Kurds Tend to Occupy Serious Stand in Azerbaijan's EconomyJuly 10, 2006 - 15:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Discrepancies proceeding from regionalism in the Azeri powerful structures are not a secret, Armenian political scientist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter when commenting on the recent arrests and prosecution of Azeri officials. In his words, the process was launched by Heydar Aliyev, the first secretary of the Communist Part Central Committee of Azerbaijan, who flooded the ruling structures with natives of Nakhichevan. "In his time Ayaz Mutalibov managed to reduce the number of Nakhichevanis in the leadership. However Aliyev coming to power again restored status quo. For his part Aliyev junior strengthened the positions of Nakhichevanis in the republic, especially in the middle administration sector. Meanwhile the positions of "yerazes" protected by disgraced Rasul Ghuliyev were still strong in Azerbaijan," the political scientist said.He also remarked that during the recent months the unified clans of Pashayevs (the kin of first lady Mehriban Aliyeva) and Nakhichevanis push the "yerazes" out of state posts. "As for the Kurds, they really take serious positions in Azerbaijan's economy. Almost all of them are natives of Nakhichevan and are assimilated into the Turkic community," Melik-Shahnazaryan said. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |