ACTUAL QUOTATION
John NEGROPONTE, Deputy US State Secretary:
“We gave to understand that we recognized the territorial integrity and independence of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. Particularly within the condition the United States wants more than ever the regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by peaceful means. We are for the conflict regulation on basis of territorial integrity and other international principles. The conflict regulation will cause the strengthening of peace and stability in region and Azerbaijan’s security.”
From statement at a news-conference in Baku, on 2 October 2008
Raymond Johansson, Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway:
“The Armenia-Azerbaijanian conflict should be regulated within territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and internally displaced persons should return their lands.”
From statement at a meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan in Baku on 2 October 2008
Abdulaziz bin Osman AL-TUVEYDJRI, ISESCO General Director:
“We are backing for the position of the Government of Azerbaijan in relation to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and recognize Republic’s territorial integrity.”
From press statement in Baku on 6 October 2008
Matthew BRYZA, US Co-Chairmen of the OSCE’s Minsk Group:
“We think that it is necessary to start with principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and then to include other additional principles in order to bring negotiations to compromise and a frame agreement. This means that we all should declare that legally and in accordance with international regulations the Nagorno-Karabakh is an integrated part of Azerbaijan. And finally in order to bring the talks to agreement Armenia should also agree with this…I can only repeat the words of Vice-President Richard Cheney saying we are seeking for mutually agreed version of solution. This version of solution begins with the principle of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and cover additional mutually agreed principles.”
From statement in interview for BBC from 9 October and APA NA commenting the statement of Armenian Premier, Baku, 13 October 2008
Hidayat Vahaboghlu, Senior Adviser of Turkish Nationalist Movement Party’s Chairman:
“Currently in occupied territory of Azerbaijan there is a group of PKK terrorists numbering 150-200 persons. I can say precisely that in Nagorno-Karabakh there are PKK terrorists. At present holding by Turkey operations in Nagorno-Karabakh is impossible. In speeches in the United Nations the Government of The Justice and Development Party should state about backing by Armenia the PKK terrorist group and providing them shelter in occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh.”
From statement by APA’s Turkish Bureau, 9 October 2008
Vladislav STASHIAK, Chief of National Security Bureau of Presidential Administration of Poland:
“Azerbaijan plays an active role in international antiterrorist coalition. Poland unambiguously supports Azerbaijan’s positions in Armenia-Azerbaijanian issue, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, basing on principle of territorial integrity of the country and problem regulation on basis of international regulations.”
From statement at a meeting with Minister of National Security of Azerbaijan in Baku on 10 October 2008
Levon TER-PETROSIAN, Armenian ex-President:
“Sarkisian has nothing to prove Russia and no expectations from Russia and his main task is to win West’s favor. What can Sarkisian offer the West? Armenia has not natural resources. It has nothing except of public interest. And President chose this way namely – the way of public interest sacrifice. All the said, and also reduction Russian influence upon Caucasus after recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia evidence the regulation of Karabakh conflict rapidly not in favor of Armenian party.”
From statement at a rally in Yerevan, on 17 October 2008
Philippe BOBKOV
KGB and Power
Philip Denisovich Bobkov – personnel prospector, served 45 years for agencies of state security (1946-1991). His career history starts with an ordinary Secret Service Man and completes with a General of Army and First Deputy of the Chairman of KGB of the USSR. In this book he describes all difficulties of mutual relations between KGB and CC of CPSU. Below we provide extract from the book, illuminating Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, bringing interesting facts about the origin of the current problem, talking about the role of the Armenian intelligence in kindling ethnic discord, and about biased politics of the soviet leaders towards the mentioned issue. The book was issued in Russian, in 2003, in Moscow by the “Exmo” Publishing House.
… Certainly, compromise is compromise, but always there must be a suffering part. Nationalist party “Dashnaksutyun” has never forgotten about “unfair” borders and has struggled for Great Armenia, most of its leaders, living abroad, has actively disputed against the establishment of the Soviet Armenia and against the local pro-soviet adjusted Armenian Diaspora, declaring slogan of unification of all Armenians in the territory of Great Armenia, including Western Armenia, situated in the territory of Turkey. Dashnaks have always intentionally reminded about Armenian genocide and appalling massacre in 1915, as the bloody history of the Armenian nation, on which they have scattered salt through their poisonous propaganda.
… Having understood that annexation of Western Armenia is impossible without a conflict with Turkey, dashnaks planned to realize the idea of Great Armenia through the way of seizing land on the territory of the Soviet Union. This coincided with perceptible grows of Armenian population due to remigration of ethnic Armenians from western countries.
… In 1973 in Moscow three explosions thundered: in the 25th October Street (now Nikolski Street), in a shop on the square of Dzerjinski (Lublyanka), an in underground between stations of “Izmailovskiy park” and “Pervomayskaya” – as a result 29 people were killed. No track of criminals was found. What might cause these horrible acts? The criminals obviously didn’t care who they are killing, nevertheless, usually political terrors are directed to particular person. Versions of sweep or robbery fell off, too. The criminals hided and no one took responsibility for the terrorist act. It means that not pursued by drawing public attention. Only one remained: they had decided to cruelly, brutally kill peaceful and innocent people – vengeance on the country. So the motive of the crime was political.
Considering that the explosions were conducted in three places, investigation had assumption: Possibly, somewhere were made ready similar actions. And this was approved. I am leaving out the extensive story about how much effort and inventiveness were required from the officers of criminal investigation, till they revealed exact the same explosive assembly at the Kursk, which fortunately didn’t work. On the basis of composite drawing, made by the passengers who had seen the possessors of handbags, containing explosive assembly, at the Kursk train station, there was launched a search. Signs found distinctive. Terrorists were two, one of them was in dark blue suit, and the most appreciably, both were Armenians. Admittedly, Armenians might be met in all cities, but, nevertheless, the search was started first in Armenia.
