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POLITICAL EXPERT: AZERBAIJAN'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ARE GETTING INCREASINGLY FIRM IN THEIR RESOLUTION TO UNITE AGAINST TURKIC STRANGLEHOLD
arminfo
Friday, June 22, 20:22
Azerbaijan's indigenous peoples are getting increasingly firm in their
resolution to unite against the Turkic stranglehold, political expert
Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told journalists on Friday.
He said that the last conference of Lezgians and Avars in Moscow,
entitled "The problems of the Lezgian and Avar peoples divided by
the Russian-Azeri border," has become a real shock for Azerbaijan.
"The Azeri authorities responded immediately by kidnapping Talysh
activist Gilal Mamedov," Melik-Shahnazaryan said, noting that
Azerbaijan continues its repressions against indigenous peoples.
"We, the Armenians, should know that Azerbaijan is not a mono-ethnic
country. We should realize that we have friends on the other side
of the border and that their number is growing. More and more
Azerbaijan-based Lezgians, Talyshs and Avars are refusing to send
their children to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh as they do not
regard the Armenians as their enemy," the expert said.
According to official statistics, 37% of the 97 soldiers killed in
the Azeri army were representatives of ethnic minorities. This year
this figure has grown to 50%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
arminfo
Friday, June 22, 20:22
Azerbaijan's indigenous peoples are getting increasingly firm in their
resolution to unite against the Turkic stranglehold, political expert
Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told journalists on Friday.
He said that the last conference of Lezgians and Avars in Moscow,
entitled "The problems of the Lezgian and Avar peoples divided by
the Russian-Azeri border," has become a real shock for Azerbaijan.
"The Azeri authorities responded immediately by kidnapping Talysh
activist Gilal Mamedov," Melik-Shahnazaryan said, noting that
Azerbaijan continues its repressions against indigenous peoples.
"We, the Armenians, should know that Azerbaijan is not a mono-ethnic
country. We should realize that we have friends on the other side
of the border and that their number is growing. More and more
Azerbaijan-based Lezgians, Talyshs and Avars are refusing to send
their children to the border with Nagorno-Karabakh as they do not
regard the Armenians as their enemy," the expert said.
According to official statistics, 37% of the 97 soldiers killed in
the Azeri army were representatives of ethnic minorities. This year
this figure has grown to 50%.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress