Armenified of one hundred Azerbaijani geographical names
Alter, falsify, armenified alien, from geographical names and spreading literally everything that exists in the various areas – congenital eternally Armenian property, known to all mankind. But most of all and this is their best feature is familiar to us – the Azerbaijanis, because from this Armenian property we are subject to the greatest harm.
Along with an armenization and assignment of our historical, cultural, architectural monuments, products of creativity, music, and even prominent personalities (if the reader remembers, we wrote about attributing by Armenians of the prominent Azerbaijani composer Gara Garayev in a row Armenian). And change and an armenization of the Azerbaijani place names is an old professional business of Armenians.
Their “activity” in this sphere in occupied territories of Azerbaijan for last twenty years the next time it is proved by the researches conducted by the Geography Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).
The acting director of institute Ramiz Mamedov reported about this to APA news agency. According to Mamedov, in response to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov’s letter the institute conducted study on the replacement by Armenian toponyms of the geographical names in Azerbaijani territories occupied by Armenia. It was found out that Azerbaijani (Turkic) toponyms were armenized. “277 geographical names have been armenized in the territories occupied by Armenia”, – said the acting director.
R. Mammadov said a group of representatives of Geography Institute conducted studies using the list made by Cartography and Land Committee. He noted that it was succeeded to establish that change of the Azerbaijani (Turkic) toponyms and replacement with their invented Armenian names is made by Armenians in several ways.
The first way – complete replacement of toponyms of Azerbaijani (Turkish) origin with the Armenian names. For example, the city of Agdam is renamed into Akn (Akn, Hakaka); the city of Khojaly – in Ivanyan (Aigestan); the city of Jebrail – in Zhrakan; the city of Gubadly – in Sanasar; the city of Lachin – in Berdzor (and the Lachin district – to the Kashatag district), Akhmedli village of the Lachin district – in Herik (Henk).
The second way – maintenance of the Armenian spelling variant of some toponyms replaced by the former Soviet Union, for example, the city of Khojavend of the Hankendi city – the city of Stapanakert, village of the Khojaly district of Yukhari Emishdzhan – the village of Verin Sznek began to be called as the city of Martuni; Almaly village – Hyndyrystan village; the village Dagyurd – Sarushen village; the village Agbulak of the Hodzhaved district – Mysmyn village.
The third way – partially distorted replacement of toponyms of the republic, except the names of the occupied territoriesis. For example, the city of the Bard is called as the city of Partav, the city of Ganja – the city of Gandzak, the pass Zod – the Sotsky pass, Shakhveledli village of the Dashkesan district – Shakhveli village, the village of Mushavak of the same district – Mushavan village.
The fourth way – replacement of toponyms as a result of Loan translation (literal translation). Example to such it is possible to give the following: the village Agbulak of the Hodzhaved district is renamed into the village Aknakhbyur, the village Beyuk Taglar of the same distric – into the village Mets, Nakhchyvanli village of the Khojaly district – into Navsepavan village, the village Chaykend of the Dashkesan district – into Getashen village.
The fifth way– toponyms maintained in existing variant being subjected to some phonetic changes, for example, the village Gurzallar – to Gurzalar, the village Buzlug – the village Buzuk (both belong to the Goranboy district); Venkli village of the Kelbajar district – the village Vank, etc.
