Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

[Armanen]

Re: Baku: Armenia deal "casts shadow" on Turkey ties

The Armenians did win the war. I object to the implication that I am being somehow engaging in favoritism. I was merely being impartial and if your incapable of being objective or unemphatic, then thats your problem.

You are the one who worded your response in a way that one could easily infer you are 'engaging in favoritism'. With your response you had an oppourtunity to answer my question, but instead you replied with 'The Armenians did win the war', as if that means they didn't suffer as much or since they won the war it isn't that bad for the people who lost everything in baku and other towns. You could have just said yes, I feel sorry for the Armenians displaced from their homes too.

If this is how you're being "impartial", you can go do it somewhere else.

[Karapapak]

Azerbaijan leads for GDP growth among CIS countries

Azerbaijan led for GDP growth among CIS countries for the first nine month of 2009, the State Statistics Committee said.

During the report period, country’s GDP increased 6.1 percent, industrial production – 5 percent and agriculture - 3 percent.

The inflation was 2 percent.

Transport, communication, trade, service industry and investments saw growth.

GDP of some CIS countries fell during the nine months.

Armenia’s GDP fell 19 percent, industrial production 18 percent and foreign trade 40 percent.

GDP declined 0.3 percent in Belarus, 11.8 percent in Russia, 3.2 percent in Kazakhstan, 8 percent in Moldova and 18 percent in Ukraine.

/Novosti Azerbaijan/

URL: http://www.today.az/news/business/57179.html

[levon]

Re: Azerbaijan leads for GDP growth among CIS countries

Holy Crap, I'm soo impressed. Take oil out of azerbaijan, and there won't be any gdp left, btw, does your article state how much of the oil money actually goes somewhere other than Aliev's and his friend's pockets? GDP just means gross domestic product, so don't forget to also take note of the fact that most of Azeri oil doesn't actually profit azerbaijan, but foreign companies.

But, congrats. I'm really proud of how a country can have so much oil, yet a few kilometers away from Baku one sees half-broken down sheds with no water nor electricity.

[ninetoyadome]

Re: Azerbaijan leads for GDP growth among CIS countries

i guess you forgot how before your oil profit Armenia's gdp had been better than azerbaijans and Armenia had two of its borders blocked.
like Alan Kasayev head of RIA Novosti division for Baltic States and the CIS said
"I would like to mention that the election developments in Azerbaijan are complicated by internal instability. The Anti-Armenian propaganda and warlike rhetoric is used with a purpose to unite the nation. You should nor forget that over half of the Azerbaijani population are illiterate rural residents. On the whole, Azerbaijan is poorly developed and poorly educated country living at expense of oil income. Agriculture is not developing. There is no industry with an exception for a couple of refineries. The whole population of the country can't concentrate in the capital. So, the actively created image of an enemy is one of the elements of consolidation of the society".

[Davo88]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

I doubt that the Azeri specimen knows what the GDP is.

[hipeter924]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

I doubt that the Azeri specimen knows what the GDP is.

He probably still thinks Stalin is running the country.

[Armanen]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

azerbaijan, turkey, Iran: tied in visa knot

11:05 / 11/13/2009

By Armen Gevorgyan

After Mikheil Saakashvili’s futile attempts to declare Georgia a full-fledged state capable of implementing its own foreign policy, the two other Transcaucasian states, Armenia and Azerbaijan, are going to have “hard days.” The pole with a “flag of democracy”, symbol of the South Caucasus, flying upon it, was smashed against the Georgian leader’s head. It does not matter at all that President Saakashvili is trying to implement a completely utopian idea – turning a country with a 15-year history into a regional center of force. What matters is that he thus jeopardized Georgia’s neighbors, states of similar political weight.

There is no point in proving that neither Russia nor Turkey and Iran view Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as “full-fledged actors” on the regional political and economic scene – an Iranian diplomat working in the region made it clear in a private talk. He called for remembering the historical moments when Iran occupied the Georgian territory thereby reaching the Russian borders, or Russian troops entered the Turkish territory. Thus, the Great Powers view the three Transcaucasian states formed after the USSR’s collapse as a mere anomaly, a buffer for maneuvering, a game of solitaire, with the cards to be finally laid on the table or laid out in a different combination. According to the Iranian diplomat, it is Nagorno-Karabakh that can be considered a real regional force – the small region has historically been a bigger headache for the Great Powers that Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia taken together. But it is Azerbaijan, rather than Nagorno-Karabakh, that our story is about.

Iran’s unilateral decision to abolish visa requirements for Azerbaijan caused a mild panic in Baku. Azerbaijan gave a quite adequate response to Iran’s signal. The point is: Iran will be get involved in the process of re-dividing the region launched after the Project Georgia failed. In fact, in the context of its regional interests, Iran has made a very timely and sober step. Turkey has remained Iran’s principal rival for influencing Azerbaijan. Armenia, a Christian barrier between Turkey and Azerbaijan, enabled Iran to consistently implement its policy in Azerbaijan. The prospective establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations and Turkey’s “entry” to the South Caucasus incited Iran to more decisive actions. The abolition of visa requirements is a powerful signal, which means that Iranian-Turkish struggle for Azerbaijan will not be of political, economic or military, but of demographic, socio-cultural and religious nature.

