OFFICIAL LETTER OF MOD OF AZERBAIJAN ADDRESSED TO FORMER HEAD OF NKR D

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OFFICIAL LETTER OF MOD OF AZERBAIJAN ADDRESSED TO FORMER HEAD OF NKR DEFENSE MINISTER CIRCULATES IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

 

Panorama.am

07/02/2013

 

Aynur Imranov, the deputy head of Public Relations of the "Umid Party",

spread in social networks the official letter of Azerbaijani Defense

Ministry written on July 25, 1993 and addressed to the Ministry of

Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In the letter the Minister of

Defense of Azerbaijan Safar Abiyev takes responsibility with the former

defense minister of NKR Samvel Babayan to cease hostilities for three

days and to give the Heads of State opportunity for holding a meeting.

 

As the site "Faktxeber.com" reports, publication of the document,

which witnessed the recognition of NKR by official Baku in 1993,

as well as the existence of correspondence between the Ministry of

Defense of Azerbaijan and Ministry of Defense of the NKR aroused wide

public attention in Azerbaijan. Functionary of "Umid" Party in his

comments said, "If Abiyev recognized NKR in 1993, why do they lie to

the people of Azerbaijan by holding fake negotiations?" Imranov also

noted that the Azerbaijani authorities simply throw dust in the eyes

of the public.

 

It is noteworthy that the information about the contents of this

letter was published in Azerbaijani media in July 1993. Last year,

another document was published by the Armenian side confirming the fact

of recognition of the NKR by Azerbaijan. The then acting President of

Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, on the 3rd September, 1993 signed a document

N 171, which states: "The Azerbaijani leadership authorizes the Deputy

Chairman of the Supreme Council A. Dzhagilov to hold negotiations on

organizing meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh

(NKR)."