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AZERBAIJAN BUILDING A WALL ALONG THE LINE OF CONTACT
Anna Balyan
"Radiolur"
13.10.2011 18:19
Azerbaijan has launched construction works in Ota Gerbend village
in Aghdam region. They are constructing a 700 meters-long wall three
meters high. The wall with a total length of 700 meters will stretch
along the border of Nagorno Karabakh from Karavand to Tartar region.
Azerbaijan says the wall is meant to protect them from shooting
from the Armenian side. However, this is another demonstration of
propaganda, which is more important than an armed attack in the
contemporary world.
Ex-Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Arman Melikyan says "they
spend huge sums on propaganda, and some people draw benefits from
this." "This is propaganda, they follow the example of Israel,
which tried to demarcate its border with Palestinian settlements by
building a wall. It also served propaganda purposes to demonstrate
how endangered Israelis are."
In the report about the wall the Azerbaijani media once again write
about the killing of the 8-year-old boy. Official Yerevan has declared
on the highest level that the Armenian side has nothing to do with
the murder. The Armenian side is most interested in the maintenance
of peace. This is evidenced by the statements of the NKR Defense Army
officials that Nagorno Karabakh is ready to provide every assistance
to the construction of that wall. "The question refers not only to
the 3-meter-long sector, but also the whole line of contact for both
to be protected from each other," he said.
"It would be less expensive for Azerbaijan to pull its snipers back
from the line of contact. However, they do not do this notwithstanding
the calls of the OSCE Minsk Group. To be short, if they want to spend
their oil-dollars on the construction of the wall, let them do it,"
Arman Melikyan said.
Spokesman for the NKR President David Babayan says "the construction
of the wall is welcome in some sense, since it will define the border
of Nagorno Karabakh."
MP Lernik Aleksanyan considers that Azerbaijan is building the wall
for military purposes, as well. "I don't rule out that it might be
constructed for military purposes. I'm confident they will not build
it all along the line of contact, since it will determine the border
of Nagorno Karabakh.
As "Nezavisimaya gazeta" writes, "it is possible to build a wall,
but neither the Great Wall of China, nor the Berlin Wall could stand
the test of time."
From: A. Papazian
Anna Balyan
"Radiolur"
13.10.2011 18:19
Azerbaijan has launched construction works in Ota Gerbend village
in Aghdam region. They are constructing a 700 meters-long wall three
meters high. The wall with a total length of 700 meters will stretch
along the border of Nagorno Karabakh from Karavand to Tartar region.
Azerbaijan says the wall is meant to protect them from shooting
from the Armenian side. However, this is another demonstration of
propaganda, which is more important than an armed attack in the
contemporary world.
Ex-Foreign Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Arman Melikyan says "they
spend huge sums on propaganda, and some people draw benefits from
this." "This is propaganda, they follow the example of Israel,
which tried to demarcate its border with Palestinian settlements by
building a wall. It also served propaganda purposes to demonstrate
how endangered Israelis are."
In the report about the wall the Azerbaijani media once again write
about the killing of the 8-year-old boy. Official Yerevan has declared
on the highest level that the Armenian side has nothing to do with
the murder. The Armenian side is most interested in the maintenance
of peace. This is evidenced by the statements of the NKR Defense Army
officials that Nagorno Karabakh is ready to provide every assistance
to the construction of that wall. "The question refers not only to
the 3-meter-long sector, but also the whole line of contact for both
to be protected from each other," he said.
"It would be less expensive for Azerbaijan to pull its snipers back
from the line of contact. However, they do not do this notwithstanding
the calls of the OSCE Minsk Group. To be short, if they want to spend
their oil-dollars on the construction of the wall, let them do it,"
Arman Melikyan said.
Spokesman for the NKR President David Babayan says "the construction
of the wall is welcome in some sense, since it will define the border
of Nagorno Karabakh."
MP Lernik Aleksanyan considers that Azerbaijan is building the wall
for military purposes, as well. "I don't rule out that it might be
constructed for military purposes. I'm confident they will not build
it all along the line of contact, since it will determine the border
of Nagorno Karabakh.
As "Nezavisimaya gazeta" writes, "it is possible to build a wall,
but neither the Great Wall of China, nor the Berlin Wall could stand
the test of time."
From: A. Papazian