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VLADIMIR ZHIRINOVSKY: "ONLY RUSSIA CAN SOLVE THE NAGORNO KARABAKH PROBLEM" - INTERVIEW
APA
Feb 1 2012
Azerbaijan
"We need Armenia to use it as leverage over Turkey"
Moscow. Farid Akberov - APA. APA's correspondent in Moscow interviews
with the Russian presidential candidate, chairman of the Liberal
Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- How will the Russian-Azerbaijani relations be if you are elected
the president of Russia?
- Azerbaijan and Armenia can not solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem
without Russia. Therefore I will propose Azerbaijan and Armenia to
join Russia as a Trans-Caucasian Federal Region. Governorship of this
federal region should be given to Azerbaijan because of population
size, but the deputy governor can be elected among the Armenians. If
Azerbaijan and Armenia don't accept this proposal, we will recognize
the independence of Nagorno Karabakh.
- Today Russia recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
- We will not do it. If we recognize, it will damage our relations
with Armenia. We need Armenia to use it as leverage over Turkey.
Turkey hinders Azerbaijan. If there is no Turkey, the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict would be resolved. Turkey is a great country, NATO member. It
has a strong army. Armenia defends our borders from the direction of
Turkey. We need Armenia for that reason.
- The French Senate adopted a draft law criminalizing the denial of
"Armenian genocide". Is it possible to be adopted in Russia too?
- I positively accept the French Senate's decision. We have no such
law in Russia. We don't like to irritate Azerbaijan and Armenia by an
initiative of adopting similar law. Live just as you choose. You were
living in the Soviet Union better, but started to fight when you left
it. I am an Orientalist. I told these words 20 years ago too. The war
between Israel and Arabs will never end. It will never end between
Azerbaijan and Armenia too. Only Russia can solve this problem. I
don't like the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The OSCE Minsk
Group, France and other will never assist the solution of the problem.
We can't leave Armenian alone because of direct threats from Turkey.
Do you know the "3rd combat troops" plan of Turkey? They want to seize
whole Caucasus, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov. We can't allow it.
APA
Feb 1 2012
Azerbaijan
"We need Armenia to use it as leverage over Turkey"
Moscow. Farid Akberov - APA. APA's correspondent in Moscow interviews
with the Russian presidential candidate, chairman of the Liberal
Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- How will the Russian-Azerbaijani relations be if you are elected
the president of Russia?
- Azerbaijan and Armenia can not solve the Nagorno Karabakh problem
without Russia. Therefore I will propose Azerbaijan and Armenia to
join Russia as a Trans-Caucasian Federal Region. Governorship of this
federal region should be given to Azerbaijan because of population
size, but the deputy governor can be elected among the Armenians. If
Azerbaijan and Armenia don't accept this proposal, we will recognize
the independence of Nagorno Karabakh.
- Today Russia recognizes the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
- We will not do it. If we recognize, it will damage our relations
with Armenia. We need Armenia to use it as leverage over Turkey.
Turkey hinders Azerbaijan. If there is no Turkey, the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict would be resolved. Turkey is a great country, NATO member. It
has a strong army. Armenia defends our borders from the direction of
Turkey. We need Armenia for that reason.
- The French Senate adopted a draft law criminalizing the denial of
"Armenian genocide". Is it possible to be adopted in Russia too?
- I positively accept the French Senate's decision. We have no such
law in Russia. We don't like to irritate Azerbaijan and Armenia by an
initiative of adopting similar law. Live just as you choose. You were
living in the Soviet Union better, but started to fight when you left
it. I am an Orientalist. I told these words 20 years ago too. The war
between Israel and Arabs will never end. It will never end between
Azerbaijan and Armenia too. Only Russia can solve this problem. I
don't like the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The OSCE Minsk
Group, France and other will never assist the solution of the problem.
We can't leave Armenian alone because of direct threats from Turkey.
Do you know the "3rd combat troops" plan of Turkey? They want to seize
whole Caucasus, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov. We can't allow it.