerbaijan allocates its multi-billion dollar oil and gas revenue in four ways: 1) Bribery; 2) Theft by Pres. Aliyev’s family and his cronies; 3) Military purchases; and 4) Other budgetary matters. No wonder the majority of the people in Azerbaijan live in abject poverty, despite the billions of petrodollars earned by Aliyev’s autocracy.

Last week, we covered Azerbaijan’s bribery at the Council of Europe and throughout the world. This week, we present examples of how large amounts of Azerbaijan’s wealth are stolen by the Aliyev family and members of the ruling clan. A U.S. State Department report on human rights referred to the “pervasive corruption” of Azerbaijan’s increasingly authoritarian regime. Transparency International, in its 2016 global survey of corruption, ranked Azerbaijan among the most corrupt nations -- 123rd out of 176 countries.

Last month, reporter Daphne Caruana Galizia revealed in her website that the three largest clients of Pilatus Bank in Malta are from Azerbaijan: Kamaladdin Heydarov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations, followed by the young son and daughter of Pres. Aliyev, whose names are Heydar Aliyev and Leyla Aliyeva.

Galizia reported: “Heydar Aliyev [President’s son] had first tried to open an account at the Bank of Valetta [in Malta], but was refused on the grounds that he is a major politically exposed person from one of the most corrupt countries, and a serious money-laundering risk.” She further revealed: “60% of Pilatus Bank’s deposits belong to Azerbaijani politically exposed persons.” We can therefore safely assume that the amount of money deposited by these three Azeris is in the millions of dollars!

Interestingly, the owner of Pilatus Bank is an Iranian by the name of Seyed Ali Sadr Hashemenijad who “was caught on camera removing bags of documents from his bank’s premises last Thursday night [April 20, 2017], accompanied by the bank’s risk manager, Antoniella Gauci.”

Unfortunately, the Maltese bank is not the only one where the Aliyevs and their clan have stashed tons of money. There are scores of off-shore companies set up by the Aliyevs and their intermediaries to launder large amounts of cash difficult to trace back to the leaders of Azerbaijan.

There are so many financial scandals involving the Aliyevs that it is hard to pinpoint a specific one; but one of their biggest scandals involves the purchase of luxury real estate in Dubai for $75 million by the three Aliyev children, according to the Washington Post. Heydar Aliyev, the then 11-year-old son of Pres. Aliyev, bought nine waterfront mansions for $44 million in 2009! His two sisters, Leyla and Arzu Aliyeva, bought several more mansions for an additional $31 million. These properties were paid for “upfront.” Where do children of their young age get $75 million given that they have no income and their father Pres. Aliyev’s annual salary is only $228,000!

The Washington Post article exposing these scandalous details explained that the “rush to move assets overseas, often with scant regard for returns, is a common feature of many oil-producing nations, where corrupt elites seek to ensure that their wealth is safe just in case political winds at home change.”

OCCRP’s website (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project) includes dozens of articles about examples of major corruption in Azerbaijan. In 2012, OCCRP named Pres. Ilham Aliyev its “Person of the Year” for his “links to crimes and corruption.” OCCRP reported that Mehriban Aliyeva, Pres. Aliyev’s wife, is “owner, director or shareholder of a web of offshore companies that were reportedly used by the family to conduct lucrative business dealings worth many millions of dollars.”

Indeed, Pres. Aliyev and his family own a multitude of expensive properties around the world. OCCRP reported that a building in Bucharest, Romania, purchased for $7.3 million, became the headquarters of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, named after Pres. Ilham Aliyev’s father who ruled Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. The Foundation is run by the family of Pres. Aliyev. According to OCCRP, the purchase of this building involved “offshore transactions, links to corrupt officials and organized crime, insider deals and a peculiar cult of personality for a dead leader.” The Aliyevs also own expensive buildings and houses in London (worth at least $25 million), Moscow (worth tens of millions of dollars), Dubai, and the Czech Republic.

Finally, Pres. Aliyev’s daughters Leyla and Arzu own some of the most luxurious hotels in Baku, according to OCCRP, including the Four Seasons, Sheraton, and the Marriott, among others. An Azerbaijani real estate expert told OCCRP that “the high-end Baku hotels owned or closely connected to the family are valued at $10 billion.”

OCCRP concluded that the Aliyev dynasty has been involved in “numerous secretive business operations across several continents in recent years! Using offshore companies and middlemen, the First Family took over considerable chunks of the Azerbaijani economy -- including gold mines, tourism, telecom companies and banks -- while buying up luxury properties in various European and Gulf states.”

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EVN Report

May 9 2017

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Armenophobia rages in Azerbaijan unabated. While this statement might be a foregone conclusion, the causes and effects of such an appalling phenomenon need to be critically understood.

Armenians are the perfect external enemy for Azerbaijani authorities who use the current situation to aim their propaganda machine in the necessary direction, falsify history and disseminate Armenophobia in their country. The Azerbaijani authorities are diligently working in this direction. The question is, why?

The image of an external enemy is usually created by the political elite in order to internally mobilize society and oppress existing domestic political powers and movements directed against the very same elite. A number of psychologists claim that in the face of real or alleged threat, the population displays obedience to the leader who has the status of the “father,” “protector,” or even of the “traditional leader.”

Azerbaijan is a classic example of such policies. All socio-economic relations in the country are directly reflected on the frontier, reminding Azerbaijani citizens that if not for Aliyev and his “entourage,” the “enemy,” the Armenians, would have slaughtered the Azerbaijani people in their homes. Children are taught this in fairy tales, adults are regularly instructed by mass media and officials.*

Undoubtedly, Armenophobia in Azerbaijani society is imposed by the authorities. Yet, it would be hard to impose such attitudes without fertile ground. For all intents and purposes, the Azerbaijani people are not opposed to “hate speech” and indulge in it with enviable diligence.

But how does such a mechanism work? Primarily the signal comes from the head of state, the president of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. To understand such an elaborate mechanism, some of the president’s official speeches over the last few years should be cited. The speeches are accessible on the official presidential website. However, for users with Armenian IP addresses, access to the website has been blocked. It seems the Azerbaijani side is not aware of the existence of VPNs and many other useful programs assisting in avoiding such a blockade and staying undetected.

 

The dissemination of Armenophobia looks like the following: Excerpts from President Aliyev’s speeches:

“We have to be honest and acknowledge that Armenia simply carries formal existence and is artificially marked on the world map as an independent state. Armenia is a dependent state, which is not capable of determining its own future.”

“All our historical monuments, statues, mosques, and cemeteries are ruined by the Armenians.”

“Armenian fascism has inflicted a large amount of causalities. Even today many innocent people are suffering from Armenian policies.”

“We will isolate Armenia further from all the projects in the region. We are to strengthen our military forces.”

“The way it is going, Armenia will soon perish from the world map.”

“One of the decisive factors in the world today is military force. The main principle of political distribution is “Might makes right” […]. I have mentioned it on several occasions, and will repeat myself once again, if you do not want to die, free our lands.”

“The war is still persisting. The first stage of the war is over. If Armenia does not want the second stage to break out, it has to draw appropriate conclusions and voluntarily free the occupied lands. Only under such conditions is there is hope for an independent Armenian state.”

“Unfortunately, the nationalists, who have seized power in Armenia, have waged an insidious and dishonorable war against Azerbaijan. They have displayed a great sense of ingratitude towards the Azerbaijani people, who were feeding and helping them for long decades."

 

Once the president has signaled the dissemination of a particular idea or has commented on “Armenianhood” in general, the second echelon of power - ministers, deputies, and other officials - loyally follow the president:

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“We have to seek revenge. To seek revenge for the victims of the Khojaly Massacre. We have to seek revenge for the blood of our shahids (martyrs).”

“There are powers that extremely disapprove of us. We may divide those into a few certain groups. In the first place, our mortal enemy is the global Armenian nation and all the corrupted, hypocritical, and treacherous politicians under Armenian influence.”

Zakir Hasanov, Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan

Defense Minister Hasanov meticulously cites the president in virtually all of his speeches. The president’s words and statements are a call to action for everyone else. As the minister claims, “The president’s demand that ‘All the Armenians have to free our lands. If Armenian soldiers do not want to die, they should not step into Agdam or Fizuli,’ should serve as a guide for action for everyone else. This is what the Azerbaijani people expect and is the Supreme Commander’s directive.”

During the Four Day War in 2016, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry issued the following decree: “The Minister of Defense has ordered the preparation to use all heavy weaponry at the disposal of the Armed Forces, including missile-artillery forces to attack Khankendi and other settlements on the territory of occupied Azerbaijan.” Khankendi is the Azerbaijani version of Stepanakert and Azerbaijanis consider Artsakh ‘occupied Azerbaijan.’ This statement by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense is a clear violation of Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions, Article 52 which provides for the protection of civilian objects during wartime.

 

Ali Hasanov, Head of Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Social and Political Department

“Over the last 200 years, Armenians propagated the politics of genocide against the Azerbaijani people, they actively encouraged the policy of the displacement of the Azerbaijani people from their original homeland along with using brutal violence.”

Ogtay Asadov, Chairman of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

“During the last century Armenians violently massacred over two million Azerbaijani people and Turks. Armenian nationalists are the ones responsible for all these murders.” ​

Elman Mammadov, Member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan:

“It is not clear why Turkey tolerates Armenian people on its lands. What is the reason Turkey does not require Armenians to free their lands? Turkey should be a state without Armenians […]. If Turkey and Azerbaijan unite, they may wipe Armenia off the map of the world . Armenians should beware of this […]. We urge Turkey to expel Armenian from its territory so that they may make

Ziyafat Asgarov, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security:

“The majority of Armenians is well aware that the so-called ‘genocide’ has never actually happened.”

Hafiz Hajiyev, Leader of the New Musavat Party

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“Our sons in Armenia will set the nuclear plant in Armenia to explode so that no Armenian is left in that territory.

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After disseminating and encouraging anti-Armenian hysteria, Azerbaijani officials pass the baton to various public figures and opinion makers.

Allahshukur *****zade, Sheikh ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus:

“We have undertaken all the possible measures to resolve the conflict in a peaceful manner. […] Nonetheless we do not see the result of all these meetings. Dishonesty and betrayal are rooted in Armenian genes. They have shared meals and bread with us, and now they publicly blame and accuse us.”

“We have to seek revenge for our shahid’s blood”

Hasif Hurbanovo, Chairman of the Global Congress of Azerbaijanis, expressed his views about Armenians during the Azerbaijani-Turkish conference titled, “The Past and Present Relationship Among Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia” held in the Turkish city of Izmir in May 2016:

“There are malware and antivirus programs in computers. The companies developing malware programs develop antiviruses as well. The developers of the malware program ‘Armenia’ should also launch its antivirus. If we want to achieve the goal of world peace, we have to get rid of the virus of Armenia.”

Kazim Abdullayev, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan,

The following is a passage from a recent interview with Kazim Abdullayev, an actor mostly famous as the national “Santa Claus,” a role he has coveted for more than 30 years:

- Dear Kazim, imagine you light a Christmas tree and it turns out it is a really magical one. Do you have a cherished dream to make a wish for?

- Oh, there are many dreams that I would like to accomplish, but in the first place I would freeze Armenians and free Karabakh from them.

 

Rafik Aliyev, Ph.D. candidate and professor:

“Our neighbors, Armenians, absorb the virus of national-chauvinism with their mother’s milk and this defines a credo for their whole life.”

Professor Ilgar Aliyev, President of the Azerbaijan’s National Academy of Sciences:

“Armenianhood is a unique, evil, and hateful phenomenon.”

 

Habil Aliyev, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani newspaper “Gundelik Baku:”

“Armenians are my eternal enemies. Wherever I see an Armenian, I will cut their tongues and publicly denounce them. Even if I am torn apart, I will always abhor them […]. If the war breaks out again, I will not spare even children.”

 

Murad Dadashov, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan

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We communicate with a highly unhealthy society. Honestly, I have always sympathized with our officials and representatives who have to communicate with the Armenian side.”

 

Mubariz Ahmedoglu

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Chairman of the Center for Political Innovation and Technologies

“Armenians should not inhabit Nagorno-Karabakh […]. I am not a fascist. I think Armenians should not inhabit Nagorno-Karabakh for reasons of security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, as sooner or later they will initiate secessionist inclinations.”

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Farid Teymurhanlu, Azerbaijani journalist:

“The definition, the concept of the word ‘Armenian’ is clear for everyone, expect the Armenians themselves of course. It is vileness, cowardice and betrayal. Probably, when God was creating them, he was not in the mood and endowed them with the lowest human qualities.”

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The Azerbaijani website Haqqin.az published an article about those stores in Baku that were selling T-shirts with Kim Kardashian’s image. They were being sold in the markets of Sadarak and Bin. The website urged everyone to stop wearing such “shameful” clothing, asking whether the Azerbaijani people knew the Armenian origin of Kardashian.

The Role of the Media

Reinforcing these sentiments and the final stage of Armenophobia is the role mass media takes upon itself.

 

Oxu.Az: “Recently Baku markets received a new delivery of condensed milk. The information about the product is actually translated into Armenian. It appears that the delivery was intended for the Armenian market. Our national markets display the given product for sale without even the slightest concern.”

Vesti.az: “It is commonly acknowledged, that the Armenian church stands behind the idea of terrorism. The Armenian Diaspora provides the main sponsorship, whereas the executives are Armenian political organizations.”

Modern.az: “Armenian women inflict imminent harm. They are like a ticking mortal time bomb. The Armenian imperial strategists have devised and currently are executing the plan to exterminate Turks through genetics and intermarriage.”

Gundelik Baku: “Department of Homeland Security has to establish an independent agency and assign the investigation of Armenian blood within the Azerbaijani population. For instance, parents who want to marry their offsprings, may send an inquiry to the agency to reveal whether their future relatives have Armenian genes or any Armenian relatives. Only at that point we may avoid intermarriages and the risk of being infected with the Armenian blood.”

We may treat the given situation humorously, ignore it, or even get into polemics, yet the fact is that Azerbaijan has already given birth to a generation, which has not seen Armenians; a generation, which has not lived or communicated with Armenians beyond social networks. This generation, in its turn, cannot protect its children against the propaganda of Armenophobia, which has penetrated all spheres of Azerbaijani society.

Unfortunately, this means that coming generations also will not be given the chance to develop mutual understanding unless there is an influential power capable of initiating the painful process of “denazification.”

I would like to finish the review with Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov's question to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during a recent interview. “Considering the extremely tense, in fact, explosive relationship between Azerbaijan and Armenia, is there a guarantee that a person with an Armenian surname who checks in a hotel in Azerbaijan will not be slaughtered?”

Indeed, under the extreme level of Armenophobia in Azerbaijan, cultivated and imposed by President Aliyev, there are unfortunately no guarantees.

 

*More information on this is available in the book “Armenophobia in Azerbaijan” (www.stophatespeech.net).

http://evnreport.com/politics/armenophobia-in-azerbaijan-causes-and-effects

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AZCentral.com

May 16 2017

My Turn: Don Shooter's anti-Armenian propaganda

Yervant Baltajian, AZ

Arizona State Representative Don Shooter has effectively become the spokesperson of a genocide-denying dictatorship that executed and mutilated Christian civilians just last year.

Rep. Shooter visited Azerbaijan, ranked the fifth most repressive nation in the world, on all-expense-paid junkets. He received high-dollar gifts from the country infamous for its human rights abuses and militant hostility toward Armenian Christians.

The latter want to live in peace, free from an oppressive government trying to wipe their people and culture off the map. Rep. Shooter prefers his lavish friends’ alternative facts.

I write this as an Armenian-American and Phoenix resident. Arizona is home to a lively Armenian community; here we work, pay taxes, raise families and worship in our churches. On April 24 at the state Capitol, we held our commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, where 1.5 million Armenians were marched from their homes, starved, massacred and crucified as part the Turkish government’s orchestrated plan. A crime Turkey and Azerbaijan are working overtime to cover up and deny.

Azberbaijan hailed as a country of 'tolerance'?

Despite the facts of the horror taking place in Azerbaijan and its sister nation Turkey, on Feb. 23, Rep. Shooter presented an absurd, inaccurate proclamation and praised the brutal dictatorship of Azerbaijan — which the State Department called an “oil-rich mafia state.” With the Azerbaijan general consul at his side, Rep. Shooter touted that country's “tolerance.”

Worse than that, Rep. Shooter brazenly stated alternative facts that Azerbaijan’s small-landlocked neighbor, Armenia, which suffered a true genocide of 1.5 million deaths for being a Christian minority, was instead the perpetrator of genocide.

The hate-filled, anti-Armenian propaganda stems from several hundred civilian casualties during the 1990s, when indigenous Armenians in Artsakh, known as Nagorno-Karabakh during the Soviet years, were protecting their families, homes, ancient lands and the world’s oldest churches (Armenia was the first Christian nation) from Azerbaijan’s army.

Assault on Armenian Christians, churches

The 1990s Nagorno-Karabakh war, which Azerbaijan launched and lost in order to maintain Joseph Stalin’s illicit decision to expropriate part of the already dwindled Christian Armenian homeland to Islamic Azerbaijan, victimized countless people on both sides. Azeri civilians did die in Khojaly, but for Azerbaijan and Rep. Shooter to cherry-pick one war episode and baselessly proclaim it "genocide" deliberately misrepresents the central cause of the conflict, which is Azerbaijan’s staunch determination to wipe out indigenous Armenians.

Azerbaijan’s state-sponsored hate was first applied in Nakhichevan, another Armenian region expropriated to Soviet Azerbaijan, which was completely cleansed out of its indigenous Arme-nian population by the 1980s. Artsakh had no choice but to fight to avoid Nakhichevan’s fate.

Azerbaijan continues its genocidal policies. It has already destroyed countless Armenian Christian churches and monuments, including sending in its army in 2005 to demolish the world’s largest medieval cross-stone field (the Djulfa cemetery in Nakhichevan), in an attempt to erase 2,000 years of Christian history and culture.

In April 2016, Azerbaijan launched and lost yet another war, this time committing ISIS-like war crimes against Armenian civilians in Talish and soldiersduring Azerbaijan’s ceasefire violation.

Shooter unresponsive to brought-up concerns

These facts were conveniently left out of Rep. Shooter’s proclamation as well as from Azerbaijan’s state-controlled media that reported his repetition of Azerbaijan’s alternative facts as breaking news.

When Arizona residents called Rep. Shooter’s office to set the record straight on his blatantly false proclamation, those calls were unreturned.

Genocide denials and spreading fake news about a people trying to live in peace in their homeland is heartbreaking at best and complicit at worse.

This leaves one to ask: does Rep. Shooter work for the people of Arizona or the dictator of Azerbaijan?

Yervant Baltajian, who is married with two children, is a Phoenix resident and a small-business owner. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Email him at ybaltajian@yahoo.com.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2017/05/16/my-turn-don-shooters-anti-armenian-propaganda/314383001/

[MosJan]

[Yervant1]

Aravot, Armenia
May 24 2017




Azerbaijan kills soldiers accused of spying for the Republic of Armenia

Politician Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan touched upon the recent
sensational spy scandal in Azerbaijan. Let us remind, that about four
dozen soldiers were arrested, accused of spying for the Armenian side.
“They were killed in unknown circumstances by law enforcement bodies,
and were buried in close coffins, without any explanations what had
happened to them”, the politician informed about the latest news
available in Azerbaijani media.

He also noted that the Defence Minister of Azerbaijan and the Chief of
the General Staff are in competition trying to neutralize each other’s
personnel by accusing them of spying in favor of the Republic of
Armenia. “There is also some information that the arrested officers
were planning an armed rebellion”. Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan believes
that the arrest of the officers is also connected with the fact that
they refused to participate in the border incidents provoked by
Azerbaijan in January-February.

Luiza SUKIASYAN

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[Yervant1]

The fool is losing his mind, not that he had any brain!

Lragir, Armenia

June 2 2017

Aliyev Changes Staff: What's Happening in Azerbaijan?

• Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator

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The Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has suddenly changed his staff and 6 assistants. Fuad Aleskerov has been appointed as assistant for military affairs and law enforcement agencies.

 

Aliyev’s nervousness is evidence to his stalemate due to his policy and geopolitical developments.

 

Azerbaijan’s central bank has declared default, Azerbaijan has appeared amid a scandal in OSCE where an investigation is underway into the case of bribing PACE members by Azerbaijani officials.

 

Besides, Azerbaijan has appeared amid another scandal. The Georgian president has called to investigate the abduction of the Azerbaijani journalist in Georgia and illegal border crossing. Georgians are protesting against the actions of the Azerbaijani special services.

 

The so-called Peace Platform has failed which Azerbaijan tried to conceal its destructive stance in the talks on Karabakh. The OSCE Minsk Group has bluntly blamed Azerbaijan for ceasefire breaches. The foreign ministry of Armenia has called for applying sanctions on Azerbaijan.

 

Aliyev is worried and is taking incomprehensible steps. The Armenian military say the Azerbaijani army is inventing targets, hitting them and then reporting hitting Armenian positions.

 

Yesterday the International Crisis Group published a report on the Karabakh settlement which highlights the dissatisfaction of Azerbaijan with Aliyev’s policy. It is said that some circles in Azerbaijan demand implementation of the militaristic “triumphant” intentions Aliyev has been speaking about for many years. There is an opinion that Aliyev has hardly been able to suppress pressure.

http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/37152

 

[Yervant1]

Asbarez

June 27 2017

Azerbaijan Employs Four Lobbying and PR firms

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Harut Sassounian

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN

After identifying the lobbying and PR firms hired by the government of Turkey, we now report on four similar firms hired by Azerbaijan.

By observing Azerbaijan’s devious approach to foreign relations, I have noticed the following pattern:

1. Whatever actions Armenian-Americans take for their causes, Azerbaijan seeks to emulate and counter them in the United States through its hired companies. Pres. Aliyev in a 2013 speech stated that Azerbaijan’s “main enemy is the Armenian lobby.” He also stated: “the Armenian lobby day and night is trying to slander Azerbaijan, to undermine its authority. They have broad financial resources. They are closely connected with the authorities of their countries where they donate to the legislators under the name of ‘lobbying.’ But, in fact, it is a bribe. Thus the Armenian lobby is at the forefront of an organized campaign against us.” In his lengthy diatribe, Pres. Aliyev falsely ascribes to Armenians the persistent bribing campaign carried out by his own government around the world.

2. Azerbaijan follows the footsteps of Turkey’s more experienced officials in its policies on Armenia and Armenian issues, including the denial of the Armenian Genocide and accusing Armenians for the crimes committed by Azerbaijan and Turkey. Regrettably, Azerbaijan has been also emulating Turkey in the repression of its own citizens, making it difficult to determine which of the two countries is more autocratic.

3. The government of Azerbaijan, realizing its tarnished image in the West due to widespread human rights violations, has hired PR and lobbying firms to whitewash its negative reputation. One would expect a regime that is so concerned about its poor image overseas that it would improve its human rights record at home, so it does not need to waste millions of dollars on American firms to carry out the impossible task of cleansing its image. In his 2013 speech, Pres. Aliyev wishfully described Azerbaijan as a “modern, progressive, open, tolerant country.” Who can be fooled by such outright lies?

The government of Azerbaijan has hired dozens of PR and lobbying firms over the years. However, at this time, it employs only four such firms.

1. Podesta Group, Inc., is paid $45,000 a month by Azerbaijan to “research and analyze issues of concern to [Azerbaijan]; counsel [Azerbaijan] on U.S. policies of concern, activities in Congress and the executive branch, and developments on the U.S. political scene generally; and maintain contact, if necessary, with members of Congress and their staff and executive branch officials, media and non-governmental organizations.”

2. SOCAR USA (U.S. subsidiary of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan) pays Roberti White LLC $125,000 to “research and analyze issues of concern to [Azerbaijan]; counsel [Azerbaijan] on U.S. policies of concern, activities in Congress and the Executive branch, and developments on the U.S. political scene generally; and maintain contact, as necessary, with members of Congress and their staff, executive branch officials, members of the press, and non-governmental organizations.” It is not surprising that the description of the functions performed by Roberti White for SOCAR USA is identical to the ones performed by Podesta Group, Inc., for the government of Azerbaijan.

