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    AZERBAIJANIS, ARMENIANS CAN BE GOOD NEIGHBOURS
    Akper Hasanov

    news.az
    March 2 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Zardusht Alizade News.Az interviews Azerbaijani political scientist
    Zardusht Alizade.

    I'll start our interview with what may be an unexpected question. How
    do you explain the fact that while the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
    over Nagorno Karabakh remains unresolved, Armenians and Azerbaijanis
    living in third countries set up joint businesses, become friends
    and even marry?

    First of all, this shows the vagaries of life when even a son can be
    against his father at times. But everyone knows that the superpowers,
    primarily Russia, are the real initiators of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. It was Russia that kept this conflict
    going, supporting Armenia and Azerbaijan at different times. By
    doing so, this superpower attempts to keep the whole region under its
    control. Ordinary Azerbaijanis and Armenians have fallen victim to
    these geopolitical games. They have lost their houses, land, loved
    ones and relatives and become refugees. The fact that Armenians and
    Azerbaijanis in third countries are in close contact, work together,
    set up joint businesses and even create families is a normal response
    to the demands of human nature which strives to live in peace and
    accord, not in a state of war.

    Have the years of the unresolved Karabakh conflict created a gulf
    between our peoples in which there is more ideology and myth than
    real understanding?

    Of course, let's take, for example, the Armenians. They have
    been living in conditions of hatred for Turks and they consider
    Azerbaijanis to be Turks too. This has led to great losses for the
    Armenian nation. Unfortunately, Azerbaijanis have suffered losses
    and made mistakes without learning from the example of others, in
    this case the Armenian people. The same situation of encouraging
    hatred towards Azerbaijanis can be seen now in Armenia. Just small
    groups of people in Azerbaijan and Armenia understand that this is
    mistaken and dooms us to further manipulation by the superpowers who
    are fighting for their geopolitical interests.

    Is there hope that Azerbaijanis and Armenians will again live in
    peace and accord?

    This is inevitable. There have been many wars between England and
    France, between France and Germany, Germany and Russia. Millions
    of people died in these wars, but these countries live in peace
    and collaborate successfully. I am confident that Azerbaijanis and
    Armenians will also live in peace and neighbourliness. I am sorry
    about the young people who have fallen victim to the artificially
    created conflict between our peoples.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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