Azerbaijani expert: Armenia waits for "genocide" anniversary to voice its attitude on Madrid principles

In your opinion, why Armenia is slow to voice its consent to the updated Madrid principles that Azerbaijan has already approved?

There is only one reason. Armenia is waiting for April 24, anniversary of the "Armenian genocide" hoping that the U.S. Congress will recognized it and a result change attitude towards the Armenian-Azerbaijani and Armenian-Turkish disputes. Armenia has taken a pause to wait for a symbolic date when the world will honor the victims of the “Armenian genocide.”

As we saw in case of Sweden, this process has already begun. In fact, Armenia wants to return to negotiations with Turkey and Azerbaijan with a support of countries including the United States. Thus, on domestic background, having such success, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will have an opportunity to secure a compromise solution to the Karabakh conflict.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul accused the Swedish parliamentarians, who made a decision in favor of the "Armenian genocide" several days ago, of incompetence saying that such decisions have no significance. Do you share this opinion?

I totally agree with this view. The Swedish Parliament has little information on events that occurred in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, this information is collected from the Armenian sources. Having studied the document on "Armenian Genocide" submitted to the U.S. Congress, I can say that it contains ridiculous facts from the Armenian sources.

In general, it was inappropriate for the American parliamentarians to discuss such a document. For example, it includes a statement by the fascist Fuhrer Adolf Hitler, in which he recalled that "the Turks massacred Armenians". These words of Hitler can be found nowhere except for the Armenian sources.

Generally, the U.S. undertook to protect Armenians after the Armenian revolt in Ottoman cities of Erzurum and Van. After the rebellion, in which Armenians killed many Turks, the Americans set up a howl and raised the issue of "Armenian genocide". About the same time, Washington had an idea of creating an Armenian state on Turkish territory. But after Armenian state was formed and it entered the USSR, Washington understandably lost interest in Armenians, which once again aroused in 1970s when Soviet-American broke out with a renewed force. It should be noted that Armenians successfully played the role assigned to them by Washington in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

As for the bill on recognition of the “Armenian genocide" in the U.S. Congress, I believe that Americans, who massacred indigenous population of North America and conducted carpet bombing in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, have no moral right to discuss developments in the Ottoman Empire.

In your opinion, will Turkey’s reaction to recognition of the “Armenian genocide” by parliaments be even tougher over time or Turkey will pretend that these decisions have no significance?

Turkey has already done much to expose the Armenian lies in the world. But now it is time for Turkey to create a broader front to counter the Armenian aggression and anti-Turkish propaganda in the world. Azerbaijan must also join this front. We need to coordinate our actions. Some Arab and European countries may also join it.

The fact that the Swedish parliament adopted the “Armenian genocide" by a majority of only one vote shows that the country does have sensible politicians. Germany, the UK and other countries can support our position.


Z. Ahmadov