On November 11, Iran made a unilateral decision abolishing visa requirements. The decision followed the Iranian Foreign Minister’s proposal. In this context, Asim Mollazade, member of the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan stated: “I do not think Azerbaijan, too, should unilaterally abolish the visa system for Iran, all the more so because we are in still conflict with Armenia. Iran is not a country attracting our citizens, and I do not expect many Azerbaijanis to flow into Iran. On the other hand, it is the Iranian Government’s decision, and our relevant agencies must be ready for new visa regulations with that country,” he said.

Of note, however, is not the Azeri parliamentarian’s concern or his reference to the conflict with Armenia, which actually has nothing in common with Iran’s decision. Of importance are Turkey’s steps that followed that decision. Official Ankara gave an extremely rapid response. The same day, November 11, speaking at a meeting of the Central Body of the ruling Justice and Development Party, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that the issue of “mutual abolition of visa regulations” by Azerbaijan and Turkey is on Ankara’s agenda. He reported that a relevant arrangement had been made with Baku.

Official Baku gave a much calmer, but a fairly cautious, response to the Turkish Premier’s statement. The Azerbaijani Establishment is well aware of the fact that Iran stands a much better chance of “devouring” Azerbaijan – a pseudo-state of Caucasian Tatars bearing the name of an Iranian province formed for the purpose of further partitioning of Iran – than Turkey, which has no common border with Azerbaijan. The real purport of Baku’s radical move toward Russia is not to play a dirty trick on Turkey, which is negotiating with Azerbaijan. Rather, it is to create an alternative to their “brothers” in terms of both faith and language. These are pointless efforts, as Azerbaijan has nothing to protect. Aliyev’s attempts to turn Nagorno-Karabakh into a national idea and build up statehood have proved as vain as Azerbaijani centuries-long “labor” in choosing between the Roman and Cyrillic alphabet for their language.

http://news.am/en/news/8562.html

[Federate]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

Azerbaijan might cut Europe’s gas

Azerbaijan is likely to reroute the gas supplies to Asian markets, turning down the role of Brussels' main energy ally in Caspian region, said Elshad Nasirov, Deputy President of Azerbaijani State Oil Company (SOCAR).

According to Izvestia daily, Nasirov threatened to start selling gas to Asian countries, if Europe goes on with protracting construction of Nabucco pipeline, that should link Caspian states with EU, bypassing Russia. “The situation is critical, even more than it might seem. If Europe delays with decision on supply routes, whole Caspian gas will go to Asia. It’s better to sell gas at Asian rates, than have no chance to sell it at European ones,” Nasirov stated.

Thus, chances of Europe to get gas directly from Caspian region just as reduction of its dependence on Russian gas supplies, are endangered.

http://news.am/en/news/9003.html

[hipeter924]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

Azerbaijan might cut Europe’s gas

Azerbaijan is likely to reroute the gas supplies to Asian markets, turning down the role of Brussels' main energy ally in Caspian region, said Elshad Nasirov, Deputy President of Azerbaijani State Oil Company (SOCAR).

According to Izvestia daily, Nasirov threatened to start selling gas to Asian countries, if Europe goes on with protracting construction of Nabucco pipeline, that should link Caspian states with EU, bypassing Russia. “The situation is critical, even more than it might seem. If Europe delays with decision on supply routes, whole Caspian gas will go to Asia. It’s better to sell gas at Asian rates, than have no chance to sell it at European ones,” Nasirov stated.

Thus, chances of Europe to get gas directly from Caspian region just as reduction of its dependence on Russian gas supplies, are endangered.

http://news.am/en/news/9003.html

If Ukraine would pay its gas bills, there wouldn't be such a mess in the first place.

[Federate]

Re: Azerbaijan - Internal Political Affairs

This is also indirectly related to the information war conducted against Armenia because Fatullayev speaks out against the lies of Khojaly and they are probably trying to assassinate his character by allegedly finding heroin on him in jail, suggesting probably that his views are that of under the influence or of a drug addict. For more about Eynulla Fatullayev, click this wiki link.
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Heroin found on imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist
30 December 2009 [15:28] - Today.Az

Heroin was found on imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, head of public affairs department of Justice Ministry’s Penitentiary Service Mehman Sadigov said.

He said searches were conducted on five inmates in a correctional facility No. 12 based on reports received. Some 0.223 grams of heroin was found on Eynulla Fatullayev and 0.81g on another inmate Shahin Shamsiyev. Some of the heroin was hidden in Fatullayev’s jacket, the rest in his shoes.

Sadigov said as case has been filed with the Garadagh police office.

/APA/

URL: http://www.today.az/news/society/58808.html