(MENAFN- azernews)
qabil ashirov read more not having a lesson from the last happenings, armenia continues
to draw water to its own mill by manipulating the facts. especially
after a humiliating defeat in the 44-day war in 2020, the country's
irrational foreign policy against its neighbors reached to impasse.
first up, armenians started to reproach their allies not
sacrificing themselves on behalf of armenia during the war. seeing
that it does not work, they changed their strategy and commenced to
perform a scene of an oppressed one. frankly saying, armenians are
master actors in this performance as it is national folklore of
them. the last such barefaced performance was acted by the armenian
foreign ministry on world refugee day. the armenian foreign
ministry posted a tweet and accused azerbaijan of allegedly ethnic
cleansing and implored to the international community to focus on
it.
reading the tweet, some could think that the ministry is
wrapping the world around their little finger. because it was not
azerbaijan, but armenia who stacked local azerbaijanis into the
cattle wagons without food, and half-naked in the mid-winter and
expelled them from kapan, a city compact-settled by muslims, to
azerbaijan in 1987. immediately, after the completion of kapan's
deportation in february 1988, armenians in karabakh made protests
and claimed self-determination. over 30 years, armenian statesmen
and public figures have tried to separate these two events and din
into minds that the overlapping of time was just a coincidence.
however, the interviews of then-officials, especially igor
muradyan, with international media outlets confirm that it was not
a coincidence but deliberate deeds, because armenians feared that
azerbaijanis in kapan could claim self-determination like armenians
in karabakh. they were not limited to kapan, the same crime i.e.
ethnic cleansing was reiterated by armenians in i̇revan (today's
yerevan), alaverdi, and zangazur.
thousands of local azerbaijanis and muslim kurds expelled from
armenia found shelter in azerbaijan. later, the "civilized"
compatriots of "little and proud" armenia attacked cities and
villages located in karabakh and adjoined districts and invaded
them. these“civilized” chauvinists killed, raped, and looted
thousands of azerbaijani citizens. it is worth noting that not only
azerbaijanis but also meskhetins and muslim kurds were subjected to
armenian terror in karabakh. hatred against other nations has
turned armenians into blind to such an extent that they see other
nations as a political instrument. in an interview with a british
journalist thomas de waal, igor muradian stated that
azerbaijanis were the instruments of power ... and we
weren't interested in their fate and we're not interested now.
shepherded by such chauvinist ideology, they turned multinational
armenia and karabakh into a mono-ethnic regions populated only by
armenians.
relating to the invasion of azerbaijani lands by armenians, the
un adopted four resolutions calling on armenian armed groups to
withdraw immediately. however, armenia shamelessly ignored these
resolutions and even claimed that they had created a buffer
zone.
the world has witnessed a myriad of wars for thousands of years,
and no invaders have driven out local civilians, except armenians.
even adolf hitler, the most notorious dictator in the world, did
not commit such kind of crime. however, as is said, after rain
comes fairy weather. with the help of azerbaijani's grandiose
victory in 2020, armenians understood that no crime can evade
justice forever. azerbaijan liberated most of the lands that had
been carved out by armenia. just now, azerbaijan pushes for armenia
to sign the peace agreement and to stop supporting separatism in
karabakh and to allow refugees, more precisely azerbaijanis and
muslim kurds, to return to their hometowns in armenia. however,
armenia fidgets to evade taking responsibility. in vain, hoping for
external assistance, armenia grasps at straws to gain time.
armenia, so to say, is a suitcase without a handle. no one can save
this failed state in the south caucasus but only rational foreign
police and peace with other neighbors. so, we advise armenians to
give up heinous behaviors and find the way leading to peace.
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qabil ashirov is azernews' staff journalist, follow him on
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