From more than one hundred and fifty absolutely changed and armenified Azerbaijani geographic names it is possible to give some more examples. So, the Kelbadjar district is renamed by Armenians into the Karvachar district, the city of Shusha – to Shushi, Agdara district – to the Mardakert district, the Zangilan district – to the Kovsakansky district, the Fizuli district – to the Varandinsky district, the Goygol district – in Hanlarsky, Gyulabli village (Agdam) – to Varder, Kyarkidzhakhan (Khojaly) village – in Armenavan, the village Garakend (Hodzhavend) – in Berdashen, the settlement Istisu (Kelbajar) – to Dzhermadzhur, village Hanlyg (Gubadly) – to Iskhkanadsor, village Dag Tumas (Jebrail) – in Tigranavan, the village Minkend (Lachin) – in Ak (Hak), Dashalty (Shusha) village – to Karentag, village Gyulyabyurd (Terter) – to Jraberd, Dellekli (Zangilan) village – to Dalk, village Ashagy Veysalli (Fizuli) – in Gevorkavan, the village Bashkend (Gedabey) – in Artsvashen, the village Ashagy Agdzhakend (Goranboy) – in Shaumyan, Toganly village (Goygol) – in Charakidzor and etc.
It is necessary to emphasize especially the fact that the considerable part of the changed place names belongs to the places which aren’t entering even not into administrative structure of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, or they aren’t at all among occupied territories.
And about what tells all this? That, relying on negligence of world community to Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, on double-standard pro-Armenian policy of the international organizations, Armenia considers itself as the winner in the called conflict and the owner of all occupied and not occupied Azerbaijani territory with the geographical names changed by it.
But all this, clearly, the purest absurdity and it won’t receive also a span of the Azerbaijani lands. And not understanding here that: till what time that international kingdom will play this two-faced game?
G.ZEYNALOGLY,
“Voice of Karabakh”
Armenia’s ecological war continues
Results of the next monitoring of pollution of Kur and Araz rivers, which running across territories of the neighbor Georgia and Armenia, continue flowing through territories of Azerbaijan and fall into Caspian sea have been released recently.
As always the results strictly warn us. According to statement of National Department of Monitoring of Environment Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, as the result of non-controlling of throwing dirty water and industrial wastes to the rivers at the territories of Georgia and Armenia, the level of biological elements in water of Kur and Araz rivers gets over the concentration norm (PDNA) of pollutants of water (phenol and copper) for a few times. So, in Shikhli-2, in Agstafachay River and Agstafachay reservoir phenols get over PDNA for 3, and copper combination for 4 times. in Horadiz and Shahsevan I phenols get over PDNA for 4, copper combination for 3 times.
You know that Araz River runs in two hundred kilometers part across territory of Armenia. This factor fatally affects to water of the river. So, only the wastes from Gafan copper plant are enough for pollution of Araz River with harmful elements and even we haven’t touched other sources of pollution by Armenians. In this condition, the polluted water of the river which is drank by people beginning from territories of Zangilan till Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Beylagan, Imishli, Saatli, Sabirabad regions, flows into Kur river which is also drank by population of tens of habituated points including the citizens of the capital of Azerbaijan Baku city.
It should be especially noted that pollution of rivers running through territories of this country, is held by Armenians not for any compulsory and non-alternative reasons, but for the aim of harming the population and ecology of Azerbaijan as much as they can. Exactly for the mentioned reason Tartar river is also polluted which water is also used for drinking and irrigation of the great region. By the way, there’s Sarsang reservoir on the underlined river which has become to mean of pressure to the opposite side by Armenians after their occupation activities: during when the population need water more than ever, usually in spring and summer, Armenians try to discharge as less water as they can, or they completely don’t discharge it for a long time that harms the agricultural production, and when the people don’t need the water, Armenians discharge them the water in a huge amount that causes streams and other disasters in Azerbaijani habituated points. But the intentional pollution of the mentioned river by Armenians is a real fact which is affirmed also by them.
According to information of mass media, the newspaper “Lragir” being published in Armenia writes that Karabakhian journalist Armine Narinyan spread information about mass carnage of fish in Sarsang reservoir in the social net “Facebook”. It is considered that the company Base Metals (group of Vallex company) is guilty in it which flews cyanine from gold mining fabric in Drmbon. It is mentioned in the information that in May of 2012 the representatives of parliamentary fraction ARFD (Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Dashnaksutyun) of “National council” of “NKR” made a request about the position of reservoirs of cyanine in Drmbon… They got the answer letter from “ministry of economic development” of “NKR” mentioning the above-mentioned company: as if, “…project of fabric passed all levels of environmental, construction expertise and technical safety defined by law… Cyanine appears in hermetic packages and there isn’t any flow… The whole structure which works with cyanine, has gotten special training…” e. t. c. But considering the reality of the fact of carnage of fish in Sarsang reservoir, the mentioned answer letter seems to be false.
