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    LATEST AZERBAIJANI SLANDER AND DEMARCHE

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    03:24 pm | May 27, 2009 | Politics

    Oslo, Norway-Stepan Safarian, member of the Heritage Party's
    parliamentary faction, who recently replaced Heritage's founder Raffi
    K. Hovannisian at the Armenian National Assembly's delegation to the
    NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA), was in the Norwegian capital
    Oslo from May 23 to 26, where he participated in the spring session
    of NATO PA.

    On May 23, Stepan Safarian attended the session of NATO PA's Defence
    and Security Commission. Heritage's MP offered comments and put forth
    queries specifically during the discussions devoted to Afghanistan
    and, subsequently, to the threats which the women and young girls face
    in times of military conflicts and post-conflict situations. In her
    remarks, Malahat Ibrahimkizi, the member of Azerbaijan's associated
    delegation to NATO PA, made a "smooth" transition from the issue of
    violations against the women and young girls in the conflict zones
    to the Karabagh conflict and made slanderous accusations against
    Armenia. She argued that Armenia was the aggressor, that twenty
    percent of Azerbaijan was under occupation, and that there were
    one million Azerbaijani refugees. And offering his comments on the
    topic of discussion, Stepan Safarian noted: "I deeply regret that
    I must commence my remarks by responding to the slanders made by my
    distinguished Azerbaijani colleague. I was preparing to deliver an
    altogether different speech, but now I am obliged to start my words
    from this issue. I understand that my Azerbaijani colleagues have
    a task given to them by their highest leadership, and this task is
    to make use of any and all fora and opportunity to smear Armenia in
    order to distort the truth. Ladies and gentlemen, we can interpret
    the historical facts and the history in different ways, yet it is
    impossible to falsify the facts and write a new history. However,
    I do agree with my colleague in one description, but with a certain
    editing: The Mountainous Karabagh conflict is the tragic story of an
    aggression and a failed attempt at occupation. More specifically,
    it is the tale of Azerbaijan's instigating aggression against and
    its failed attempt to occupy Mountainous Karabagh. When Azerbaijan
    decided to seize Karabagh by military means, this was prevented by
    the effective Armenian defense. And today, my Azerbaijani colleague is
    trying to misrepresent this fact, which resulted in tragic consequences
    and in the prese!

    nt-day re is impossible to reformulate history, which she is attempting
    to do." Afterward, Safarian examined the matter of and the challenge
    toward disarmament and the women's engagement in different militarized
    conflicts. Following the Heritage MP's intervention, the Azerbaijani
    deputy became edgy and, pretentiously obstructing the session, left
    the session's hall screaming. The same day, Safarian also participated
    in the session of NATO PA's Economy and Security Commission.

    On May 24, Stepan Safarian partook in the session of the Political
    Affairs Commission. During this event, Safarian offered his
    observations concerning Iran and Iran-international community
    relations. He underscored the need to correctly recognize and
    comprehend the real motives behind Iran's demeanor, and to use
    the unused opportunities and potential for normalizing relations
    and surmounting the tension between Iran and the international
    community. He also offered his impressions from Iran, which reaffirmed
    his assertions with respect to the presence of the aforesaid potential
    and the problems which Iran, NATO, and the international community
    shared in the Greater Near Eastern region.

    On May 25, Stepan Safarian met with Sverre Mirli and Kiel Engebretsen,
    the members of the "Friends of Armenia in Norway" network and the
    present and former Norwegian MPs. Safarian expressed a hope that the
    best traditions in the Armenia-Norway friendship will continue and
    the bilateral cooperation will grow stronger, and he also promised
    to contribute in this task.

    On May 26, the Armenian delegation attended the plenary session and
    the closing ceremony of NATO PA. All through and beyond the latter's
    spring session, Stepan Safarian also met with delegates from numerous
    countries (Denmark, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Algeria,
    Moldova, Germany, France, Jordan, etc.) and exchanged views on regional
    security issues.
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