3. BGR Government Affairs, LLC is paid $50,000 a month by the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington, D.C., to provide “strategic guidance and counsel with regard to government affairs and public relations activity within the U.S. This may include relevant outreach to U.S. government officials, non-government organizations, members of the media and other individuals within the U.S.”

4. The Tool Shed Group LLC, originally headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, now relocated to Parker, Colorado, was hired by the Consulate of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles in 2009 for a period of four months for a flat fee of $35,000. The Tool Shed Group now also represents the Republic of Azerbaijan. Since then the contract has been renewed every six months. Tool Shed is led by Jason Katz, former Director of Public Relations and Public Affairs for the American Jewish Committee. Tool Shed provides “consulting services to the Consulate, including organizing briefings/lectures; facilitating meetings with community members, elected and appointed officials, and business leaders; write and disseminate op-eds.”

Recently, the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles disseminated to all Consulates in Los Angeles, and probably many others, a color brochure entitled, “Nagorno-Karabakh: Background and Facts.” This 16-page propaganda piece, full of misrepresentations about Artsakh, most likely was prepared by The Tool Shed Group, Azerbaijan’s and its consulate’s PR and lobbying firm. At the end of page 16, there is a note which states: “Published by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.” It is interesting that this sentence does not indicate who prepared the brochure, but simply who published it!

http://asbarez.com/164583/azerbaijan-employs-four-lobbying-and-pr-firms/

[Yervant1]

Public Radio of Armenia

July 4 2017

Azerbaijan one of the cradles of international terrorism – David Babayan

18:24, 04 Jul 2017

Siranush Ghazanchyan

Azerbaijan has long been known for its support for terrorist groups, Spokesperson for Artsakh President says.

“This is a well-known fact to everyone, especially the special services of the countries, which immediately deal with the Islamic State and the threat of terrorism,” the President’s Spokesman David Babayan told Public Radio of Armenia.

The comments come after the report by the Bulgarian Trud newspaper, revealing that at least 350 diplomatic Silk Way Airlines (an Azerbaijani state-run company) flights have transported weapons for war conflicts across the world over the last 3 years.

Davaid Babayan said “Azerbaijan established ties with terrorism at the time it gained independence.”
He reminded that “Chechen militants were getting treated in Azerbaijan during the first and second Chechen wars. It was also providing medical services to Mujahideen during the Afghan war and the Grey Wolves Turkish extremist group, as well as other groupings, which were fighting against Artsakh during the first Artsakh war and the four-day war in April.

The Spokesman insists that “reporting the facts is not enough” and insists that the revelations should be followed by concrete actions.

“The international community has a lot to do here. The international community should take measures,” he said, adding that “we often see adverse developments instead.” “They entrust Baku to host first European Games, the Formula 1, a number of forums and conferences instead of taking anti-terrorist measures against the country,” David Babayan noted.

According to him, “the developments are the logical outcome of the world’s silence in response to Aliyev’s statement on the intention to down the civilian planes flying between Stepanakert and Yerevan.”

“An evil grows into epidemics if not uprooted at the beginning. Azerbaijan is one of the countries spreading the epidemics, one of the cradles of international terrorism.”

https://www.armradio.am/en/2017/07/04/azerbaijan-one-of-the-cradles-of-international-terrorism-david-babayan/

[Yervant1]

news.am, Armenia

July 3 2017

Bulgarian newspaper: Azerbaijani Silk Way Airlines transports contraband weapons

21:41, 03.07.2017

Azerbaijani Silk Way cargocompany and air forces transported weapons under the cover of diplomatic flights, Bulgarian newspaper Trud reports.

The author of the investigation, Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, presented the photos of Grad rockets transported by Silk Way and found at Al Nusra warehouse in liberated Aleppo.

For several years Silk Way and the Azerbaijani air forces requested clearance for diplomatic flights (not subject to checks) and transported thousands of tons of weapons by them, the newspaper writes.

The consignor was the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, the consignees being the Afghani police and the Republican Guards of Congo. However, the weapons appeared in Iraq and Syria. Major customers of the flights were US, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Bulgarian MFA, which provides the necessary clearance for diplomatic flights, helped the Azerbaijani side, the newspaper notes. Copies of relevant documents are attached to the article.

A user under the nickname Anonymous Bulgaria sent to Trud newspaper the correspondence between the Bulgarian MFA and Azerbaijani Embassy in Sofia with attached documents for weapons deals and diplomatic clearance for overflight and/or landing in Bulgaria and many other European countries, USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, etc.

Silk Way Airlines offered diplomatic flights to private companies and arms manufacturers from the US, Balkans, and Israel, as well as to the militaries of Saudi Arabia, UAE, the military forces of Germany and Denmark in Afghanistan and of Sweden in Iraq, and finally US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The airline company transported thousand of tons of weapons for them.