The journalist holds also conversations with local habitants who asked the parliamentarians for help. The habitants, who don’t mention their names and refuse speaking before camera, affirm that all fish die and the whole ecology in the region has become worse a lot.
We should mention that the company Vallex as Base Metals illegally appropriates the majority of resources in occupied Nagorno-Karabakh of Azerbaijan. Firstly it started working in Drmbon gold-copper deposit. By the way, director of the company Base Metals Arthur Mkrtumyan stated that the deposit had been already finished and maybe in 2015 it would be closed. But the company found a substitutive place and it was going to exploit another one – Cakhkashen deposit.
Here’s how the ecological war of Armenia against Azerbaijan is being continued. Together with that Armenia, provoking Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict which has become to bloody war in the beginning of nineties of the previous century, executes illegal robbing of natural resources of the country, Armenians also pollute its water resources, disturb ecology of the country harming at conclusion the nature and health of local habitants.
And nobody, especially the corresponding international organizations don’t even think of stopping them. It seems Azerbaijan itself will stop them clearing its territories from Armenian separatist dirt and restoring its territorial integrity by the way which it considers expedient.
G. JABRAYILLI,
“Voice of Karabakh”
Russia continues arming the aggressor
It was written enough about settling of Russian armed forces in Armenia in mass media not only in Azerbaijan, but also other countries, including even Russian. We also have written a lot about this topic. But it seems, all this is meaningless as Russia doesn’t change its manner.
Russia always armed, arms and will arm its “little brother” – aggressor Armenia which has always been headache for neighbor nations with its permanent baseless territorial intentions. Only for the last 20 years after soviet regime it stayed clear several secret and open events of transformation of great parties of weapons to Armenia by Russian Federation (RF). In the middle of nineties the general Lev Pokhlin exposed the fact of free transformation of weapons in amount of billion dollars to Armenia by his country. At that time the underlined factual information (although Russian side unsuccessfully tried to deny its motion) was a thunder in the clear sky and caused scandal in Russian-Azerbaijani relations. Also this was exposed by the information about that Russian armed forces which were called from Tbilisi garrison in the end of 2006 and as if appointed for the military base of RF in Armenia, in real were given to control of the last one. If you remember, Russians thought of stupid reason of this motion at that time: as if the transportation of this force from Georgia to Russia was unfit.
In the end of 2008 Armenia where is called as “the south post” by our northern neighbor, was given an armed “gift” in amount of 800 million dollars (this amount was two and half part more that the budget of Armenia at that time – G. A.) by 102nd military base of RF. It should be mentioned that the mentioned military arsenal was given to Armenia on the base of the document with the sign of head of armed forces – substitutive commander of forces of North-Caucasian military regiment, lieutenant-general Vyachislav Golovchenko. In the list of the given weapons there were tanks, IFV (Infantry fighting vehicle) and BTRs, rockets of different sizes and rocket-aircraft complexes, cannons, grenades and mortars, a lot of other military equipment. The most negative detail was that all the mentioned equipment was sent to Nagorno-Karabakh appearing under control of Armenia. In summer, 2011 Federation Council (FC) of RF ratified the protocol about prolonging of the term of force of Russian-Armenian agreement of 1995 year about the 102nd Russian military base in Gumru city of Armenia. Chairman of the committee of FC over defense and safety Viktor Ozerov noted that ratification of the protocol would serve for strengthening of future military-political friendship between Russia and Armenia, and it was adaptable to Russian interests. According to the amendments made on the protocol of 1995 in 2010, the period of existence of the mentioned Russian military base in territories of Armenia was prolonged from 25 to 49 years. It was mentioned at the document that besides the defense function of interests of Russia, the underlined military base would provide safety of Armenia together with armed forces of this country during its existence in the territories of Armenia. In the continuation of discussion of the problem related with the above-mentioned document, the senators made a question about where the rest of weapons and military techniques would be carried to which the commander of Department of military friendship of Ministry of Defense with the countries of CIS, colonel Andrey Gusev openly stated that they would be given to Armed forces of Armenia freely.
