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    Azeri MP rejects USA "world domination" policy

    Ekspress, Baku
    4 Apr 04


    If hostilities were to resume between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the USA
    would impose sanctions on both countries, Director of Plans and
    Policy, Headquarters US European Command Jeffrey Kohler said during
    his latest visit to Yerevan.

    He said that the USA had not changed its position on the Nagornyy
    Karabakh conflict and that the problem should be resolved
    peacefully. We wonder what kind of sanctions can be imposed on a
    country which wants to liberate its occupied territories?

    [Passage omitted: the USA, Europe imposed sanctions on Azerbaijan,
    Armenia previously]

    Expert in conflict studies Elxan Mehdiyev believes that even if a war
    starts, there will be no serious sanctions. The USA might cease
    military cooperation with the sides, which is not important at all:
    "Because neither Azerbaijan nor Armenia can afford to buy weapons from
    the United States, they are far too expensive. These countries buy
    weapons only from Russia and other CIS countries."

    Rauf Qurbanov, a member of the Milli Maclis [parliament] standing
    commission for defence and security, assessed the USA's military
    policy as world domination. "The USA has a huge appetite and even
    independent countries have to consult it when solving their domestic
    problems." Qurbanov said that "when it comes to large-scale military
    operations", the statement from the Pentagon official did not come as
    a surprise. He said that this was the policy the USA follows all over
    the world. The MP said that this was happening in Iraq and Korea,
    adding that the collapse of the Soviet Union had enabled the USA to
    carry out a unipolar policy.

    "The USA should not meddle in the internal affairs of independent
    countries. International structures like the UN and the OSCE Minsk
    Group are currently dealing with the Karabakh problem. However, this
    does not mean that a country whose territorial integrity has been
    infringed cannot take independent decisions," Qurbanov said. He
    believes that Azerbaijan retains this right and at any time it can
    declare war on Armenia in order to restore its territorial integrity
    in line with appropriate UN regulations.
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