They made technical landings with stays varying from a few hours to up to a day in intermediary locations without any logical reasons (they didn’t need to refuel the planes).

According to international agreements, clearance for overflight or landing is provided for military aircraft, whereas Silk Way has no such rights, their aircraft being civil. Thus, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry sent instructions to its embassies in Bulgaria and a number of other European countries to request diplomatic clearance for Silk Way Airlines flights.

The responsible authorities of many countries (Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Turkey, Germany, UK, Greece, etc.) turned a blind eye to what was being transported by the diplomatic flights.

Some of the weapons that Azerbaijan carried on diplomatic flights were used by its military in Nagorno-Karabakh against Armenia. In 2016, Azerbaijan accused Armenia of using white phosphorus. Armenia denied the allegations. Interestingly enough, according to the documents of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Sofia, white phosphorus munitions were carried on a diplomatic flight via Baku in 2015

Among the main customers of the “diplomatic flights for weapons” service provided by Silk Way Airlines were American companies. The common element in these cases is that they all supplied non-US standard weapons; hence, it would be logical to suppose that the weapons were not used by the US forces.

Trud checked the register of federal contracts and found out that over the last 3 years American companies were awarded $1 billion contracts in total under a special US government program for non-US standard weapon supplies. All of them used Silk Way Airlines for the transport of weapons. Below are a few examples:

On 12 May 2015 an aircraft of Azerbaijan Air Forces carried 7,9 tons of PG-7V and 10 tons of PG-9V to the supposed destination via the route Burgas (Bulgaria)-Incirlik (Turkey)-Burgas-Nasosny (Azerbaijan). The consignor was the American company Purple Shovel, and the consignee – the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. According to the documents, however, the military cargo was offloaded at Incirlik military base and never reached the consignee. The weapons were sold to Purple Shovel by Alguns, Bulgaria, and manufactured by Bulgaria’s VMZ military plant.

According to the federal contracts registry, in December of 2014 USSOCOM signed a $26.7 million contract with Purple Shovel. Bulgaria was indicated as the country of origin of the weapons.

Another U.S. contractor involved in the same program for non-US standard military supplies is Orbital ATK. This company received $250 million over just the past two years alone. Information as to what type of weapons and to whom those weapons were supplied is classified.

According to the documents, Orbital ATK transported weapons on 6 diplomatic Silk Way Airlines flights in July and August of 2015 flying the route Baku (Azerbaijan)-Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)-Baku-Kabul (Afghanistan). The weapons were exported by IGMAN j.j. Konjic, (Bosnia and Herzegovina) commissioned by Orbital ATK. The consignee was the National Police of Afghanistan. Interestingly, all these diplomatic flights with weapons had technical landings and a 7 h 30 min stop at Baku before their final destination – Afghanistan.

Military aircrafts of Azerbaijan transported 282 tons of cargo (PG-7VL and other grenades) on 10 diplomatic flights in April and May 2017 to the destination Baku-Rijeka (Croatia)-Baku. The consignor was the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, and the consignee – Culmen International LLC, USA. This same company has been awarded two contracts ($47 million each) along with other contractors for non-US standard weapon supplies on 18 February 2016 and 19 April 2017 respectively.

Chemring Military Products is another main contractor in the program for non-US standard weapon supplies to the US army through diplomatic Silk Way Airlines flights. This military supplier has 4 contracts for $302.8 million in total. The weapons were purchased from local manufacturers in Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania and according to documents transported to Iraq and Afghanistan via diplomatic flights.

The largest non-US standard weapons supplier to the US army is Alliant Techsystems Operations-USA with contracts totalling $490.4 million. In December of 2016, this company transported tons of grenades (API 23×115 mm, HE 23×115 mm, GSH 23×115 mm) from Yugoimport, Serbia to the Afghani Defense Ministry on diplomatic flights to the destination Baku-Belgrade-Kabul.

 

https://news.am/eng/news/398455.html

[Yervant1]

news.am, Armenia

July 9 2017

Armenia analyst: Bulgarian periodical’s finding is latest example of corruption in Azerbaijan

10:59, 09.07.2017

YEREVAN. – The article of the Bulgarian periodical is a major finding as to how irresponsible Azerbaijan is, and to what extent the policy of this country’s government undermines regional security and stability.

Regional Studies Center Director, political analyst Richard Giragosian, told about the aforesaid to Armenian News-NEWS.am. At the same time, he urged to be vigilant.

As per Giragosian, however, even if these accusations were to be confirmed, there is no need to expect major reaction from the international community because there is nothing new here, considering Azerbaijan’s caviar diplomacy and corruption links with the Council of Europe. He added that this is just the latest, but not the first example of corruption in Azerbaijan.

A Bulgarian periodical wrote that the Azerbaijani Silk Way cargo airline and the Azerbaijani air force had transported weapons under the guise of diplomatic flights. Grad missiles were discovered in the depot of Al-Nusra jihadist terrorist organization, in Aleppo.