Officers of the criminal investigation were meeting all planes and trains from Moscow to Yerevan, at the same time the search was conducted in other places. From the first Moscow train arrived Yerevan two men went out. They were look like to those who had been seen in Kursk train station. They were arrested (they were Stepanyan and Bagdasaryan). One of them was the member of national illegal group, guided by Zatikyan. During search of his house there were revealed a pot – exactly such one had been exploded in the underground. After the arrest some collected grits of the pot and other material evidences were presented to the criminals. They could not deny. What did push them to commit such a brutal act?
Commentary of the editorial staff: KGB – State Security Committee of the former USSR
(to be continued)
Hell in the world-Armenian captivity
A person who rose to heaven, right after running out from hell
(Extracts from documentary story by G. Nasirov about horrible treatment of Azerbaijanis in the Armenian captivity)
(Beginning in the previous issues)
(Continuation of Azer’s story ): “I turned to look at Ilqar. His face was grey like the face of a dead and he was shaking of anger Hardly standing on his feet. I supported him by leaning him on my shoulders.
Ilqar was hardly standing on his feet listening to Ilham. Looking at his face one could see that his nerves were in the limit.
“Ilham you are the bustard, the meanest thing on the earth. Remember that even the land that you live on, eat its bread and drink its water will not accept you when you die. We do not need the life you offer. We better die as a man rather lose our dignity and character. God damn you, Ilham!
Ilqar spit to Ilham’s face. The bent down in order to avoid Ilqars fist and hit him with head. Ilham fell down. Armenians runt towards us like hawks immediately and started beating Ilqar. He was beaten to death. Ilqar was beating him together with Armenians.
Frenzy Armenians started to rape Gulgaz. It was impossible to see all this. They were forcing us to see this…
The next day we heard that Armenians raped 13 years old girl. Her mother drowned and killed her own baby after this”.
Natiq: “We understood that Ilqar had prepared a good escape plan. When he was taken to Fuzuli for exchange we were parted from him for some while. Then one Armenian came and told to Jamal and other that he was shot. Ramazan though that first Murvat was shot, then Ilqar and any of us would be the next to die. Moreover the escape plan was thought to be lost if Ilqar was not there anymore.
I could not understand how it came that Armenians had given the keys of the main warehouse to Ramazan. They were being forced to work there. The keys were given to them that they could take the tools to work. Later we knew that there were arms in the ware house along with other things.
When we all heard that Ilqar was dead, Ramazan, Jamal, Soltan (they were brothers in law to each other) and Vaqif (he was from Baku and taken hostage together with me) decided to organise escape. There was nothing to lose. They would kill us soon or later anyway. Ramazan offered to do it whatever the chances were. It was better to dies once rather than suffer in fear waiting to be killed”.
Azer: “After Ilqar was beaten he was not able to work for several days. He was laying and moaning in the shack. Then this bustards shifted to me. I was unable to work, but they were thinking that I refuse to work. I really had no strength to continue working. Armenians were beating me savagely. Seeing that I do not rise after several kicks they branded by lower jaw with a red-hot stick. I lost my consciousness and when opened my eyes I saw myself collared together with a big dog.
My heart gripped of fear. I was afraid that the dog would tear me into pieces. I was too weak to resist. Armenians were eating near us and laughing looking to me and my “friend”. Actually comparing to the savagery of Armenians the dog could really be called a friend. The dog would kill, but never torture the way this bustards did.
They kept me and the dog hungry for the whole day. In the evening the Armenian working in the kitchen brought the rest of the food left from the dinner and put in front of the dog. I tried to grasp some of its food by slowly moving my hand. The dog roared at me and I took my hand back. Then I made few more attempts to take the food. The angry dog attacked me. I was not able to resist. It bit me and scratched my hands and face.
The rage of anger was strangling me. I wanted to kill myself and tried to tight the collar on my neck until I die. At one moment when I was to die and everything darkened around in my eyes, all of the sudden I remembered the words of Ilqar “It is too early to die, Azer. We have to defeat the death.” After that I loosened the rope and changed my mind of suicide…”
(to be continued)
Armenia: Secrets a “Christian” Terrorist State
Samuel A. Weems
Series of Great Deception
(Beginning in previous issues)
Chapter Two
RUDIMENTS
Who claims the territory of the modern Turkey – great civilizations of the past or Armenia?
There are many samples of documents, evidences on the employment of “official” Armenian terrorism tactics in the Eastern Anadolu, presented by European officials. There are reports by many Western diplomats and consulate representatives (including American) on real events happening there. They have concluded that rebels, slaughter of Muslims, and bloodshed were committed by the Armenian revolutionary communities. Officials have admitted their convictions that one of the reasons of massive bloodshed committed by the Armenians was to provide grounds for European intervention on these territories. The Armenians themselves slaughtered civilians and shed blood, meanwhile distributing reports with howls and moans on their extermination.
According to the professor Ovannesian,
Unlike the Armenians, living in Turkey, Russian Armenians welcomed the war from the beginning. After cleansing Turkish Armenia in accordance with pro-Armenian political line of the Romanovs, under the allegiance of the Tsar Nicolay, who promised to the Armenians unseen development, they had been waiting for the moment. The Armenians in a rather optimistic mood, not only provided regular Russian army with 100, 000 men, but also, they recruited seven volunteer battalions for the “liberation” of the Turkish Armenia. Guerilla tactics of volunteers and good knowledge of the territory with a complex relief greatly contributed in the military operations of the Russians. However, in 1916, Armenian expectations shattered from the root. Having commanded the recruit of volunteer groups, the Russian leadership unexpectedly announced the civil activities of the Armenians illegal and imposed a strict censorship on print media. Such a sudden change perturbed the Armenians.
The archive materials, printed later by the soviet government, prove that such strategy was a logical step. In 1916, Russia, Great Britain and France completed discussions on the division of Ottoman Empire among themselves. According to the agreement, most western part of Armenian plateau, seashores of Cilicia and Syria were considered for France, most of Mesopotamia and internal territories of Syria for Great Britain, and Constantinople, shores of the Bosporus, and major part of Turkish Armenia for Russia. Now, it is obvious that in the post-military plans of Russia, by no means there was a question of autonomy of Turkish Armenia. On the contrary, the region was annexed as a part of the Romanovs’ Empire, and supposedly, it was planned to locate Russian peasants and Cossacks in these territories. By summer 1916, the Russian army, who had taken serious control over the Armenian plateau, no longer needed to care about the Armenians.
