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    AZERBAIJAN IS TRYING TO IMPOSE ITS CONDITIONS ON IRAN AND RUSSIA

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    29.04.2008 GMT+04:00

    It is not clear, why a country having a lot of unsolved political
    and economic matters needs another problem.

    Lately in the relationship between Azerbaijan and Russia some kind
    of tension regarding Iran, or to be more exact, regarding the nuclear
    power-station equipment supply. Thermal equipment for the first Iranian
    nuclear power-station coming from Russia was detained in Azerbaijan
    about a month ago. On March 29 Russian road-train carrying thermal
    equipment, destined for "Busher" nuclear power-station in Iran was
    detained in "Astara". The negotiations of the representatives of
    "Rosatom" with Azerbaijan about the equipment have been no success
    so far.

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ At first Tehran decided not to interfere in the
    process, declaring that problem should be solved by the general
    contractor of the construction of the station; the Russian company
    "Atomstroiexport". According to the official representative of the
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Mohamed Ali Hussein, the Russian
    party is trying to solve the problem as soon as possible. "In our turn
    we demanded from the Azerbaijani Ambassador in Tehran also to take
    some steps for the equipment to be in Iran as soon as possible. This
    equipment is transported to Iran in the frames of international norms
    and there should be no obstacle for that," said the Iranian diplomat.

    The Azeri Ambassador in Iran Abbasali Hasanov is called to the Ministry
    of Foreign Affairs of Iran regarding the detention of the Russian
    road-train on the Azerbaijani border. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    of Iran expressed his protest to the Ambassador regarding the created
    situation. Tehran demanded from Baku to allow the transportation of
    the equipment through Azeri-Iranian border.

    The Azeri party confirms that Russia has not presented all the
    necessary documents describing the character of the special equipment
    intended for the construction of "Busher" nuclear power-station. The
    Russian party in its turn says that the load has completed the
    process of export control and the UN sanctions do not apply to
    it. Earlier Russian sources in Moscow, which are familiar with the
    created situation, said to RIA Novosti, that the road-train detained
    in Azerbaijan is nothing but a political decision of the authorities
    of the country.

    After the detention of the equipment "Atomstroiexport" did not receive
    any official inquiry from Azerbaijan concerning this load. Later the
    Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
    Khazar Ibrahim announced that the republic has made inquiry about
    the load to Russia.

    "Azerbaijan calls upon Iran to keep from abrupt announcements
    contradicting the diplomatic norms. No country has the right to talk to
    Azerbaijan with ultimatum. This contradicts the relations between Iran
    and Azerbaijan, as well as all diplomatic and ethnic norms. Azerbaijan
    takes measures only in the frames of its legislation and international
    regulations," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. He
    also mentioned that Azerbaijan will take a decision after receiving
    an answer from the Russian party on the inquiry about the character
    of the load.

    The scandal definitely gains more and more attention and even had the
    interference of the Department of States of the USA. According to
    the Head of the Press-Service of the US Department of States Shown
    McCormack, the question of the load for the nuclear power-station
    construction in Iran, detained on March 29 on the border of
    Azerbaijan and Iran must be solved by the governments of Russia and
    Azerbaijan. "The USA has no reasons to suspect that the transportation
    of load was against the UN Security Council," he said.

    The measures of the official Baku are totally based on the policy
    of Ilham Aliyev, who thinks that his country is so independent,
    that it can impose its conditions on if not on the entire world,
    at least on Russia and Iran. Of course realizing that the detention
    of the Russian load will not bring to any success, Baku immediately
    started to justify itself saying the Russian party does not provide
    with all the necessary documents. On the other hand one can understand
    Aliyev; he wants to get support from the USA in case of the attack on
    Iran. However, Baku has missed one important factor, the international
    laws are necessary for every country and no military budget or oil will
    be able to solve the problem. It is not clear, why a country having
    a lot of unsolved political and economic matters needs another problem.

    No matter how much the Azeri press tries to convince everybody,
    it is very hard to live in a country rich with oil and gas. It is
    very unlikely that offcial Baku is happy with the situation of the
    country, but trying to shake the fist won't do any harm. And also,
    making a base out of Azerbaijan for the US attacks on Iran will have
    a negative response in the entire Islamic world, and first of all in
    Turkey and Iran, with which spoiling the relations would not be of
    any good for Aliyev.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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