(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Abbas Ganbay read more Within the framework of the Great Return program, Azerbaijan
continues to implement large-scale infrastructure projects, build
smart villages and smart cities, as well as the return of residents
to their homelands after 30 years of occupation. After the Second
Karabakh War, the great victory of the Azerbaijani army under the
leadership of Commander-in-Chief President Ilham Aliyev healed the
pain that once Azerbaijan's internally displaced people have gone
through.
However, the provocations of Armenian separatist "leaders" are
still going on, both globally and regionally, which serve for
interest of their patrons.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in a recent interview with
Euronews, made it clear that Azerbaijan is interested in peace with
Armenia, and Armenian minority in Garabagh is offered the chance to
accept Azerbaijani citizenship and live in peace, or return to
Yerevan and continue to nurture their revenge.
"The President of Azerbaijan has made it clear that it matters
to Azerbaijan who the mediator is, but it is not fundamentally
important, as Azerbaijan has its own agenda and goals, and
whichever mediator satisfies the Azerbaijani agenda, through this
mediation a peace treaty will be reached," Azerbaijani political
analyst Farhad Mammadov said in a comment for AZERNEWS .
The expert noted that the topic of the peace treaty was not a
priority for either Russian or Western mediation. According to him,
the parties tried to prioritize the Garabagh issue in the old way
using the OSCE Minsk Group and Madrid Principles, while Azerbaijan
insisted on the priority of the peace treaty, namely inter-state
relations".
The political analyst also touched on President Aliyev's message
addressed to the Armenian society, concerning the reality that the
Armenian society in Garabagh has the only choices to make - either
to continue the struggle, but on the territory of Armenia, or to
continue living in Garabagh, as citizens of the Republic of
Azerbaijan.
According to the expert, the Armenian minority living in
Garabagh is in a confused state. Because the OSCE Minsk Group,
which led the peace process for 30 years, and its co-chairs,
representatives of the European Union, as well as a number of
institutions, are now instructing Armenia to recognize the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.
Even they turn their faces to them and ask: 'why didn't you
punish us if we made a mistake all this time, on the contrary, you
always supported us?'
Yes, indeed, after 30 years, Azerbaijan breaks this stereotyped
ring, and as a result, the anger of Armenians is directed towards
both the West and the members within that organisation that misled
them over the time.
"Of course, it is not our problem that the Armenian society has
this opinion. Even Azerbaijan has not much expectation from them.
It would be good if they make a more rational decision and change
their position on the positive trend. But unfortunately, when
following the latest developments, no positive situation is
observed, on the contrary, we still hear some groundless
allegations from Khankandi. Such provocative actions, of course,
affects the peace process and aggravates the relations," Mammadov
said.
In his comment, Farhad Mammadov also mentioned the ICRC's
co-operation with Armenians against Azerbaijan. He emphasized that
the committee acts in accordance with the full requirements of the
Armenian side, especially in smuggling and other activities, and
also drew attention to President Ilham Aliyev's criticism on
subordination of the ICRC office in Azerbaijan's Khankendi to
Yerevan.
"On the subject of ICRC, President Ilham Aliyev noted the clear
position of the Republic of Azerbaijan based on the principles of
international law and norms, this vicious practice of subordinating
the office in Garabagh to the Yerevan office is completely
illogical, there should be either parallel subordination, for a
certain period of time, until the reintegration process goes to an
extent that the Armenian minority living in Garabagh will go to
Azerbaijan, to the same hospitals, schools, etc., or full
subordination to the Baku office, so that everything is regulated
for Azerbaijan, as the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan should
not, in any case, be challenged by such bureaucratic regimes," the
expert added.