August 27, 2011 - 13:33 AMT
Aliyev regime strong enough to suppress any revolution – expert

The latest developments in Arab states certainly arouses Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev’s concerns, an Armenian expert said.

“Moammar Gadhafi’s regime has been exemplary for Baku for a long time. Copying the Gadhafi style, Aliyev has almost destroyed the opposition in his country. Tiny rallies organized by Musavat opposition party can’t change anything,” Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan told a news conference in Yerevan.

According to him, not political but a religious revolution to overthrow Aliyev.

For his part, political analyst Narek Galstyan agreed that the Aliyev regime is strong enough to suppress any revolution. “We can’t say how the Arab uprising can influence Armenia,” he said.