Tweet
THE THIEF IS CRYING: "STOP THE THIEF!"
Leonid Martirossian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:-the-thief-is-crying-lstop-the-thiefr&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:36
Recently, the mass media has almost daily reported about regular
violation of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan, the number of which per
week increases to several hundreds. Moreover, these violations
are increasingly intense. Thus, according to the operative data of
the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, in just a week,
that is between March 10 and 17, the Azerbaijani party violated the
ceasefire almost 350 times, making over 2500 shots from small arms
at the positions of the Karabakh forces.
Such provocative actions of Azerbaijan, which lead to deaths on
both sides of the contact-line, convincingly prove that the country
continues to ignore the appeals of international structures for
strengthening the cease-fire. Moreover, Baku does not carry out
the commitments assumed at the negotiations on the settlement of
the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
As you know, one of the main principles, on the basis of which the
co-chairs of the Minsk Group proposed to resolve the Karabakh issue,
is non-use of force or threat of force. By the way, this principle
is constantly noted in the joint statements on Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is always signed by Azerbaijan, thus declaring its intention
to resolve the issue by purely peaceful means. However, in practice,
the behavior of the Baku leadership flatly denies its willingness
to seek a way to peace just by peaceful means, as via violation
of the ceasefire, it actually uses force; moreover, it constantly
threatens Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh with the prospect of resuming
the war. The actions of official Baku, which does not follow the
contractual commitments assumed and, despite numerous appeals by
authoritative international organizations, stubbornly refuses to
withdraw snipers from the frontline, creating an explosive situation
at the contact-line, can be only called a challenge to the mediators,
and, first of all, to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
It is time for the co-chair-states of the Minsk Group, and the UN
too, a non-permanent Security Council member of which Azerbaijan has
recently become, to be more active and resolute and to bring to justice
the high-handed violator of the ceasefire. But, it is Azerbaijan
that applies to the UN with accusations against Armenia. On March
5, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev
sent a letter to Secretary General of the organization Ban Ki-moon on
Armenia's violation of... the ceasefire. The cynicism of this action
of official Baku is obvious. However, the letter, which cannot be
called in any other way than a mock, was circulated as an official
document of the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
Is it a paradox? But, is it really a paradox? It is rather regularity.
In the conditions that the obviously dangerous actions of Azerbaijan
threatening the regional peace and stability are not given an adequate
and strict assessment yet, nothing else can be expected. Nature, as
we know, abhors a vacuum. And Azerbaijan rushed to fill this vacuum,
in this particular case - by the noted letter to the UN. Ignoring
the international principles of conflict resolution and norms of
international law, Baku has assumed the principle of a petty thief who,
being seized by his hand, is the first to cry, "Stop the thief!"
We'll not be mistaken if we say that the general principle of thieves
lies at the heart of Azerbaijan's foreign policy concept aimed at
distorting the essence of the Karabakh conflict and discrediting
Armenia and the NKR. Having committed some genocidal actions during
the Karabakh conflict and having unleashed a war against the NKR, it
ignores the basic norms of morality and dares to accuse both Armenian
parties of aggression. Rejecting the withdrawal of snipers from the
frontline and preventing the establishment of corresponding mechanisms
to investigate the incidents in the conflict zone, Azerbaijan at
the same time calls upon the UN and the OSCE ... to bring Armenia to
justice for the situation created on the contact-line by itself.
Unfortunately, the competent international organizations do not give
a fair legal assessment to the actions of the Azerbaijani party and
limit themselves to general calls for peace and the statement that the
unresolved Karabakh conflict poses the greatest threat to the region.
And I must say that Azerbaijan, trying to wrest profitable preferences
for itself from the mediators, speculates this "international concern",
threatening, with impunity, to blow up the current state of "neither
peace nor war". In other words, maintaining tension in the conflict
zone became part of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, a means of pressure
on the mediators and the Armenian parties. This means that it will
continue to violate the ceasefire, multiplying the statistics of
victims of its dirty policy of blackmail and threats. And it will
continue doing this until it gets a slap on its arms, which are
already blood-stained up to the elbows.
From: A. Papazian
Leonid Martirossian
http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=594:-the-thief-is-crying-lstop-the-thiefr&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
Thursday, 22 March 2012 05:36
Recently, the mass media has almost daily reported about regular
violation of the ceasefire by Azerbaijan, the number of which per
week increases to several hundreds. Moreover, these violations
are increasingly intense. Thus, according to the operative data of
the Defense Army of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, in just a week,
that is between March 10 and 17, the Azerbaijani party violated the
ceasefire almost 350 times, making over 2500 shots from small arms
at the positions of the Karabakh forces.
Such provocative actions of Azerbaijan, which lead to deaths on
both sides of the contact-line, convincingly prove that the country
continues to ignore the appeals of international structures for
strengthening the cease-fire. Moreover, Baku does not carry out
the commitments assumed at the negotiations on the settlement of
the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
As you know, one of the main principles, on the basis of which the
co-chairs of the Minsk Group proposed to resolve the Karabakh issue,
is non-use of force or threat of force. By the way, this principle
is constantly noted in the joint statements on Nagorno-Karabakh,
which is always signed by Azerbaijan, thus declaring its intention
to resolve the issue by purely peaceful means. However, in practice,
the behavior of the Baku leadership flatly denies its willingness
to seek a way to peace just by peaceful means, as via violation
of the ceasefire, it actually uses force; moreover, it constantly
threatens Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh with the prospect of resuming
the war. The actions of official Baku, which does not follow the
contractual commitments assumed and, despite numerous appeals by
authoritative international organizations, stubbornly refuses to
withdraw snipers from the frontline, creating an explosive situation
at the contact-line, can be only called a challenge to the mediators,
and, first of all, to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
It is time for the co-chair-states of the Minsk Group, and the UN
too, a non-permanent Security Council member of which Azerbaijan has
recently become, to be more active and resolute and to bring to justice
the high-handed violator of the ceasefire. But, it is Azerbaijan
that applies to the UN with accusations against Armenia. On March
5, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the UN Agshin Mehdiyev
sent a letter to Secretary General of the organization Ban Ki-moon on
Armenia's violation of... the ceasefire. The cynicism of this action
of official Baku is obvious. However, the letter, which cannot be
called in any other way than a mock, was circulated as an official
document of the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
Is it a paradox? But, is it really a paradox? It is rather regularity.
In the conditions that the obviously dangerous actions of Azerbaijan
threatening the regional peace and stability are not given an adequate
and strict assessment yet, nothing else can be expected. Nature, as
we know, abhors a vacuum. And Azerbaijan rushed to fill this vacuum,
in this particular case - by the noted letter to the UN. Ignoring
the international principles of conflict resolution and norms of
international law, Baku has assumed the principle of a petty thief who,
being seized by his hand, is the first to cry, "Stop the thief!"
We'll not be mistaken if we say that the general principle of thieves
lies at the heart of Azerbaijan's foreign policy concept aimed at
distorting the essence of the Karabakh conflict and discrediting
Armenia and the NKR. Having committed some genocidal actions during
the Karabakh conflict and having unleashed a war against the NKR, it
ignores the basic norms of morality and dares to accuse both Armenian
parties of aggression. Rejecting the withdrawal of snipers from the
frontline and preventing the establishment of corresponding mechanisms
to investigate the incidents in the conflict zone, Azerbaijan at
the same time calls upon the UN and the OSCE ... to bring Armenia to
justice for the situation created on the contact-line by itself.
Unfortunately, the competent international organizations do not give
a fair legal assessment to the actions of the Azerbaijani party and
limit themselves to general calls for peace and the statement that the
unresolved Karabakh conflict poses the greatest threat to the region.
And I must say that Azerbaijan, trying to wrest profitable preferences
for itself from the mediators, speculates this "international concern",
threatening, with impunity, to blow up the current state of "neither
peace nor war". In other words, maintaining tension in the conflict
zone became part of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, a means of pressure
on the mediators and the Armenian parties. This means that it will
continue to violate the ceasefire, multiplying the statistics of
victims of its dirty policy of blackmail and threats. And it will
continue doing this until it gets a slap on its arms, which are
already blood-stained up to the elbows.
From: A. Papazian