Why were the Armenians surprised by the Russian occupation of the Ottoman territories in its own national interest? From the very first day, all wars have started for one reason – to occupy the lands of others’! It is worth to mention that the Armenians have always begged another country to fight for them and then to give the conquered lands to them. Obviously, it is never possible, however, the Armenians use the same tactics today; they try to draw in somebody else to fight for them.
That is why the Armenians were happy when Tsar Russia, with a big army, waged war against Turkey. They thought the Russians brought troops to occupy lands for the Armenians, but when they found out the real reason of Tsar’s occupation, the Armenians were deeply disappointed. The Armenians were happy when the communists overthrew the three hundred years old regime of the Romanovs’ Russia. Now, the Armenians believed that a new government of communist Russia would come and help them to get their claimed lands of the Ottomans. Surely, it also never happened, and after a short period, the communists joined Armenia to the Soviet Union.
(to be continued…)
National Heroes of Azerbaijan
“We can celebrate a wedding as soon as the war ends”
He did not have time to start a family before the Armenian aggression against his country. To frequent reproaches of his friends and family, he used to answer with patience: “Marry the ones who are younger. I still have time. We can celebrate a wedding as soon as the war ends.” Meanwhile, he dedicated the last two years of his very short, but good life to the fight against enemies of his loved motherland.
Safarali Gurban Mammadov was born on October 16, 1963 in the village of Serchuvar, Masalli, Azerbaijan. After the graduation from high school, he was called up for military service in the former Soviet army. After the military service in Minsk, in 1983, he moved to Krasnodar, where he was employed as a police officer. In the short period of service, with his skills and diligence, Safarali gained respect among his colleagues. Not surprisingly, in the first year of the service he was twice awarded by the leadership. Considering his personal and professional qualities, in 1988, Safarali was recommended for admission to the extramural department of Baku Special Police College (now, Police Academy – ed.). Having graduated the college in 1990 as a police lieutenant, he returned to his native country, where the situation was very tense due to the separatist Armenian “movement” for the separation of Nagorno Karabakh from Azerbaijan.
S. Mammadov was offered a job at the police in the Baku airport. But he flatly refused the job and asked the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send him for service at hot points in Karabakh.
In September 1990, S.Mammadov was appointed a commander of a platoon under Aghdam division of MIA, wherein his military life started. From the first days of the service, he took part in rather dangerous and bloody battles, carried out the most difficult orders. The resemblance of his appearance to a Slavic national, blond hair, as well as perfect command of Russian helped the brave officer to get into a deep disposition of the enemy forces and to obtain important information. The same qualities helped him to get out of challenging and dangerous situations during military reconnaissance.
Safarali had unusual and endless courage and bravery, which contributed to the realization of any difficult tasks, like liberation of senior employee of prosecutor’s office, S.Rzayev, from Armenian captivity. He not only managed the task with dignity, but also captivated a senior Armenian military man. It is not the only fact in his military biography. During military operations in the villages of Farrukh and Garakend, and in the Agbulag farm, S.Mammadov took hostage several Armenians.
February 1, 1992. His last battle, the last day of his life… Soldiers under Safarali’s leadership came to the rescue of Garadagli village, where Armenian armed forces committed bloody slaughter of the local population. A sanguinary battle started, it even was impossible to take the bodies from the battlefield. Mammadov’s detachment was advancing in the battle. The Armenians were firing at the armored vehicle, where was the commander. The enemy had many losses in the battle because of Safarali. Therefore, the Armenians concentrated on his vehicle. One of the shell splinters got to the grenade attached to Safarali’s belt. High explosion and… Friends and family could never celebrate a wedding for Safarali…
By the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, dated June 6, 1992, Safarali Gurban Mammadov posthumously was given an honorable title of the National Hero of Azerbaijan.
One of the streets of the city Masalli and the school, which S.Mammadov graduated are named after him.
Gadir Nasirov
“Voice of Karabakh”
Letter from “Crystal” that mentions the name of Tengiz Kikinashvili.
Russian rough diamonds reach black market through uncontrolled Azerbaijani territory Nagorno Karabakh
Baku – APA. Georgian citizen Tengiz Kikinashvili, who attempted to smuggle a case full of small rough diamonds from Ben-Gurion airport of Tel Aviv, Israel, was detained in August, 2008.
Kikinashvili could not present any document for the case. He said the smuggled goods were worth 700.000 Shekels (about $200,000), but Israeli experts determined that the illegal load was worth over $1 million. The rough diamonds were confiscated, Kikinashvili was sentenced to house arrest.
APA reports that later some information agencies quoting to Israeli police reported that Kikinashvili was the head of “Artsakh Diamond” Armenian company and the smuggled rough diamonds were of Russian origin. It is also reported that Kikinashvili went to Sierra-Leone, Congo and Angola many times and bought rough diamonds for DCA (Diamond Company of Armenia) owned by Armenian MP Gagik Abramyan. Kikinashvili reportedly holds 15% of the shares of Artsakh Diamond registered in Khankendi, the main owner of the company is DCA. Artsakh Diamond is considered to be the modernization of Gagik Abramyan’s projects on improving lapidary industry in “Nagorno Karabakh Republic”, which started with the establishment Andranik Daskh company in 2002. These projects also attracted Armenian rough diamond dealers, because the rough diamonds taken to the territory of “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” automatically disappeared from the legal diamond market and it was easy to spend the money profited from their sale on buying weapons for security agencies of “Nagorno Karabakh Republic”. Unrecognized “Nagorno Karabakh Republic” is not the member of The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme – the process designed to certify the origin of rough diamonds from sources which are free of conflict and does not report to anyone about diamond dealings in its territory.
Although Kikinashvili was detained with Russian diamonds, it was not difficult to find out the sources of diamonds. The large Russian diamond refinery “Crystal” signed memorandum with the Armenia’s DCA Company in March, 2008, which obliged the Russian company to send 500 thousand dollars worth of small diamonds to Armenia every month. The company argued its action with unprofitability of saving such diamonds in Russia. Russian newspapers wrote last summer about “Crystal” sending the first part of diamonds to Armenia and refining it there. However it became clear later that the Russian diamonds sent to Armenia were found in the Kikinashvili’s bag in Israel. It becomes clear that Artsakh Diamond firm was involved in the diamond trading between Russian “Crystal” and Armenia’s DCA. It is not ruled out that chairman of Russian Armenians Council Ara Abramyan, brother of Gagik Abramyan, played a role in establishing ties between DCA and “Crystal”. The Russian diamonds go to the “black market” via the uncontrolled by Azerbaijan Nagorno Karabakh and turn into the unregistered cash money. Volume and cost of the diamonds found in the Kikinashvili’s bag are fully equal to the two lots sent by “Crystal” to DCA. He has no right for any official deal in Israel because he is not a member of Israel’s diamond bourse. Identity of his clients is not clear yet, but it is absolutely clear that the diamonds have involved the interest not only of the business people as a “real currency”, but also Hezbollah and Hamas representatives, which is not big deal to find in Israel. .
Armenians about Armenians
Our present repeats the past
Once again, neighbors are announced enemies, again we became a strange outpost and we look for help from outside. Another defeat is waiting us.
We are a nation stuck in the past. We remained in the past, unable to perceive the values of the 20th century and to transit to the 21st. The best scenario, we remained in the 19th century. We belong to the past with all our values, worldview, daily problems, and our dreams.
There in the past, we solve our past problems, we still fight against the Sultan Hamid, chant the songs of those times and repeat the same ideas.
For us, the peaks of patriotism still remain Chaush, Dro, Andranik, Sose, and Serob. There is a bandit-socio-terrorist-national admixture, natural for those times, in their patriotism.
We implant the hatred and claim against our neighbors from those times into the 21st century. Our patriotism and our anti-Turkism are equally proportionate to each other. The genocide remains our business card.
We cannot get free from the chains of the past and square accounts with it. It remains a burden, dragging us down instead of being a footstep leading us to the future.
Manifesting our patriotism, we proudly hang educational maps of military marches of Tigranes the Great on the walls, and based on these maps, declare our borderlines from sea to sea, believing that we thought of and created illusion on possible return. After defeat in a war, we begin to promote our little and temporary victories on battlefields. We do not distinguish between a war and a battle, and to honor these battles we raise monuments and mausoleums, befitting final and irrevocable victories during a war. We pompously celebrate in front of those who actually won and tasted the joy of the victory. We do not realize that we look ridiculous in their eyes and do not have warranty against coming defeats.
We celebrate 2000th anniversary of out theatre, just because one tsar in Armenia used to write theatrical pieces, after which for 2000 years no one else has done it. However, we equal ‘2000 years ago’ to ‘2000th anniversary,’ and denying any logic, announce a 2000 years old theatre, write books and articles, just because we need it.
We do not pay attention to the traffic lights. Slowly and talking, we traverse crossroads in diagonal or run through the flow of cars. When we are behind a wheel, we stop on a pedestrian path, or in the very middle of crossroads. We do not want to admit the fact that it can be life threatening.
We are proud of our centuries-old history, but were unable to save, or create anything except churches. Our oldest city does not have even a two hundred years history. When there was statehood, our tsars disrespected this statehood to such an extent that for their whim or for self-affirmation, they kept moving the capital from place to place. As a result, we do not have a descent capital for such an ancient nation. We have a strong Diaspora considering itself patriotic, dreaming about a ‘country,’ suffering from nostalgia, speaking in all more or less used languages, living among various peoples, busy with ‘a serious issue’ — ‘Ay dat,’ an Armenian question. Throughout the decades, the idea became a religion, and as is usual in such cases, now the argument is about who is more committed to this religion and closer to its origins.
We sell our votes and our suffrage, later wandering where all these idiots and clowns have come from, not admitting that we ourselves have sold our votes for them for three thousand drams, the amount for which one can buy 30 loaves of bread of one-kilogram weight, which actually weigh 700 or 800 grams.
We take part in the falsification of elections, just because a guy from our block, a relative or a friend has asked us. For change, we expect to benefit, and as a rule, not getting the expected, curse the falsifiers, the winner of elections and the rest of the world, with no confession of our own guilt what so ever. We wait for coming elections to revenge by defecting to another team.
We do not disgust lickspittles or the wheedled. Flattery and bootlicking are our life style. We accept secret agents, squealers, and traitors, who are outcasts in any normal society. They live among us at ease, and in some cases rule over us. We do not show them to our children as examples of baseness. On the contrary, we think they understand the life, can live, that they are business people, who did not waste their chances. We say hello and talk to them, meanwhile wondering where our child got such a distorted perception of the world and of a human being and so much shrewdness, and we do not worry about his/her future.
We explain all our misfortunes with bad neighbors, as if we were exception, and all other nations had better neighbors than ours, and they never had lived under the heel of others.
Our present repeats the past. Once again, our neighbors are announced enemies, again we became a strange outpost and look for help from outside, again we do not respect our state and are tolerant to the unworthy and stupid people ruling the country. Another defeat is waiting for us.
Vardan ARUTIUNIAN
Armenia
Source: http://southcaucasus.com
Occupied territories of Azerbaijan
Khojavand region
Notorious “movement” of the Armenian, directed toward the separation of Azerbaijan’s historical part, the former Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), started in 1987 and continuing up-to-date, has gradually become an open aggression, as a consequence of which, NKAO and seven regions outside its administrative territory were occupied.
Sixteen years ago, on October 2, 1992, the armed groups of Armenia occupied another region of NKAO, Khojavand. The region was created under the decision of the legislative institution of the Republic, dated November 26, 1991, by joining two regions of NKAO, Martuni and Hadrut, and renamed to its current historical name.
The region densely inhabited by 40,500 people, mostly of Azerbaijani and Armenian nationality, covered a territory of 1,460 sq. km. It included two town-like settlements and 38 villages (1981).
There were ten pre-school, 21 eight-year and sixteen high school institutions functioning in Khojavand. Moreover, there were 41 clubs, 40 libraries (with a bank of more than 206 thousand books), five hospitals, 27 nursery stations. The core of the region’s economy was agriculture, wine-growing, arable farming, potato growing; there worked plants of agricultural production, as well as wine, dairy facilities and others. Livestock sector, particularly swine breeding, was wide spread. In the farms of the region, there were 19,500 neat cattle, 57 thousand small cattle, 18 thousand swine (early 1989); poultry farming and silkworm breeding were developing. In addition to the lands, suitable for agriculture, there was a large forest cover with rare types of trees and bushes on the territory of the region. Near Girmizi Bazaar, two specimens of 1000 and 2000 years-old Eastern plane trees with a diameter of 600 cm, and height of 25 meters were preserved as natural monuments; in the outskirts of Garakend village, there was a preserved forest on .5 hectare territory with trees entered in the Red Book, as representing relicts of the tertiary period.
On the territory of Khojavand, there are deposits of limestone with a reserve of 989 thousand tons, subsoil waters with a predictable reserve of 90 thousand cubical meters in a day, and other deposits of construction materials and minerals.
There were many historical, cultural, architectural monuments on the territory of the region. There were also large monastic ensembles, such as Amarass, Gutavan and others, which are the most vivid achievements in architecture and construction art. In the settlement of Khojavand and Khatej village, there were tombs of XVII century.
According to reliable facts, the Armenians, well aware of their temporary residence on the territory, knowing that, eventually, they will have to give back these lands to their real owner, Azerbaijan, deliberately are destroying natural riches of the country, natural, historical, cultural and architectural monuments, ignoring demands of international conventions. In the Khojavand forest of 25.5 ha square, the Armenian invaders have cut down oaks and other rare specimens of trees, and have destroyed a natural forest. Moreover, the Armenians, periodically set fires, causing irretrievable damage to flora and fauna, soil, and natural monuments of the area.
The most disturbing fact is that, as reported, on the occupied territory of Khajavand region, the Armenian invaders grow narcotic plants, which are later sold to various countries.
It is the seventeenth year of the occupation of Khojavand region by the Armenian forces. But no matter how long this period lasts, Khojavand region, as well as other occupied settlements of Azerbaijan, will be liberated from the aggressors.
Occupied territories of Azerbaijan
Zangilan remains under Armenian occupation
After the occupation of neighboring regions of Jabrail and Gubadli by Armenian armed forces in August, 1993, Zangilan found itself in a blockade.
Despite the resistance to the aggressor by the soldiers of the National Army of Azerbaijan, 15 years ago, on October 29, the enemy, with the support of Russian military forces, as well as the international terrorist organization ‘Dashnaktsutyun,’ providing Armenian bandit groups with the most modern weapons, like tanks, APC, helicopters, artillery, occupied Zangilan. The dwellers of the region, bordering with Armenia and Iran besides Jabrail and Gubadli, had only one way – to Iran, which was impeded with a strong flow of the Araxes. Many Zangilan inhabitants who tried to save their lives and swim across the river, drowned in the river. During battles over Zangilan, 188 people died, 44 were lost, and tens of people were taken hostage. After the occupation, more than 35 thousand inhabitants of the region had to displace in 52 settlements of the country. It is important to note that on November 12, 1993, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 884 (1993) related to the occupation of the region, where denounced the invasion of the region of Zangilan and the city of Horadiz of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the attack of Armenian bandit groups on civilians; and demanded immediate cessation of military actions and hostile acts and one-sided withdrawal of invaders from the region of Zangilan, the city of Horadiz, and other recently occupied regions of Azerbaijan, which was not followed by any reaction from Armenia.
There were 9 pre-schools, 19 elementary and 15 high schools, one vocational and one music schools, 50 libraries, 8 culture houses, a museum of the local history with thousands of rare museum exhibits, 23 clubs and 22 film projector units, 14 medical stations, 3 industrial, 12 construction, 244 trade and 38 domestic establishments, hundreds of social buildings, thousands of private houses, and so on, before the occupation, in the region with a total of area of 707 sq. km., which included a city, a settlement and 83 villages. There were many historical, cultural, and architectural monuments, as well as a tomb built in 704 (1305) over the grave of Muhammad Al-Hajj in the village of Mammadbeyli, a vault (tomb) Sharifan, from the XII century on the territory of Zangilan. It is worthwhile to mention that during excavations on the territory, the ruins of a city from Middle Ages, known as Shahri Sharifan or Shahri Khalifan, were found. Furthermore, there was Round tower of Hajalli, built in XIV century, a vault in Yenikend village, belonging to XIV c., a mosque in the city of Zangilan, built during the Safavids, approximately in XVII-XVIII c., the maiden tower Bartaz, as well as mosques in the villages of Bartaz, Sobu, Baharli, Girag Mushlan, Malatkeshin-Sharifbeyli, in the settlement of Minjivan, Albanian churches in the villages of Yemazli and Bartaz, and others on the territory of the region.
The core of the economy of the region was agriculture, particularly, arable farming, wine and tobacco growing, and livestock farming. In collective and state farms, there were 18 thousand neat cattle, 94, 900 sheep and goats; tens of thousands of domestic animals and poultry were in the inhabitants’ private economy. The territory of the region was rich with minerals, such as molybdenum, construction material, limestone, and others. A gold field ‘Vejnali’ is situated here.
The nature of Zangilan is rich and distinctive. The mountainous territories of the region are covered with forests. Deciduous forests are spread on the height of 1800-2000 meters, where one can find several species of rare trees and bushes, such as eastern plane tree, forest vine, gladiolus drimophilous, rock cotoneaster, juniper odorous, etc.
The second plane tree forest in the world was planted in Zangilan.
After the occupation of the region, the Armenians, ignoring the existing international rules and regulations, illegally develop gold fields, plundered all social and private property, continue plundering natural resources of the region.
The occupation of Zangilan region, as well as other regions, caused a huge moral and material damage to Azerbaijan. However, obviously, it cannot remain as it is. Not only this region, but all the occupied territories will be liberated in the near future.
G.JABRAILLI
“Voice of Karabakh”
Bloody summer and autumn in Zangezur
Armeianism is an incomparably aggressive and an antagonistic notion which as been always been motivated by the wish to establish a great Armenian state from sea to sea (from the back sea to the Caspian Sea – ed.). They have been trying to achieve this through encroachment to the territories of the neighboring counties and from time to time had forced Azerbaijani people move from their native lands.
The same tactics was used by them 90 years ago, in the summer and autumn of 1918 in the ancient Azerbaijani territory Zangezur.
According to the documents from the State Archive of the Azerbaijan Republic (the facts produced below are taken from the book published by the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Republic “Armenian crimes against humanity in the XX Century”) Armenian terrorist groups have destroyed 112 Azerbaijani villages. 7729 dwellers of those villages – 3257 men, 2276 women and 2196 children were savagely killed during the Armenian atrocities.
Committing the brutal slaughter in the villages of Okhchu, Shabadin, Araliq, Pirdavan, and Atqiz villages that were at the gates to Zangezur provide, Armenian surrounded the area trying to find those who could have survived.
The group of displaced population that was hiding in Saqqarsu village was badly deceived early in the morning when they heard someone shouting “Ya Ali”. Assuming that these were Azerbaijanis coming for help they all went out and were exterminated by Armenian armed groups including women, elderly and children. .
According to witness evidences and official documents the following major villages were destroyed Aqudi, Derebes, Dulud, Kurtlar, Sheki, Urut, Irmis, Bahrili, Qiziljik, Derkend, Qarakilsa (in total 112). The following methods of Armenian savagery were reported during the slaughter:
“In Vaqudi village 15 young girls committed suicide after being dishonoured by Armenians. Some of them died of physical suffering during the violence”
In Vaqudi village 400 Muslims that were trying to secure themselves in the mosque were locked there and burnt alive by Armenians.
In Vaqudi village Muslim woman, Kadama Tair qizi was killed. Her breast was cut and put into the mouth of her newborn child.
In the same village Armenians killed Yolchu Shikh Huseyn oglu and put his cuts limbs into his mouth.
In the same village two minor girls Nisa Man qizi, Ajab Nuhbali qizi, Sona Jafar qizi and Shahnuli Jalal qizi were raped to death
Near the same village a woman, Qulmasta Qaim qizi was brutally killed. Her breast was cut and horseshoe was nailed down on her spinal cord.
In Nugedi village Armenians bayoneted hundred years old paralysed old man, Asad bek Melik Abbasov, helplessly lying on his bed.
In the same village Armenian were beheading women and children who were helplessly trying to run away.
In Sheki village women with cut breast and children cut into pieces were laying on the ground.
In Irmishli village Armenians were putting children on bayonets and cutting into pieces
In Aqudi village feet of Qulam Shakar were cut and he was pushed to walk until he fell dead of blood loss.
Little girls were brutally killed in the same village
In Chullu village Armenians killed 9 sick people helplessly laid on their beds
In Bagirbeyli village Armenians put into one house 7 women and men burning them alive in a house
In Musulmanlar village bodies were so badly mutilated that it was impossible to define who the dead people were – all limbs and heads were cut off.
In Qatar village an elderly Meshadi kalantar was spilled over with kerosene and burnt
Kerbalai Allahverdi Huseyn Ali oglu was roped and beheade in the same village.
In the village Vartanazur-1, many women and children were bayoneted.
In Ramaaznefendi village Novobeyazit district (uezd) of Yerevan province (gubernia) elderly Ibrahim Haji Huseyn oglu’s eyes were taken off and he was burn alive.
This is the short list of Armenian savagery against the Muslim population.
The list of inconceivable violence is so long that it can be all published in the document.
Eyewitnesses assure that similar violence was in each of the destroyed village.
Majority of villages were looted and destroyed by the armed groups under Dashnaktsutun headed by Andranik.
He was leading the wave of violence and all orders of slaughters were managed by him personally.
The violence started in the end of summer and beginning of autumn of 1918.
Below are the names of Armenian thugs and cut-throats that were having an unexplainable please by killing defenceless women, children and elderly people.
Many of them were remembered by very few of those he could survive.
Gorus dwellers Qerus Nilolai Osipov, Simon Mirumov. From Darbas village – Shamir Shahnazarov; David Arshak, MatfesovVachiants form Minri village, Amazasp from Kovar, Aqabek Melik Oqanjanov from Guiler village, Ковар Амазасп, из селения Гялюр Агабек Мелик Оганджанов, Aqabek Mudusi Latvakahnov, Nikolai Barsamov, state convict Amrnian with nickname “Yapon”, priest Ter David, Darabas David, Kaspar Keshishev from Astasuzr village, Ovakim Gevrokov and Yqub Arustamoc from Akhlatian,
Ivan Martirosov, Manuchar Poqasov, Aqalo Oqajanov from Qalaji, Stpeam Poqosov, Alexander Kukiev from Darbas village, Sirkatas Misrop, Kuniev, Efrem Rustamov and Qarib Qaribov from Kuris lalazr, Khuba Davidov, David Mnatskanov, Manuchar Tuniev from Savakar, Kostant Asriev from Archazur, officer Ovanes Ter-Petrosov, Khavatur Davidov from Khotanan, priest of Atakhana village Ter-Qrikor Ter Minasov, engineer Sumbat Melik Stepanov form Gerus, former police officers Issak Bushintsev and Seratikov, Dadash and Khachatur Osipov from Mughanjik, Tevi Mnatskanov from Gulqam village, Former head of Ugurchar village council Nikolai Petrosov, Melik Parsadanov from Bikh Samson, Ivan Kazarov, Ayrapet Stepanov, Efrem Aqakhanov, Arshak Simonov from Akarka village, Sumbar Melik-Srepanov from Arnazur and Aqolo Poqosov from Kovar.
The documents contains facts of 112 Muslim villages destroyed by Armenians where thousands of sheep and cattle were stolen, houses and property looted, 50,000 people uprooted and run to the neighbouring villages of Azerbaijan. The financial damage was calculated to be about billion Rubbles.
The facts mentioned above are also confirmed in the documentary report of N. Mikhailov, member of the Emergency Commission established to asses the situation.
Armenian “Peace Barrel”
There is even a so called “Peace Barrel” in Armenia, in the Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC). They keep cognac spirit there since the day of ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan in 1994. They are planning to open it when the Karabakh conflict is finally solved.
Even in this case it seems Armenian are trying to cheat, as some websites of Armenia inform that the “Peace barrel” was filled in November 2001 during the visit of OSCE MG delegation to Yerevan.
Mass Media has disseminated the information that the Russian president Dimitry Medvedev signed on the “Peace barrel”. We found out that many of the official figures visiting Armenia are invited to YBC, to the “signing ceremony” after which they are presented Armenian cognac.
There were signatures of Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Lavrov and others already on the barrel by the time it was signed by Medvedev. D. Medvedev said that this Armenian cognac tastes even better than the French. This however is not issue we want to discuss below.
This is just another Armenian tricky diplomacy by which they show their pseudo hospitality and demonstrate how peaceful they are. They want to show as if they had been waiting so impatiently the happy day when finally the conflict is resolved.
What kind of peace are they talking about? Who is talking about peace – Armenia?!
The country which is well known for its terrorist, aggressive and separatist activities all over the world? Is this the same Armenia that has been terrorising, burning conflicts between different nations and realizing ethnic cleansing and bloodshed since the day of its existence?
Only in the 20th century this catalyser country has perpetrated the death of millions of Muslims in Azerbaijan, Turkey etc. In the last decade of the last century Armenian aggressively initiated the “Armenian movement” and occupied Nagorno Karabakh. As a result of this war 20.000 people only in Azerbaijani side died, 20 % of Azerbaijani territories fell under occupation, over 900 cities and districts were destroyed, about 1 million people were displaced from their native lands and became IDP, the country suffered huge moral, social and material damage. This has been going on up to present.
What “Peace barrel” are they talking about? Armenians started the war and now are trying to pretend as if they are wishing of peace. The notions of “peace” and Armenian or an Armenian are opposite notions. Armenia by itself is a barrel, but neither a cognac, nor a peace barrel. Armenia is a gun powder barrel in the South Caucasus which explodes from time to time damaging the other neighbouring countries and nations. This barrel should be neutralized!
Hell stone
Which in Fact Armenia is
The ceasefire regime has been continuing based on the ceasefire agreement signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1994.
Yes the agreement is in force, but formally. Although there are no active battles going on, there is no day when the ceasefire is not broken. Experts claim that dozens of people die of sniper shootings and mine explosions on the front line in Azerbaijan every year.
From time to time Armenians make military training in the occupied Azerbaijani territories demonstrating their military power.
One of the military trainings was held recently starting in the Morning of October 25 on the in occupied Agdam.
The trainings are informed to be held in the occupied village of Aghdam, Uzundere.
Missile explosions are loudly heard in the Azerbaijani villages close to the frontline. Strong explosions also result in vibration of the earth.
It should be emphasized that these trainings were held the next day after the inauguration of the re-elected Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev. This was kind of a reaction to his speech during the inauguration where he told: “Territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should be restored. The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has never been, is not and will never be the topic of negotiations. Nagorno Karabakh will never be granted independence – not today, neither tomorrow, nor after 10, or 50 Azerbaijan will recognise it. This is hoe the norms of international law shall find reflection in the settlement of the conflict… The process of army building will follow its high temps … If the military budget of Azerbaijan was 163 million USD, in 2008 this figure has increased to be 1 billion 850 million US Dollars. This figure will further increase in the following years… By increasing the military potential we approach to the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani, Nagorno Karabakh conflict”
It is not surprising that the president of Armenian Serj Sarkisian had come to observe the military training accompanied by the defence minister Seyran Oqanian. Speeches of the head of the self declared republic Bako Saakian and minister of defence Movses Akopian, were full of swaggering expressions and typical Armenian rethotics which was kind of a response to the words of the president of Azerbaijan Republic.
Highly appreciating the results of the training B. Saakian told “Our military forces demonstrated high military preparedness and we got reassured that the actions shown during the training may be applied in the case if Azerbaijan tries to use force”
M. Akopian went even further by saying: “When necessary our forces can not only move its forces to the territories of the opponent, but even push much deeper into Azerbaijan”.
Answering the question about future of the occupied bordering territories to Karabakh, he replied: “The territories were liberated in the 90’s and are classified by the constitution of NKR as a “security zone”… The specific of this training was that for the first time we worked on the attacking strategy with all of its related elements. We want to train our army in order not to wait until Azerbaijan attacks, but rather make an offensive attack when necessary in order to guarantee the security of Nagorno Karabakh Republic”.
It seems Armenians are not even thinking of returning occupied Azerbaijani territories by peaceful means, On the opposite they plan more bloodsheds by threatening to “push deeper into the territories of Azerbaijan and organise “offensive attacks without even waiting until Azerbaijan attacks” them.
Without a slightest feeling of shame they even call the occupied territories a “security zone” and the fact of occupation that was a tragedy for hundreds of thousands people they describe to be “liberation of territories”.
I believe the above quoted words would suffice for the people interested in the conflict, especially for the co-chairs of the OSCE MG to understand with what kind of a hell stone (hell stone in Azerbaijan means a stone in hell you will suffer no matter whether you take it or leave it) Azerbaijan has to deal with.
G.Ahmedaghali
Voice of Karabakh
85th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey
Glorious date of the Muslim World
October 29 was the 85th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of Turkey – brother state of Azerbaijan.
The honorary date was celebrated not only in Turkey, but in all Muslim counties of the world. The modern Turkey is the symbol of a secular, democratic and a developed state in the Muslim world.
85 years ago Mustafa Kemal pasha (in November of 1934 the Turkish parliament honoured with the name Ataturk, father of Turks) declared the establishment of the Republic of Turkey in the general gathering of the Great National Assembly of Turkey and became its first president. The establishment fo the Turkish republic however started in April 23, 1920 when in its gathering the National Assembly of Turkey chose Ataturk to be its leader.
