FAAE calls on Cavusoglu to put an end to Baku’s continuous threats of warNovember 12, 2010 - 12:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe Ashot Grigoryan addressed a letter to President of PACE Mevlut Cavusoglu with a request to put an end to Baku’s continuous threats of war. The letter reads: “As the President of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe, I write to you in the name of the Armenian communities of Europe requesting your intervention in the war-threatening rhetoric and tensions in the South Caucasus caused by the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. We have already presented our views on President Aliyev’s absurd and unsubstantiated remarks regarding Armenia’s centuries-old history and statehood, in particular Aliyev’s ideas regarding the southern regions of Armenia and Yerevan, which we do not wish to interpret. You personally should be much more sensitive to territorial demands towards your neighbors, especially as these are invented to a ridiculous extent and leave impressions of utter fabrication. We ask you to approach the response given by the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan with understanding; a response in which the President offers a brief explanation of the origin of the Armenian ethnicity and statehood based on reliable and entirely indisputable scientific, historical and linguistic facts. We agree with the President of the Republic of Armenia in that appropriating the history of the neighboring countries with the intention of adopting it as their own and thereby committing cultural genocide (e.g. destruction of the millennia-old cross-stones in Nakhijevan and other cultural heritage), the President of Azerbaijan generates anger not only among Armenians but also Iranian Azeris, as well as a number of other ethnic minorities in the South Caucasus. We firmly believe your intervention would be particularly appropriate with regard to preventing Azerbaijan’s potential war and sustaining peace. Given your high position, the FAAE anticipates an unbiased, professional intervention in advance of which we extend our deep appreciation.” Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |