(MENAFN- AzerNews) by vafa guliyeva
Washington Examiner has published an article by Michael Rubin
headlined“Qatar should help free Armenian prisoners of war".
The article underlines that“Azerbaijan held several hundred
Armenian POWs, only some of whom they released in accordance with
Baku's ceasefire obligations.”
“Russia, the United States, and the European Parliament have all
officially demanded Azerbaijan release the POWs.”
Providing an insight into the fact whether Azerbaijan released
prisoners of war or not, it should be pointed out that there are
none of them left in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani government
returned all of them in exchange of mine maps which were fake, not
the real ones. Armenia handed over fake maps to Azerbaijan
demonstrating its real nature of fascism which was not a surprise
for Azerbaijan.
The remaining are not prisoners of war as they were detained in
a post-war period. They belong to a sabotage group who committed
provocations and terrorist acts in the Karabakh area following the
44-day Patriotic War, which was resulted in a glorious victory of
Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also in his remarks has
reiterated that the captives are members of terror groups and they
would be held accountable before the law for their crimes.
Armenia tried a lot to make Azerbaijan release those terrorists
by appealing to its European and Western patrons. Having failed in
its attempts, Armenia turned to Qatar searching for mercy and
compassion. But Armenia forgets that Qatar has very important ties
and cooperation with Turkiye, the country which enjoys brotherly
and friendly relations with Azerbaijan.
Turkiye's cooperation with Qatar in economy, security,
diplomacy, culture, tourism and education has turned into a real
brotherhood and the two Muslim countries have overcome several
challenges in the past few years thanks to this cooperation.
With the establishment of the Turkiye-Qatar High Strategic
Committee in 2014, relations became stronger and more than 80
cooperation agreements were signed in various fields.
The Central Bank of Turkiye (CBRT) and Qatar Central Bank (QCB)
signed a Swap Agreement on 17 August 2018 over Turkish lira and
Qatari Riyal and concluded with an overall limit of 3 billion USD.
Core objective of the agreement is to facilitate bilateral trade in
respective local currencies and support financial stability of the
two countries.
Qatar and Turkiye have a deep and carefully collaborated
strategic relationship.
So, Armenia's vain efforts will yield no results. It has to find
another shoulder to cry on.
Wandering from country to country, Armenia's Prime Minister
desperately pays visit to Europe, which is followed by another one
to Russia or U.S. Perhaps, it's high time for the Armenian
government to change its foreign policy-aggressor policy against
the territorial integrity of other country - and be involved in the
regional projects for the development and prosperity of its country
and welfare of its people. This is the only way for a poor country
which has no prospects for development, no resources, and no
respect on international scene to survive and advance its
people.
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