[governance] European Parliament adopted on 13 September the Resolution on Azerbaijan

[Narine Khachatryan]

Dear friends,


Today the European Parliament adopted the Resolution on Azerbaijan.

(
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=20120913&secondRef=TOC&language=EN
 , also in attachment) And this is not surprising at all. Since Azerbaijan
continues to demonstrate that it is an intolerant country, inciting
national and religious hatred, constantly violating human rights and
destabilizing the situation in the region.


Over years Azeri authorities have been publicly and furiously advocating
Armenia-phobia among its people. Recently Azerbaijani authorities have been
glorifying and making a hero from an axe-murderer of the sleeping man. Upon
arrival to Baku the murderer was granted the rank of army major, a new flat
in the capital city and a salary for years spent in prison (!!!). The main
message of most Azeri media within recent  two weeks has been "axe murderer
= hero".   This is a simple call to kill innocent people on ethnic and
 religious grounds to become national heroes and receive promotions in Baku.


This policy is the easiest way to distract people’s attention from the
problems existing in the country: corruption, authoritarian and oligarchic
government, the inherited power from the father to the son, constant
violation of human rights and intimidations against the civil society,
suppression of the free press.  Why to focus on the everyday
social-economic problems, if the president can easily gain support of
thousands of nationalists, having just murderer’s photo published as a
cover image on his FB official page.


The glorification of the xenophobic, racist “value system”   reaffirms the
simple truth stated by the nation of Nagorno Karabakh for decades: the only
warrant for the security of the whole region is the international
recognition of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. This will serve as a
barrier against the constant Azeri threats and will assure sustainable
development for the whole Caucasus region.


Non-democratic and autocratic regime in Azerbaijan is one of the serious
threats to the regional development and security.  In fact, Baku is using
oil con

tracts with the western companies to suppress freedom and democracy. Using
oil revenues, Azerbaijan* *increases offensive weapons violating all the
possible ceilings of the OSCE and the Treaty on Conventional Forces in
Europe. What this country with the oil-autocracy-xenophobia-barbarism-axe
value system can give to the region?



Narine Khachatryan
Yerevan, Armenia
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