Armenia, Azerbaijan `Close To Karabakh Deal'

[Joseph]

Yeah ICFM, we heard what you said we're going to have to say no thanks, um' k? Nice talking to you

http://www.today.az/news/politics/40987.html

Today.Az » Politics » Islamic Conference of FMs calls Armenia to immediately withdraw from Azerbaijani territories

17 May 2007 [23:07] - Today.Az

The 34th Session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign ministers (ICFM) in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of Pakistan ended its work.


Sabir Rzayev, councilor of Azerbaijani Embassy in Pakistan told APA the declaration adopted by the session called on Armenia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its occupying troops from Azerbaijani territories.

The ICFM approved three resolutions on Azerbaijan. The resolutions condemn Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani territories, destruction of Azerbaijani cultural monuments by Armenians. The third resolution covers economic sphere, APA reports.

The meeting postponed the issue on changing the name of the Organization for the next conferences. The ICFM next session will be held in Uganda.


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[Joseph]

Gee, when I think of human rights, democracy and rule of law, I think of Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia, etc

[Joseph]

Villages of Fuzuli region undergo wolves’ attacks

[ 22 May 2007 19:40 ]



Gee, I always thought the Azeris and Grey Wolves were allies

Next, they'll say the wolves were trained by the Armenians to attack Azeris, just like they did after the problem with the field mice eating their crops a few years ago. And to think, there are people that think the Armenians in Artsakh should have to live in Azerbaijan

http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=27132

Residents Ahmadalilar, Kazakhlar and Mirzanagili villages of Fuzuli region undergo attacks of wolves. Local residents told the APA’s Karabakh bureau.
Wolves’ attacks became intensified.
Wolves tore domestic animals and damaged private farms. Nearly 50 cows, buffalos, sheep, horses and donkeys underwent wolves’ attacks. The residents said the injured domestic animals are dreadful as a source of hydrophobia.
The residents also said that wolves squeeze themselves into stables and tore big and small cattle. They do not allow their children to play in the yard because of the threat and say they children can confront with the wolves any time.
“We are under the threat of Armenians’ fires on one side and pack of wolves, jackals and foxes on the other side,” he said. /APA/

[Steph]

Villages of Fuzuli region undergo wolves’ attacks

[ 22 May 2007 19:40 ]


“We are under the threat of Armenians’ fires on one side and pack of wolves, jackals and foxes on the other side,” he said. /APA/

Perhaps if they ducked, the Armenian shots would kill all the wolves,jackals, foxes and pixies. Problem solved?

[Steph]

Azeri soldier wants to stay in Armenia
23.05.2007 15:21 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Azeri soldier Samir Mammadov, who trespassed the Armenian-Turkish border in December 2006 and yielded to the Armenian side, does not wish to return to Azerbaijan.

The RA Ombudsman’s Office said that Mammadov is kept in Kentron jail and does not complain of the conditions.

Mammadov told that he grew up in an orphanage and joined the army on his own will. Later he escaped, crossed the border and surrendered to the Armenian side. He also informed that not long ago he received a letter from Azerbaijan, in which his alleged parents asked him to return.

However, Samir Mammadov doesn’t even want to leave for a third country fearing of revenge.

The other day, the Azeri court martial presided by judge Jamai Ramazanov has accomplished legal proceedings against Azeri soldier Vusal Garajayev, sentencing him to 11 years in prison. The state prosecutor demanded 13 years of imprisonment for the soldier, who escaped to Karabakh and was later on conveyed to Azerbaijan. The criminal case was initiated in accomplice with article 274 (treason) and article 338.1 (violation of rules of guard mounting) of the Azeri Penal Code.

Vusal Garajayev crossed the frontline and was detained by the NKR military on December 7, 2006. Observing the international obligations the NKR authorities informed the OSCE and ICRC accredited in NKR. December 23 Vusal Garajayev was conveyed to the Azeri side.

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Armenia should offer this guy citizenship and the chance for a new life...perhaps on a plot of land somewhere surrounding NK overlooking his former (tarnished) homeland....they could then offer other Azeris settling rights and (proper Armenian) citizenship...

[Steph]

More than half of Azeri population wants a war against Armenia
24.05.2007 14:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Currently an imitation of negotiation process on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement is on the way, Director of Peace and War Institute of Baku Arif Yunusov stated at the conference in Yerevan organized by the Caucasian Media Institute. He said, Azerbaijan and Armenia want failure in negotiations. “However it does not satisfy the United States, and that’s why they initiated new visits of OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs to the region,” he underlined. Yunusov also thinks, “the greater part of the Azeri society is for solving the Karabakh problem through military way”. “According to poll results, 58-64 percent of the population wants a war, and generally the younger generation expressed such opinion. They do not see any other solution of the problem,” he underscored.

[Steph]

Turkey incites Azerbaijan to war in Karabakh
26.05.2007 16:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ «The Nagorno Karabakh conflict cannot be settled peacefully. Everyone should know that lands which were seized with bloodshed cannot be returned bloodlessly,» said lieutenant general Yasak Demikbilek, former chief of Turkish intelligence agency.

Noting that he was engaged in the formation of the Azeri army, Demirbilek said Azerbaijan should think over all details if it decides to settle the issue under mediation of international organizations.

«These lands were not lost as result of defeat of the Azeri people or power of the Armenian army but as result of treason. That is why Azerbaijan should take the regions back by force. Neither OSCE mercy nor UN resolutions will resolve the problem. If Azerbaijan decides to use force it will succeed in saving its territories. The international community will change opinion about Azerbaijan after the military operations,» he said, APA reports.

Azeri descent Demirbilek was born in a settlement near Yerevan. After serving in the Turkish army he engaged in formation of the Azeri army and was a military advisor to Azerbaijan's first President Abulfaz Elchibey.

[Steph]

One more soldier, who crossed Karabakh border and was returned home under prosecution in Baku
25.05.2007 18:04 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Under the chairmanship of Iskender Gadjiev in the Military Court for Grave Crimes a process will launch on June 1 on Eldaniz Nuriev’s case, who is accused of parricide. E. Nuriev is prosecuted under the 274 Article (state parricide) of the Azeri Penal Code.

Private of the Azeri army 1979-born Eldaniz Nuriev crossed the border in the night of December 31, 2006 in the direction of the Fizouli front line between Nagorno Karabakh and Azeri armed forces. He was detained by servicemen of NKR Defense army. In the result he was returned home.

Last week judge Djamai Ramazanov in the Military Court for Grave Crimes finished the criminal case of private Vusal Garadjaev. He was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment. V. Garadjaev was prosecuted under the 274 Article (state parricide) and 338.1 (violation of sentry change rules) of the Azeri Penal Code. Vusal Garadjaev crossed the border and was detained by NKR Defense Army soldiers together with his weapon December 7, 2006 in the Aghdam direction of the front line. On December 21 he was handed to the Azeri side.

[Joseph]

Bring it on. All this talk yet no action.


AMBASSADOR OF AZERBAIJAN THREATENS ARMENIA WITH WAR

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 29 2007

TASHKENT, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Namik Abasov, the
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan stated that Karabakh will be
"liberated" even at the price of war. The Jihan agency states about it.

During the reception organized in Tashkent, Namik Abasov accused
Armenia of "ethnic purge" and of "provoking a state terrorism." "We
gave dozen of thousands of victims for our lands. We are not for giving
victims now. But if there is necessity, Azeris are ready to lay down
their life. Karabakh will be liberated even at the price of war,"
he stated.

To recap, General Yasar Demirbulak, the former Chief of the
Investigation Department of the Military-Air Forces of Turkey,
Azeri by origin, touching upon the Karabakh conflict, the other day
said that the lands occupied by blood can not be returned without
blood-shed. "If Azerbaijan has a goal to solve this problem with
the help of mediation of international organizations, it must again
think about all these. Azerbaijan will be able to save its lands if
it decided to liberate them in the military way," he mentioned.