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Azerbaijani top official: Armenian leadership raises state terrorism to new level by its attitude to Moldovan ombudsman (PHOTO)

Politics Materials 8 July 2013 16:46 (UTC +04:00)
The problems faced by Moldovan ombudsman in Armenia are a clear example of the attitude towards justice and truth in this country, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Information Provision Department Head Elnur Aslanov said at the international conference on "Conflicts in the Caucasus: History, Present and Prospects for Settlement” on Monday.
Azerbaijani top official: Armenian leadership raises state terrorism to new level by its attitude to Moldovan ombudsman (PHOTO)

Azerbaijan, Baku, July 8 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /

The problems faced by Moldovan ombudsman in Armenia are a clear example of the attitude towards justice and truth in this country, Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Political Analysis and Information Provision Department Head Elnur Aslanov said at the international conference on "Conflicts in the Caucasus: History, Present and Prospects for Settlement" on Monday.

"If the ombudsman of any country expresses a fair attitude to any issue, Armenia exerts a pressure on this person, this person is being persecuted and even threatened with death," Aslanov said. "A similar situation occurred in Armenia earlier."

While making a report at the Armenian Parliament, Moldovan Ombudsman Aurelia Grigoriu has recently stated that the Khojaly genocide was committed by Armenians, and this is an internationally recognized fact.

After her speech at the Armenian parliament, Moldovan ombudsman was not allowed to leave Armenia. She was kept in isolation and her life was threatened, Grigoriu's close friend Todur Zanet, who kept contact with her, told Trend earlier.

Grigoriu managed to leave Yerevan through the assistance of diplomatic missions accredited in Yerevan, without any apologizes that Armenia demanded. Currently, she is in Chisinau.

"Earlier, when individuals, who are Armenian citizens, expressed a constructive position in connection with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, they were isolated from anything and not allowed leaving the country," Aslanov stressed. "As a result of the isolation measures, these individuals turned into the people living under house arrest."

"The Armenian leadership wanted to do the same with Moldovan ombudsman, who is a senior official of another country with a diplomatic status," Aslanov added.

"This means that it is impossible to speak about a fair approach in this country," Aslanov said. "Armenia has once again shown its true face, by making a decision not to release Grigoriu of the country. Just imagine that ombudsman of another country is not allowed to leave the country for her statement made in Armenia about Khojaly genocide. This occurs amid the recognition of the Khojaly genocide by a number of countries."

"The Armenian leadership raised the state terrorism to a new level by its attitude to Moldovan ombudsman," he said.

"The European institutions must not be silent in connection with this incident," Aslanov said.
"If human rights, especially the rights of a representative of another country, are violated in one country, the representatives of the European Parliament must meet and express their position," he said. "By this way, the EU, the Council of Europe and the Western world as a whole will once again demonstrate that they support the protection of human rights and fight for this, rather than double standards."

"We will expect this action, because, unfortunately, they have been always ready to express a position on domestic issues for many years leaving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict aside," Aslanov added. "We will expect this action as there is a situation for justice to be triumphed and it is necessary for the European parliamentarians and the European democratic institutions to express their position in this regards."

On February 25-26, 1992, Armenian occupation forces together with the 366th infantry regiment of Soviet troops stationed in Khankendi committed an act of genocide towards the population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly.

Some 613 people were killed including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old men. A total of 1,000 civilians were disabled during the genocide. Eight families were killed, 130 children lost one parent and 25 lost both. Additionally, 1,275 innocent residents were taken hostage, while the fate of 150 remains unknown. Following the withdrawal of the 366th infantry regiment from Khankendi, the military equipment belonging to the regiment, mostly went to Armenian separatists.

The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.

Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four U.N. Security Council resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding regions.

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