In the end of the previous year the leadership of Armenia had an agreement with Russia about productive and scientific-technical cooperation of organizations of defense fields. According to some information, the document before of all considers the support to Armenia in development and modernization of Armed forces of the country. It was noted by the chairman of Public department of Ministry of Defense of RF, head of the Center of analyze of world trade with weapons, one of the Armenian-followers Igor Korotchenko (you can read about him in the separate article of this edition). He said that “as Armenia appears as a strategic partner of Russia and enters Collective Safety Treaty Organization, in this case, the agreement is logical”. The agreement, according to his words, defends the geopolitical interests of Russia in the region: “Moscow isn’t interested in increasing of tension in South Caucasus and escalation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and only the balance of powers can prevent such increasing. As Azerbaijan at the recent times has strongly increased its military potential that is related with priority financing of defense industry thanks to selling hydrocarbon, Russia will support Armenia in establishment and development of military industry complex”.
Yes, maybe Moscow isn’t interested in increasing of tension in South Caucasus and escalation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, although nobody can believe in it, but it is exactly clear that it is interested in prolonging of the process of regulation of Armenia-Azerbaijani conflict: you know, this is a fantastic way of keeping its pressure in the region. By the way, there are many believable versions about that the mentioned conflict was created by Gorbachev’s Kremlin exactly for the underlined purpose.
The official Moscow insistently continues arming Armenia-the aggressor. Here’re new facts about arming Armenia by RF. It is contradictive that Russia, arming one of two opposite countries, at the same time appears as the mediator in regulation of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. It is the same country which signs the statements of the OSCE Minsk Group affirming the non-alternativeness of peaceful way of regulation of the conflict, calling not to raise guns. As you see, promise of Russia diverges with its activity.
According to the information by IA APA, there was set transfer of military techniques and weapons by air. During several recent months there were transferred the below-mentioned weapons and military techniques by Russia to Armenia: the armored technique – infantry fighting vehicle IFV-3; infantry fighting vehicle IFV-2; command-staff vehicles P-149 on base of APC-70/80; artillery facilities – 152 mm howitzer 2A65 “Msta-B”; 152 mm cannons 2A36 “Geacint-B”; self-propelled artillery facilities 2C3M “Acacia”; 300 mm, 240 mm and 122 mm rocket ammunitions; 152 mm ammunitions for artillery facilities; 125 mm ammunitions for tanks; 122 mm ammunitions for artillery facilities D-30; 100 mm ammunitions for cannons MT-12; ZIP for artillery; ZIP for artillery facilities 2C3M “Acacia”; system of anti-aircraft warfare and aviation – controlled rockets 5B55K, 5B55R and 5B55U for ADS S-300; ADS “KUB” in structure of one division; 80 mm unmanaged aviation rockets S-8; managed aviation rockets X-25ML; 57 mm unmanaged aviation rockets S-5 with block UB-20-57; managed rockets P-60M; many reserve parts for aggregates and military technique; many infantry weapons, military equipment and technical resources. Here’s what stands behind “peace-lover” face of our historical neighbor which during its whole history searched for any benefit from Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis during whole the neighborhood.