According to this Bulgarian source, Azerbaijan supplied weapons also to the Islamic State terrorist organization, in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen.

https://news.am/eng/news/399395.html

[Yervant1]

Take this and feast on it, you fake sultan of azerbaboon!!!!!!!!!!!!

News.am, Armenia

Aug 19 2017

Turkish historian: There is no Azeri nation, this name was given by Stalin

13:22, 19.08.2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish historian Ilber Ortayli made a statement that provoked indignation of Azerbaijanis.

Speaking about the term “Azeri” Ortayli said that there is no “Azeri nation”, CNN Turk reported.

“This is a name given by Stalin – an ignorant Georgian who knew nothing about nations,” the historian said.

 

https://news.am/eng/news/405513.html

 

 

[Yervant1]

Lragir, Armenia

Aug 30 2017

Strange Things Are Happening in Azerbaijan

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  • Naira Hayrumyan, Political Commentator
  • Politics - 30 August 2017, 00:05

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One of the biggest ammunition depots in Azerbaijan was caught on fire, with exploding projectiles.

 

They wrote on social media that the people of the adjacent villages had been evacuated “beforehand” therefore nobody was hurt. In other words, it is possible that the fire had been prepared to write off ammunition and some people’s sins. It is suggested that Azerbaijan sells part of the ammunition it buys to terrorist organizations, and the sold ammunition will be written off after fire. Or there may be regular corruption: the army allegedly bought weapons but there was only money laundering. Recently there has been a conflict among clans in the Azerbaijani army, and it is possible that one of the clans is trying to whitewash the unbought or low quality ammunition.

 

Interestingly, a few days ago a militant was killed who was preparing an attack on a government agency. The Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies informed that Yashar Oktay oglu Javadov, an Azerbaijani citizen who participated in extremist military actions abroad, joined a terrorist group, received financial support, bought weapons to attack the government agency. Javadov was killed but there is an opinion that terrorist organizations are planning attacks in Azerbaijan, including against government officials. Although nobody specifies the terrorist organization he had joined, Azerbaijan is already waiting for the return of Azerbaijanis fighting for ISIS.

 

It is also interesting that the Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Mehman Aliyev, the editor of the last independent media, Turan Agency. The U.S. State Department has called for setting him free. Ilham Aliyev cannot take such a risk. He builds barricades on all sides, tries to neutralize the possible coup, possible terrorist attacks, as well as opposition intelligentsia. Aliyev is in panic. The unexpected statement by the former president Ayaz Mutalibov on supporting Mehriban Aliyeva in the next election was not accidental.

http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/politics/view/37378

[Yervant1]

Panorama, Armenia

Sept 2 2017

Two Canadian MPs banned from Azerbaijan for visiting Karabakh

Two Canadian Conservative MPs Tony Clement and Rachael Harder have been banned from Azerbaijan for visiting Nagorno-Karabakh, according to a report by The Globe and Mail.

Azerbaijan's foreign ministry has accused the MPs of falling for the "propaganda of the Armenian side" and ignoring four resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

The Conservative MPs are visiting the region on a trip paid for by One Free World International, a Toronto non-profit group headed by a Muslim-turned-Christian that advocates for persecuted minorities. They are accompanied by Armenian National Committee of Canada executive director Sevag Belian, who helped set up meetings with top government officials.

According to the source, Azerbaijan has lodged a protest with the Canadian government about the MPs' trip and placed them on its list of undesirable persons.

Azerbaijani foreign ministry chief spokesperson Hikmat Hajiyev told The Globe and Mail that the visit ‘is completely immoral and against the values of the Canadian government and Canadian society.’ “It is completely unacceptable,” he announced.

In a telephone interview from Armenia's capital of Yerevan on Friday, Mr. Clement said he was taking part in a documentary that is being produced by One Free World.

"I am not here endorsing anyone. I want both sides to have a negotiated settlement of the situation but I am here on a fact-finding and humanitarian mission along with Rachael Harder," Mr. Clement said.

However, he conceded that he accepts Armenia's claims that Azerbaijani forces have committed atrocities, citing beheadings and cutting off of the ears of Armenian soldiers.

"What I saw with my own eyes is very disturbing in terms of the atrocities that were committed by Azerbaijani forces. In terms of the political situation, I am sure I echo Global Affairs Canada when I say it is better to have a negotiated solution than a continuing war," Mr. Clement said.

A spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did not directly criticize the two MPs, but made clear that the Canadian government does not wish to take sides in the territorial dispute.

“We fully support the [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's] efforts to forge a peaceful and comprehensive settlement between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the region," press secretary Adam Austen said. "A military solution is not the answer. This is a position we have communicated to the governments of both Armenia and Azerbaijan."

https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2017/09/02/Canadian-MP-banned-Azerbaijan-visiting-Karabakh/1828543

[MosJan]

 

Take this and feast on it, you fake sultan of azerbaboon!!!!!!!!!!!!