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    SPY MANIA

    http://artsakhtert.com/eng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1447: spy-mania&catid=3:all&Itemid=4
    Tuesday, 29 April 2014 09:45

    "Witch hunt" started in Baku

    Last week, an event took place in Azerbaijan, which, perhaps, cannot
    be considered a purely domestic policy. On April 19, the special
    services of Azerbaijanarrested prominent journalist of Mirror leading
    Russian-language newspaper in this country Rauf Mirkadyrov that has
    lived in Turkey for the last three years.

    According to the General Prosecutor's Office, the journalist is
    suspected that "to the detriment of the sovereignty, national security,
    territorial integrity, and defensibility of the AzerbaijanRepublic,
    he has been involved in secret cooperation by the special services
    of Armenia since April 2008."

    It is noted that he has repeatedly met with them in Armenia,
    Georgia and Turkey, providing corresponding information about the
    social-political and military situation in the country, as well
    as information that was a state secret, along with photographs
    and diagrams, in order to use them for hostile activities against
    Azerbaijan. Under the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, the crimes
    incriminated to Mirkadyrov require penalty from 10 years of
    imprisonment to life imprisonment.

    It isn't accidental that we stated in the beginning of the article
    that the arrest of Rauf Mirkadyrov is beyond Azerbaijan in its sound
    public. And the matter is not at all that the journalist is accused of
    spying for a foreign state, in this case for Armenia. Surely, one can,
    as usual in such cases, say that the court will figure everything out.

    It is possible, if it were not the court of Azerbaijan, which is not
    trusted even by its own citizens. Otherwise, they would not talk openly
    about the custom character of the arrest. In particular, the statement
    of the Institute for Peace and Democracy, which is headed by famous
    Azerbaijani human rights activist Leyla Yunus, qualifies this fact
    as "clear evidence of the rampant repression by the authoritarian
    regime." There is no doubt that Mirkadyrov's deportation fromTurkey
    and arrest were sanctioned by the top leadership of Azerbaijan.

    Apparently, the journalist, who differed by his principled position
    and sharp criticism against his own authorities on the domestic policy
    issues, became a thorn in the eye of the authorities.

    But, we'll focus on the external aspect of Rauf Mirkadyrov's activity.

    It is known that within the "public diplomacy" the journalist was
    actively involved in numerous projects implemented jointly with the
    Armenian NGOs and to this end, he has repeatedly visited Armenia. And
    it should be noted that in his publications about the Karabakh
    conflict, while defending the interests of Azerbaijan, he stuck to
    the civilized norms of discussion and did not fall to the marketplace
    abuse against the Armenian side, which is usual for almost all the
    Azerbaijani media replacing the absence of any compelling arguments
    by vulgar insults. It is quite clear that Mirkadyrov's ethically
    restrained position could not satisfy the leadership of Azerbaijan,
    which, with Ilham Aliyev's coming to power, ceased any ties withArmenia
    and Nagorno Karabakh. Under Ilham Aliyev's leadership the contacts
    between the civil societies of the Karabakh conflict parties were
    actually banned, while they were somehow maintained even under the
    leadership of his father who too was not reputed to be a pacifist.

    It is while communication at the NGOs level, i.e. "public diplomacy",
    is considered by international mediators, especially by the OSCE Minsk
    Group co-chairs, as one of the most important conditions for creating
    an atmosphere of confidence between the parties to the conflict,
    which, in their opinion, can bring it to the final settlement.

    It is no coincidence that the U.S. Embassy to Azerbaijan issued a
    statement, in which it expressed its grave concern about Mirkadyrov's
    arrest. As is known, especially in the recent times it is the
    United States that promotes the idea of the so-called "second track"
    supposing, along with the official negotiations in the framework of
    the OSCE Minsk Group, the conduct of the "public diplomacy". "Contacts
    on the project of "public diplomacy" (Track II) contribute to the
    peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and establishment
    of trusting relationship", reads the statement of the U.S. Embassy
    to Azerbaijan.

    Let's remind that joining the Council of Europe, Azerbaijan assumed the
    commitment on the peaceful settlement of the conflict. Alas, all the
    activities of the Azerbaijani leadership on the Karabakh settlement
    convincingly prove that it isn't interested in the establishment of
    trusting relationship between the Armenian and Azerbaijani peoples,
    and consequently - in the conflict resolution and establishment
    of peace. The story of the arrest of disloyal-to-the-authorities
    Mirkadyrov, which can be attributed to the political genre of "witch
    hunt", is another proof to this. There is no doubt that it will
    freeze the public-level contacts between the conflicting parties
    for a long period. Official Baku doesn't like at all the prospect
    of an open dialogue between representatives of the Armenian and
    Azerbaijani societies, as this dialogue directly contradicts the
    state's anti-Armenian policy of Azerbaijan built on the hatred and
    falsehood. From this perspective, Mirkadyrov's arrest can also be
    regarded as an action of intimidation against those Azerbaijanis who,
    contrary to the official position, were ready to cooperate with the
    Armenian party on the public level. In other words, spy mania has
    become another weapon in the arsenal of anti-Armenian means of the
    Azerbaijani leadership.

    Leonid MARTIROSSIAN

    Editor-in-Chief of Azat Artsakh newspaper



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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