Azerbaijan's Turn to Islam is Quite PossibleDecember 26, 2006 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's turn, as some Azeri politicians say, is quite possible, responded to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist's question political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan, the Director of Caucasian Media Institute. In his words, Azerbaijan is divided into two conditional states: Baku and province, and they are quite different. "Baku is a civilized European city, and the province lives by quite other canons and mostly Islamic. This division is typical to all Middle Eastern countries and here Azerbaijan is not an exception," he underlined. The Armenian political scientist stressed that Baku lives at the expense of oil pipeline and the province of Azerbaijan - at expense of migrants in Russia. "If one of this components fails the development of the country can go through any course, including Islamic," said Iskandaryan. It is worth mentioning that earlier politician Leyla Yunus during an interview to 'Zerkalo' stated that 'Azerbaijan should only wait the day when Azeri Khomeini comes and says: "Neither West, nor Russia, only Islam!" 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 | Armenia considers Cyprus as one of its main partners in EU - envoy Armenia considers Cyprus one of its main partners in the European Union, Ambassador Tigran Mkrtchyan has said. Armenian, Albanian Foreign Ministers discuss ties, regional issues Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania Igli Hasani. POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO. Armenia confirms will attend NATO summit in Washington Armenia has confirmed its participation in the NATO summit in Washington, a spokesperson has confirmed. |