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TOTALITARIAN REGIMES PROVOKE WARS - ARMENIAN ANALYST
NEWS.AM
February 04, 2013 | 14:44
YEREVAN. - If Azerbaijan destroys the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic capital
city Stepanakert airport, we should give an equivalent response. Modus
Vivendi Center Director, Armenia's former Ambassador to Canada,
political scientist Ara Papyan said this during a press conference
on Monday.
He noted that, technically, Azerbaijan could destroy civil aircrafts
by launching missiles. Papyan noted that, in this case, Azerbaijan
could even justify its action by stating that the given missile was
launched accidentally.
As for Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General
Nikolay Bordyuzha's recent statement, wherein he qualified as an
"unsuccessful joke" the Azerbaijani regime's threat to destroy Armenian
civil aircrafts, if they fly to and from Stepanakert Airport, the
analyst considered such statement by Armenia's partnering organization
to be unacceptable.
"Bordyuzha should have severely criticized Azerbaijan's threats to
destroy the airport and the civil aircrafts. [Azerbaijani president
Ilham] Aliyev might not wish to destroy civil aviation but the
political circumstances could force him to take such step, solely to
maintain power," Papyan noted.
Speaking on Azerbaijan's domestic political situation, the political
scientist said the current situation is in Armenia's favor because
a discontent has risen in those regions of Azerbaijan where the
majority of the population are Lezgians. In this way, as per Papyan,
Azerbaijan will make fewer threats against Armenia and will focus on
settling its domestic affairs. But, on the other hand, totalitarian
regimes provoke wars, which adversely affect the region.
According to Papyan, the regional tension is escalating, and this
reflects negatively on Armenia.
"Hatred of Armenians is gaining momentum in Turkey yet again because
the Armenians' demands will become more clear in 2015 [that is, on
the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide], and this means the
Armenian-Turkish relations will not normalize in the coming years,"
Ara Papyan concluded.
NEWS.AM
February 04, 2013 | 14:44
YEREVAN. - If Azerbaijan destroys the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic capital
city Stepanakert airport, we should give an equivalent response. Modus
Vivendi Center Director, Armenia's former Ambassador to Canada,
political scientist Ara Papyan said this during a press conference
on Monday.
He noted that, technically, Azerbaijan could destroy civil aircrafts
by launching missiles. Papyan noted that, in this case, Azerbaijan
could even justify its action by stating that the given missile was
launched accidentally.
As for Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretary General
Nikolay Bordyuzha's recent statement, wherein he qualified as an
"unsuccessful joke" the Azerbaijani regime's threat to destroy Armenian
civil aircrafts, if they fly to and from Stepanakert Airport, the
analyst considered such statement by Armenia's partnering organization
to be unacceptable.
"Bordyuzha should have severely criticized Azerbaijan's threats to
destroy the airport and the civil aircrafts. [Azerbaijani president
Ilham] Aliyev might not wish to destroy civil aviation but the
political circumstances could force him to take such step, solely to
maintain power," Papyan noted.
Speaking on Azerbaijan's domestic political situation, the political
scientist said the current situation is in Armenia's favor because
a discontent has risen in those regions of Azerbaijan where the
majority of the population are Lezgians. In this way, as per Papyan,
Azerbaijan will make fewer threats against Armenia and will focus on
settling its domestic affairs. But, on the other hand, totalitarian
regimes provoke wars, which adversely affect the region.
According to Papyan, the regional tension is escalating, and this
reflects negatively on Armenia.
"Hatred of Armenians is gaining momentum in Turkey yet again because
the Armenians' demands will become more clear in 2015 [that is, on
the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide], and this means the
Armenian-Turkish relations will not normalize in the coming years,"
Ara Papyan concluded.