Azerbaijan eyes Armenia, NKR, Russia and Iran as enemiesSeptember 24, 2007 - 15:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Vafa Guluzade, once a renowned "hawk" in Baku, was plucked and a bit broiled by Heydar Aliyev. Now he is playing up to Aliyev junior. However, it's not his personal ambitions. Guluzade sounds "fresh ideas" if they are meant to please Ilham Aliyev and fit Azerbaijan's foreign policy, which aims at integration with U.S. and NATO and confrontation with Russia," political scientist Levon Melik Shahnazaryan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net "In this respect, Guluzade's statement clearly reflects the aspirations of Azerbaijan, which eyes Armenia, NKR, Russia and Iran as enemies. I should mention that Azerbaijan is immoderately trying to satisfy its new patrons," he said. "This statement is a propagandistic canard. I repeat, Guluzade sounds Azerbaijan's foreign ambitions. This republic estranges itself from Russia to please the U.S. Do you remember the headlines of Saturday edition of pro-governmental Zerkalo (Mirror) Baku-based newspaper? The headlines read, "Russia levies war on Azerbaijan and Georgia", "Putin's provocation fails", "New imperial spurt ahead" All this is meant to demonstrate adherence to Washington. However, Baku dislikes confessing that the majority of population lives at expense of transfers made by Azeri gastarbeiters in Russia," he continued. "Azerbaijan's original understanding of geopolitical dualism leads to such collisions," Melik-Shahnazaryan said. The other day Azeri political scientist Vafa Guluzade said "Azerbaijan had better deploy a couple of divisions in Nakhichevan and aim them at Yerevan and Russian bases in Armenia." Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | 17 bridges collapse as a result of floods in Armenia As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. Armenia: Top cleric to retain title as he bids to become interim PM Galstanyan said earlier that the interim government would be tasked with stopping the “destruction of our homeland”. Ex-mayor of Karabakh capital arrested in Yerevan Ex-mayor of the Nagorno-Karabakh city of Stepanakert David Sargsyan has been arrested for 20 days. 269 people evacuated amid severe floods in Armenia’s north According to the Interior Ministry, 269 people have been evacuated from their homes in Lori and Tavush provinces. |