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Bahar Muradova : â€œFocusing on the issues of democracy in the process of solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict by some forces is only pretextâ€

31 October 2011 16:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. â€œFocusing on the issues of democracy in the process of solution to Nagorno Karabakh conflict by some forces is only pretext. All of these are ideas sounded to bear pressure upon Azerbaijan and to prevent the country from its independent policyâ€, vice speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Bahar Muradova told yap.org.az.

Muradova said a limited group inside Azerbaijan, following own goals, was trying to use such ideas. This is very harmful and betraying position against Azerbaijan, vice speaker said. She noted that the conflict was caused by the Armeniaâ€™s military aggression against our country. This aggression caused huge damage on Azerbaijan and the fact of occupation impedes the development of our country, Muradova said.

â€œAs a result of occupation of our lands by Armenia, a large territory became unsettled. The infrastructure was destroyed and the people were deprived of the right to live in their homeland. The occupation of territories prevents our country to achieve more rapid socio-economic development. This factor has serious impact on the democratic development as well. Therefore those, who focus attention on the factor of democracy in the settlement of the conflict, have to assess the reality correctlyâ€.

Muradova said if they were concerned about the democratic processes, it had to do with Armenia, because shooting at the parliament, killing of peaceful people during the protest actions took place in this country. â€œWe have witnessed the steps taken against the participants of protest actions in the European countries, in the USA recently. They used water cannon, cavalry and dogs to crack down on the protesters. It is wrong approach to use the factor of democracy to play into the Armeniansâ€™ hands and to sound such ideas for own political ambitions. Those, who sound such ideas, are the forces against Azerbaijan. All legal states, within the law, take steps against the illegal actionsâ€.