We will see such version that the last transfer of military equipment is related with the refusal of Azerbaijan from prolonging the rent of Gabala radar with the convenient conditions for Russia and as if Russia “answered” to Gabala “caprice” of Azerbaijani side with the next arming of Armenia. If it is so, then Russia is absolutely wrong. Firstly for the reason that there is common law which means the principle of advantage of vote of lessor in comparison with renter, and the territory of location of the mentioned radar belongs to Azerbaijan, so it can absolutely order the rent price. Secondly, during 27 years of rent of this important strategic object RF put symbolic price in context of its essence, also the harm to ecology of Azerbaijan and health of its population. Then, what an absurd position is to bear malice against the second side for its any legal step? If it is so, then Russia must suffer more than all for avoidance from a neighbor’s duties.
In one word, arming of Armenia by Russia, which is one of three co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group over regulation of Armenia-Azerbaijani conflict, the country which never got any harm by Azerbaijan is illegal, unjust, abnormal step of RF.
G. AHMADAGALI,
“Voice of Karabakh”
Russian liar colonel – in the claw of Armenians
As it was informed in mass media, Armenian government made agreement with Russia about productive and scientific-technical cooperation of organizations of defense fields in the end of the previous year.
Commenting the underlined document, the military expert, chairman of Public department of Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation (RF), leader of Center of analyze of world trade with weapons, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “National defense” Igor Korotchenko demonstrated his open love to Armenia. It remembered us about his pro-Armenian and anti-Azerbaijani interview that he gave last year to the agency “News-Armenia” and made us return to his deliriums. Besides as the result of journalistic investigations it stayed clear for us several interesting facts about this person.
“Of course, initiator of all provocative activities is Azerbaijan, because this country actively increases its military expenses. When you have strong muscle, you want to check your neighbor for strength. In this plan Armenia shows durability, and at the same time Azerbaijan demonstrates aggression and often acts irrationally… I’d like to believe that… in all cases the Azerbaijani government has enough sense at least for stopping holding escalation of future military activities”, – Korotchenko barked in his interview. And he continued at the same manner: “Armenia doesn’t want war, because it is completely satisfied of the existing status-quo. The present status-quo is inconvenient only for Azerbaijan, that’s why we see that Azerbaijan expands buying weapons”. You can think according to lies of the officer that Armenia never occupied one fifth of Azerbaijani territories. He “forgot” to explain why the existing status-quo satisfies only one side, because he would have to expose his guilt about protecting Armenia-the occupier. Then he “gives an advice” to Azerbaijan, as if “it has to expand social programs, but not to increase military potential”. It means, we have to stay at one place, and let Armenia gets armed with the support of its “elder brother” Russia.
In the continuation of his interview I. Korotchenko touched also the problem of Gabala radar which touched the Russian side deeply and himself. By the way, in another interview given to “Vesti FM” he even threatened Azerbaijan about this: “I can uniquely say that if Azerbaijan doesn’t change its politics, this will have unhappy ending and Russia will consider this in the practical relations with Baku… If the position of Azerbaijan isn’t changed, if the voice of healthy brain doesn’t sound, then unconditionally we will make adoptable measures”.
Answering to the question of the correspondent of “News-Armenia” about the military potential of the both opposite sides and the possible results of restoration of war, I. Korotchenko completely shamelessly went too far: “Although Azerbaijan has much more resources than Armenia for buying weapons and construction of national army, in general, Armenian army much more battle-worthy according to estimations of experts. Armenian soldiers, officers are motivated for fighting activities. Armenians always were very good fighters, but Azerbaijani army traditionally was proud of neither military experience, nor military qualities… According to estimations of Russian military experts, Armenian army is at the second place among the post-soviet countries after Belorussian forces at the present time… We consider that if Azerbaijan starts military activities, then Armenia will defeat Azerbaijan although its technical advantages and number of soldiers”. We don’t need to comment this hugeness of the high-ranked officer, because his own sentences make an image of his level.
Korotchenko also talked about “obligations” of CSTO about Armenia and “affirmed” that “if Armenia is the victim of foreign armed attack, then, as a member of CSTO it will hope in believe in military and military-technical support from the side of the organization” and it “has right to hope in support of other members of CSTO and also the support of Russia”. Telling full absurd addressed to Azerbaijan, this journalist-officer doesn’t think of that nobody wants to war with Armenia, the problem is liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan by Armenia which even millions of Korotchenkos can’t prevent, neither his country, nor the whole world community. But let’s put untouched all drivel of the chairman of Public department of MD RF. Who is Igor Korotchenko, what humane, professional, intellectual qualities he has?
53 years old I. Korotchenko was called to Armed Forces in 1977, graduated Tambov high engineering college in 1982, served in regiments of Air Forces (1982-1984), Main staff of Air Forces (1984-1987), in General staff of Armed Forces (1987-1994). He is real soldier personnel. But it is also interesting which posts did I. Korotchenko serve and by the way, why he served in officer post only twelve years which is less than norms?
In one word, there are enough similar questions about his personality. In all cases, according to information of mass media, Igor Korotchenko is a person with “dirty biography with dark tracks”.
Until 1989 he worked in ordinary posts as technical jobs. At the same year he was appointed the chief of 1st section of 992nd Center of complex technical control of General staff. In 1991 Kototchenko was appointed to the post of chief of the group of technical control where he listened phone talking.
It should be noted that the perspective graduators of the college enter the military academy of Armed Forces. But it seems Korotchenko wasn’t one of them, in other words, this officer was considered as non-perspective and was characterized negatively in his serving. And in 1994 the officer duties of I. Korotchenko was suddenly ended. He was delayed of the under-colonel rank on the base of point of 2 G point of 49th article of the federal law “About military obligations and military service”. The mentioned basing noted: “officer stopped adapting the requirements of the law”. There are facts about that Korotchenko, according to resolution of attestation commission, “stopped adapting to obligations for moral-psychological qualities”. In one word, he was deleted from armed forces according to discrediting article. By the way, in some mass media there is such fact that servers-officers regularly beat Korotchenko on his face for his discourteous manners. Korotchenko had to go to work with bruises under eyes. As mass media informs, he couldn’t get passport for his “abnormal” behavior.
Together with this shady past, in 1999 Korotchenko got the rank of colonel in stock although it is contradictive. Also appropriation of the next officer rank by a person not existing in serving is realized according to rules which aren’t adaptable for the position of I. Korotchenko. So, the rank of colonel was appropriated by him illegally. Considering the strictness of the happened in the plan of negative affection to the whole image of Armed Forces of RF, the chairman of the Committee over industry of Duma of RF S. V. Sobko made request to the Minister for Defense of RF A. E. Serdyukov and general prosecutor of RF U. Chayka. And it isn’t all. This liar colonel together with all mentioned, is a falsifier. You can watch his verification where there are retouched places by him. And there was a note about his authorities invented by Korotchenko himself.
Absolutely, a man with the mentioned insufficiencies can easily appear in bridle of Armenians, tell any anti-Azerbaijani drivel for supporting Armenians. It is very interesting how a person with such dirty history, also deleted from Armed Forces, could suddenly be the chairman of Public Department of MD RF? Who is “the supporter” of such inglorious person?
Hikmat ALLAHVERDI
Tribune of the internally displaced persons
Aggressor Armenia is guilty of everything
Our family – one of hundred families which forcedly have left their native land in the Gubadly district, occupied by the Armenian fighters and to this day being under their control.
Never in life I will be able to forget circumstances under which we left the house. Appearing occupation already became reality when enemy forces occupied the district and northern villages of the Jabrail district neighboring to ours. The road to being in a zone out of military operations to areas and to the center of the district lay through this area and now was clear that in case of occupation of Araz villages of the called district, this road will be closed for us. Can you imagine our psychological situation in those days? On the one hand a panic from hearings about approach of enemy forces, on the other – an indescribable regret from escape of places where the loved ones are buried, with the third – the deepest chagrin of inevitable loss of all property which has been saved up by the own sweat and blood for decades, from the fourth party – hopelessness of a situation in connection with possible overlapping of the road by the enemy… It is impossible to express with words the psychological position of children and women to that moment. It was any infernal nightmare…
The last August day 1993 appeared also in our last day in the native land. Having left all the property, we somehow pass yet unoccupied territories of Jabrail and Fizuli districts. At the beginning of October exhausted, depressed, we reached to the capital of the republic, where the situation was not from the best: the general difficult economic and political situation in a transition period on the one hand, begun by Armenia against Azerbaijan undeclared war on the other hand, army of the people who have forcedly left occupied areas, rushed to Baku, problems with their placement, a food from the third party. The majority of displaced persons took place in student’s hostels of the city. I with the family lodged in one room of a hostel of the Baku State University. Now approaching 20-year anniversary of our settlement here…
What was our local life? However, we didn’t remain open-air, were sheltered in a small room of a hostel. We with understanding treat that after all similar to our family of one thousand and their placement – not a billeting question. At the same time, our hostel life turned out the heaviest. It is enough to tell that in one small room there are also our things, there both sleep, and we have dinner, and children prepare lessons. Because of narrowness and closeness here constant dampness. Not unjustly that we constantly are at doctors though because of financial insolvency and we can’t execute the ordered medical procedure completely. In general, if honestly, the local life is unbearable.
Thank to God, at last, apparently, us will move to the small town with all conditions, erected in the Mushvigabad settlement. But also here we won’t be free from problems. Present, the majority of the people lodged here are occupied though with any business. Now how it to be? They can’t lose work. We yet don’t speak about that, as in those new houses we will consider ourselves temporarily living, because it not our home, not the earth where we were born. Loss of the native earth as if a heavy stone hangs on our heart…
And aggressor Armenia occupying our lands is guilty of all this. And when it will be responsible for so many committed disasters?!
Teymur BAYRAMOV,
internally displaced person from Gubadly district
Kamil SALIMOV, doctor of law sciences
International military peacekeeping operation to enforce peace
– real way for resolution of Garabagh conflict
Accumulation of problems does not mean leaning back from their resolution. On the contrary, this obliges us to seek ways out and in respect of situation in Daglyg Garabagh and nearby areas it is required to make geopolitical break in global scale.
Undoubtedly, one of ways out consist is use of military force and namely, start of military actions in conflict zone for liberation of occupied territories. In this respect, military actions as a mean for conflict resolution should not be excluded from arsenal of acceptable means. Its application is justified, providing that force, including armed forces, is applied according to legislation and only if peaceful means were inefficient.
It must be noted that forms for applying force are different and include, in general, such measures as detention of separatist “leaders” and terrorists groups, creation of “peace corridors” and interference of peacekeeping forces, which may impact some events, which keep the conflict.
However, starting the war, especially if it is the liberation war since we talk about restoration of territorial integrity is easy. It is necessary to be ready for war and especially to be ready for peace, which sooner or later will be established between two neighboring countries. The major task is to make sure that, starting military actions we will win with minimum human losses. It should be noted that nobody must have doubts in military training of national army of Azerbaijan, since the psychological factor is concerned – national-patriotic spirit of our people. We have also take into account that for the last period a lot has been done in the country for army.
But, this fact only is not sufficient for achieving a victory. A clear example is military operations of Russian army in Chechnya, which administrative borders within Russian Federation are controlled by government. The start of military actions in Daglyg Garabagh does not exclude possibility of this being of a long-term positional nature.
This is probably related to the reason that some countries, in particular Russia will assist Armenia financially, technically and by other means. A significant role in assisting Armenia will probably have Iran, which support Armenia in any way and has common border with Armenia and uncontrolled border with occupied territory of Azerbaijan. In addition, actions of Azerbaijan will be qualified by international community with a service of official Yerevan as a next Turkish genocide against Armenian minority – citizens of Azerbaijan in Daglyg Garabagh.
In this case one can predict behavior of great western powers, international and European organizations, and especially our north neighbor, which could repeat scenario of B.Yeltsin of 1992, when Russia’s government blocked railways, highways and water communications of Azerbaijan. This played significant role in occupation of our territories. On the other hand, the problem is whether we will be able to continuously use marine and onland communications through the territory of Georgia to the West, taking into account present complex situation in Georgia.
Which actions should be undertaken to reach concrete results? In our point of view, the major task consists in gaining by Azerbaijan the political support and international sanctions for implementation of considered problems. First of all, it is required to achieve acknowledgement of already occurred international crime in Daglyg Garabagh. In this respect, the initial legal position should be defined for evaluation of criminal actions in Daglyg Garabagh not as the infringement of international law, but as international crime.
In fact, it is necessary to analyze resolutions of legislative and executive organizations of Republic of Armenia, which contain sufficient number of evidences about direct aggression of Armenia against Azerbaijan and violation of its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
(to be continued)
Column’s of editor
Unpunished crime
It is the 23rd time that Azerbaijan noted anniversary of one of the bloodiest dates of the history – on January 20, day of national grief and glory of Azerbaijanis.
In the night of the 19- 20 of January the armies armed, as they say, to the teeth which have arrived from different regions of the collapsing USSR, number over the 50th thousand people, without coordination with the leadership of the Azerbaijan Republic invaded in the city of Baku. Input of armies and the announcement of state of emergency were carried out under the Resolution of Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR signed by M. Gorbachev on evening of January 19, 1990.
Thereby statues of Constitutions of the USSR and the Azerbaijan SSR and also the Constitutional law on the Republic sovereignty were violated.
Target invasion into Baku of the large contingent of parts of the Soviet army, internal troops and groups of the special units, consciously planned and brutally carried out for suppression of the national liberation movement which has begun in the republic, was accompanied by special cruelty. Ruthless punishment over the peace population was made, hundreds people were killed, wounded, were missing, the huge moral and material damage is caused to a national economy and the population.
Those tragic days valorous sons and daughters of the Homeland for whom freedom, honor and advantage of the country and the people were above all, offered own lives, having risen against injustice and violence, and rose to the martyrdom top.
As a result of massacre over the peace population stirred to struggle for national freedom and territorial integrity of the country, against illegal and separatist tricks of Armenians, 133 persons were killed, 744 persons are wounded, 841 persons are illegally arrested and 5 people were missing. Day of January 20 was included on the black page of the Azerbaijan and the world stories as one of the most serious crimes made against mankind.
Besides the Armenians being the first initiators of disorders in the Soviet space and acting with territorial claims to Azerbaijan, direct responsible for the January tragedy in this country are the first and last president of the former USSR, the chief executioner of the Azerbaijani people Mikhail Gorbachev, and also his improvised – the candidate in members of the Politburo of the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), the chairman of the board of the Union of the Supreme Council of the USSR Evgeny Primakov, the secretary of the CC of CPSU Andrey Girenko, the vice-chairman of Council of Ministers of the USSR Vitaly Doguzhiyev, the vice-chairman of Committee for State Security of the USSR Philipp Bobkov, USSR Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov, USSR Interior Minister Vadim Bakatin, the chief of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR Yury Shatalin and other Soviet “heads”.
It is paradoxical that though passed 24 years from that bloody criminal act, none of criminals as from among above-mentioned main, and its ordinary participants didn’t stand up before court and didn’t suffer due punishment, that is serious crime against the whole people remained unpunished.
The Azerbaijani people annually widely celebrate day of the tragedy on January 20 which is immortalized in blood memory of the Azerbaijani people as day of national grief and which at the same time became an honor and glory symbol.