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  • The Independent: Snipers On The Armenian Border

    THE INDEPENDENT: SNIPERS ON THE ARMENIAN BORDER

    http://times.am/?l=en&p=7896
    01.06.12

    Dr. Adrian C Pont, fellow worker of Oxford University, has published
    a letter in the British magazine "Independent" about his journey to
    Armenia. Mr. Pont especially says:

    "Amid the hysteria generated by the Eurovision Song Contest, we
    should not overlook the aggressive attitude of Azerbaijan towards
    its neighbor Armenia.

    Last week, while participating in a scientific collaboration with
    Armenian colleagues, I was in the north of Armenia and at various
    points very close to the border with Azerbaijan. In one village people
    came out of their houses to advise us not to drive further along the
    road as Azerbaijani snipers were regularly shooting across the border.

    A number of people, peacefully working in their fields, and even
    schoolchildren had been shot dead. Such incidents are widespread.

    The purpose of such killings can only be to provoke retaliation by
    Armenia, creating a "border incident" and enabling Azerbaijan to try
    to annexe yet another small mountainous enclave of Armenia.

    This part of Armenia is ethnically Armenian and the inhabitants
    are Christian and speak Armenian. They would have no wish to
    be incorporated into Islamic Azerbaijan, where they would suffer
    persecution or worse. Let us hope that democratic choice and the rule
    of law will prevail".


    From: Baghdasarian
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