From this time on the goal oriented and indivertible process of struggle for free and independent Turkey started.
The Turkish soldier could defend the territorial integrity by fighting in Inenyu, Sakaria, Dumulpinar and other parts of the country.
It should be emphasized that the way towards the establishment of the sovereign Turkish republic on the ground of the Ottoman Empire had not been smooth and easy.
The complicated political situation in the world, severe financial crisis, pressure from unfriendly powers, wars and problems occurring due to this, internal extremely sensitive situation stimulated by the certain negative powers from inside, predominantly Armenians were a serious obstacle on this route.
By the time Mustafa Kamal appeared on the political scene Turkey was face to face with the hard times of its history, the country was on the edge of collapsing.
Some parts of the country were occupied by English, French, Italian and Greek forces.
Mustafa Kemal came to support his nation during this hard period.
Wisdom, his love to the Turkish nation, bravery and high leadership qualities of Mustafa Kemal enabled him to choose the best way of establishment and development of the statehood.
Introduction of the Latin alphabet, laws on land reform and on staff associations, creation of conditions for publishing of newspapers and magazines, refusal from single dominant political party system, radical measures to improve the economic sector, pragmatic trends in both the internal and external policy in a very short period of time allowed him to save the state and put it on its own feet.
The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatturk, was re-elected as the president in 1927, 1931, 1935 and continued to take the country towards progress and new achievements until the date he passed away in 1938.
Despite the hard steep turns of the history, complex political situations, several attempts of coup d’etat, the Turkey established by him not just could firmly stand, but also developed to become the strongest state of the Middle East and one of the leading states in the world.
Today the 85 years old Turkey is really a state with its own say. Turkey is the member of United Nations (since 1945) and one of the temporary members of the Security Council, member of NATO (since 1952) and Council of Europe as well as the candidate for the membership to the European Union. Turkey is the vanguard of the whole Muslim world.
After the death of Ataturk the president was followed by Ismet Inenyu, Turqut Ozal, Suleyman Demirel, Ahmet Nejdet Sezer. In August of 2007 Abdullah Gul was elected to be the last president of Turkey.
The state attributes of Turkey are the red flaf with a white crescent and star, national emblem with a red crescent on the upper top of it with the name of the state in Turkish Language. Ankara is the capital of Turkey.
Today the prosperous Turkey actively participates in the establishment of peace in the world following the national slogan “Peace in the country, peace in the world”.
Where Armenia is going?
There has not been an answer to this question throughout the existence of Armenia. The reason is that it always has taken an invasive, aggressive, separatist, terrorist, shortly, the most negative, unacceptable for a normal society, position; and fussing for a shelter, or a place in somebody’s arms, it has always found itself on crossroads.
And today it is in the same usual situation, indecisive whether to turn to the West or to stay under the cover of a long-time elder brother, Russia.
The latter is also showing a big effort and demonstrates maximum courtesy to Armenia, to keep it under own wings so that Armenia remains its ‘outpost in Southern Caucasus.’ The recent visits of Dmitriy Medvedyev, President of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, the minister of foreign affairs, and other senior officials, and their endless zeal, constant alteration of strict official protocol by cheerful smiles of representatives of both parties, etc. once again demonstrated their intention.
I will note just several extracts from quotes of the Russian president during his recent visit: “Armenia and Russia are not simply friends, neighbors, and partners. We have an absolutely special chemistry of relations, which were shaped in the process of a very complicated Armenian and Russian history;” “Today we open the square of Russia – it is a joyous and significant event, confirming sincerity and solidity of our relations. The same attitude to Armenia exists in the hearts of each Russian. With high appreciation, we accept it as a sign of respect to modern and democratic Russia and its people. It is also a sign of esteem of our shared history, acknowledgement of the great value of the experience of centuries of friendship;” “In recent years, it becomes more evident and I will say honestly that we are avowedly interested that the Armenian people lives in a strong, prospering, and stable state. I am sure Armenia wishes Russia peace, power and well,” and so on and so forth.
Naturally, Serj Sarkissyan, President of Armenia, in his turn was lavish in courtesy in front of the head of Russia: “The opening of the square of Russia in the center of Yerevan reminds again the deep roots connecting our two nations. The great Russian nation has made a unique contribution to the treasury of the world civilization, and national flags of Armenia and Russia, flying over the square are not only the symbols of our allied elations, but also embodiment of cultural-historical commonality;” “In the history of our relations, despite all abrasions and hardships, friendship between Armenian and Russian peoples never got weaker, moreover, it got stronger and obtained new meaning though centuries;” “We want the square to be one more symbol of loyalty, friendship between Armenia and Russia…”
During his visit to Yerevan, as well as in his interviews in mass media, Sergei Lavrov, minister of Foreign affairs, was also notable for his extreme sympathy to the Armenians and to Armenia, and for his concern about the so-called recent blockade.
However, undoubtedly, it does not irritate the Azerbaijani side, although at first sight, it may seem contrary. Firstly, it is not news for us. Secondly, we are neither hot, nor cold about it. Thirdly, having experiences bitterness of tension and confrontations, we, more than others, wish for peaceful relations among all the countries in the world. But that’s not the point.
Actually, Russian-Armenian relations of the present are not that smooth and unproblematic, as they may seem. In the state of two-sided blockade of Armenia, and well known recent events in Georgia, firstly, it is difficult for Russia to protect ‘its friend,’ and secondly, it has gotten tired of messing about this useless country. There are simply certain political nuances making it necessary to keep Armenia at hand.
As to Armenia, the indecisiveness, and even unpreparedness of Russia to support publicly the position of Yerevan in Karabakh problem, and the obvious recent improvement of relations between Russia and Azerbaijan play significant role in moral breakdown of Armenia.
It is no coincidence that, as the Armenian experts themselves admit it, recently there has been felt a certain motion of the official Yerevan to the West. The worst part is that Armenia cannot finally decide. In other words, it faces dilemma, any choice is fraught with serious consequences for the future of Armenia.
Shortly, not only we, but Armenia itself cannot easily answer to the question “Where is Armenia going?”
Gadir NASIROV
“Voice of Karabakh”