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After Ilham Aliyev’s re-election series of interesting developments happened. After 2 days of CEC’s statement on election’s results the Constitutional Court confirmed them and the same day Aliyev’s inauguration took place in the Azerbaijan parliament. Such a haste is very comic. Azerbaijan’s CEC and CC didn’t study opposition’s complaints which they had to during 14 days. The ceremony of inauguration was conducted without participation of any foreign ambassador, diplomat or guest, it was not even aired on TV.
Iran has a balanced position towards Syria. Syria for Iran – it is a country with a crucial meaning. Before these events Syria-Iran relations were developing almost in all directions: political, economic, religious-cultural etc. Loosing Syria for Iran will mean loosing a strong “support” in the Middle East, and this “support” gives possibility to be freer while mentioning its position towards Israel. Loosing Syria for Iran – it is a strike on the geopolitical interests of the country both in Iraq and Lebanon.
These days Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov has sent a protest-note to the UN General Secretary. There he informs that Armenia sets up in Artsakh new settlements, renovates airport and infrastructure, changes geographical names, intends to build 150 houses in Kubatly region, as well as road Vardenis-Karvachar. Besides Armenia populates Artsakh with Syrian Armenians: in Kashatagh region have been already settled 24 families, in Zangelan – 7, Karvachar – 27.
The myth about Azerbaijan petroleum gradually vanishes. In the so called “petroleum country” there will be no oil any more. The Azeris presented petroleum waste products as petroleum, and on that fraud Baku-Jeyhan pipeline was constructed. The West now has no intention to be cheated any more.
Azerbaijan SSR’s and present Azerbaijan Republic’s policy of forced “Turkisation” and “Azerbaijanisation” continues till now. Using primitive “demographic arithmetic” this country tries “to make as Turks” Turkic-speaking Iranian people who live in the north of Iran exactly the same way as it was “making as Turks” living in that country 93 ethnicities..
The moral consequences of the genocide are much clearer. Personally I am against private solutions, such as insurance sums received from foreign banks and so on. The financial problems connected with the genocide must be resolved in one package. In any case it’s not excluded that the international recognition of the genocide will give the Armenians the opportunity to address to the court and demand the property of their ancestors, including real estate. I want to mention that the Genocide museum displays one part of the Armenian as well as the Turkish history. And the citizens of Turkey, who don’t want to be deceived, must come and witness the closed pages of their history. I am sure that one day the Turkish will have the courage to encounter their past. I any case they don’t have another choice.