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Khazar Ibrahim: The situation of human rights in the South Caucasus is not satisfactory due to Armeniaâ€™s policy

15 March 2007 16:03 (UTC +04:00)

â€œWe can not but agree to Vardan Oskanyanâ€™s statement that the situation on human rights in the South Caucasus in the past 15 years is unpleasant. But it is surprising that Oskanyan did not say that Armeniaâ€™s policy is the main cause of the situation on human rights,â€? spokesman to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Khazar Ibrahim told the APA.
Commenting on Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyanâ€™s speech in the session of UN Human Rights Council Khazar Ibrahim accused him of being unfair.
â€œThe minister falsifies the facts or it is a deceit addressed to internal policy. Oskanyan should be sincere and confess that the state of human rights is not satisfactory in the region due to the policy of the country he represents. The minister speaks about ethnic cleansing but forgets that as a result of his countryâ€™s policy there is no Azerbaijani in Armenia. As a result of this policy Azerbaijan has 1 million refugees. Thousands of Armenians live in Azerbaijan,â€? he said.
The spokesman took a stance on Armenian ministerâ€™s statement on destruction of Armenian monuments in Nakhchivan.
â€œThe representatives of any organization can visit Azerbaijan and concern themselves with the state of monuments here. One can hardly find a single monument in Armenia and Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani territories. All of them have been destroyed. Unfortunately Armenia pursues policy which aims at wiping out the traces of history,â€? he said.
Khazar Ibrahim also commented on the problem of self-determination of peoples.
â€œI completely agree to Oskanyanâ€™s statement about self-determination. But he forgets that Armenians have already realized their self-determination and he is Foreign Minister of the people realized its self-determination. Historical facts should not be forgotten. I would like to mention that when Armenian Democratic Republic was founded Azerbaijani government presented a capital to this republic. Vardan Oskanyan should not forget that the people of this region are not only Armenians but also Azerbaijanis and the representatives of the nation lived there before the occupation,â€? Khazar Ibrahim said. /APA/