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MEXICAN COURT REJECTS ALIYEV MONUMENT
http://asbarez.com/107581/mexican-court-rejects-aliyev-monument/
The monument of Haydar Aliyev in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY-Mexico's Federal Administrative Court dismissed a complaint
filed by Azerbaijan's Embassy to prevent city authorities to dismantle
and remove a statue of Azeri dictator Haydar Aliyev from a park at
the center of the city, reported the Cronica newspaper.
The court's decision paves the way for the statue's removal.
The statue was erected over the summer, after the Azeri government
invested a reported $10 million in renovation of the park and the
statue. The giant statue had raised concerns with citizens and
protests from activists who decried the city's decision to house a
statue of a known dictator along such figures as Abraham Lincoln and
Mahatma Gandhi.
In late November, a three-person panel appointed to investigate the
erection of the statue in the city's Reforma Boulevard recommended
that the statue be removed, prompting Azerbaijan's Ambassador to
Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov to threaten retaliation against the Mexican
government, including the closure of Baku's representation in Mexico.
The Azerbaijani Embassy appealed the commission decision to the
district court requesting an injunction to stay the decision to remove
the statue.
In November, Muktarov also said Azerbaijan would cancel $4 billion in
investment projects for Mexico, saying if the then Mexico City Mayor
Marcelo Ebrard "decides to remove the monument, we will cancel the
projects, close the embassy, it would hurt the relationship between
the two countries, and it would not be good for his image to be the
person who prevented a $4-billion investment."
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/107581/mexican-court-rejects-aliyev-monument/
The monument of Haydar Aliyev in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY-Mexico's Federal Administrative Court dismissed a complaint
filed by Azerbaijan's Embassy to prevent city authorities to dismantle
and remove a statue of Azeri dictator Haydar Aliyev from a park at
the center of the city, reported the Cronica newspaper.
The court's decision paves the way for the statue's removal.
The statue was erected over the summer, after the Azeri government
invested a reported $10 million in renovation of the park and the
statue. The giant statue had raised concerns with citizens and
protests from activists who decried the city's decision to house a
statue of a known dictator along such figures as Abraham Lincoln and
Mahatma Gandhi.
In late November, a three-person panel appointed to investigate the
erection of the statue in the city's Reforma Boulevard recommended
that the statue be removed, prompting Azerbaijan's Ambassador to
Mexico Ilgar Mukhtarov to threaten retaliation against the Mexican
government, including the closure of Baku's representation in Mexico.
The Azerbaijani Embassy appealed the commission decision to the
district court requesting an injunction to stay the decision to remove
the statue.
In November, Muktarov also said Azerbaijan would cancel $4 billion in
investment projects for Mexico, saying if the then Mexico City Mayor
Marcelo Ebrard "decides to remove the monument, we will cancel the
projects, close the embassy, it would hurt the relationship between
the two countries, and it would not be good for his image to be the
person who prevented a $4-billion investment."
From: Baghdasarian