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MILITARY EXPERT: ARMENIA'S BOYCOTT OF EUROVISION IN BAKU IS JUSTIFIED
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
16.05.12 | 16:04
A military expert believes that the refusal of the Armenian
delegation to participate in the Eurovision 2012 International Song
Contest, scheduled on May 22-26 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is justified,
otherwise Armenia's participation would give a chance to the Aliyev
administration to use this international event for propaganda purposes.
"In particular, the scenario is the following: they [Azeris] will
attempt to destabilize the situation in the frontline, moreover, not
in the Nagorno-Karabakh section of the front but in the northeastern
part of Armenia, where areas are densely populated and are located
very close to the military bases," says military psychologist David
Jamalyan.
The expert believes it is done to provoke the Armenian side so that
the latter returns fire targeting populated areas - the Azeri side
would make use of this fact and would once again tell Eurovision
participants, guests and the international community that Armenians
are aggressors.
"Under such circumstances the right decision would be not to leave
Azeris' fire unanswered because this is an aggression committed on
the territory of Armenia, against our innocent population. In such
cases an Azeri weapon emplacement and not an Azeri village becomes
a target for the Armenian side. Armenians fire at those bases from
where Azeris open fire, minimizing the risk that an Azeri village
could potentially be threatened," Jamalyan says.
He appreciates the Armenian delegation's non-participation in
Eurovision and says that the propaganda carried out by Azerbaijan is
unperceivable in terms of the European system of values.
"We must use this fact, and our decision not to participate [in the
song contest] is a kind of response to their anti-propaganda. This way
we will manage to attract the international community's attention to
the expressions of Azeri aggression. This is a boycott, an expression
of a particular position, and attempt to draw the international
community's attention to the illegalities," Jamalyan concludes.
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
16.05.12 | 16:04
A military expert believes that the refusal of the Armenian
delegation to participate in the Eurovision 2012 International Song
Contest, scheduled on May 22-26 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is justified,
otherwise Armenia's participation would give a chance to the Aliyev
administration to use this international event for propaganda purposes.
"In particular, the scenario is the following: they [Azeris] will
attempt to destabilize the situation in the frontline, moreover, not
in the Nagorno-Karabakh section of the front but in the northeastern
part of Armenia, where areas are densely populated and are located
very close to the military bases," says military psychologist David
Jamalyan.
The expert believes it is done to provoke the Armenian side so that
the latter returns fire targeting populated areas - the Azeri side
would make use of this fact and would once again tell Eurovision
participants, guests and the international community that Armenians
are aggressors.
"Under such circumstances the right decision would be not to leave
Azeris' fire unanswered because this is an aggression committed on
the territory of Armenia, against our innocent population. In such
cases an Azeri weapon emplacement and not an Azeri village becomes
a target for the Armenian side. Armenians fire at those bases from
where Azeris open fire, minimizing the risk that an Azeri village
could potentially be threatened," Jamalyan says.
He appreciates the Armenian delegation's non-participation in
Eurovision and says that the propaganda carried out by Azerbaijan is
unperceivable in terms of the European system of values.
"We must use this fact, and our decision not to participate [in the
song contest] is a kind of response to their anti-propaganda. This way
we will manage to attract the international community's attention to
the expressions of Azeri aggression. This is a boycott, an expression
of a particular position, and attempt to draw the international
community's attention to the illegalities," Jamalyan concludes.