TO PLEASE THE FIANCE AT THE EXPENSE OF BRIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net - Of course the information spread by the Talish information agency should not be taken seriously. Shadow commercial contacts between Armenia and Azerbaijan are not on a high level and do not need influential patrons. Baku leaders on their turn do their best to prevent any attempts of establishing contacts between the businessmen of the two countries. In that case what is the purpose of "Talishpress" agency's announcement? Those who are aware of that structure and know what its aims are know the answer to that question. In reality, it is of course not an information agency. It is the "propaganda department" of the underground Talish national movement. The movement is mostly aimed at leading information war against the government of Azerbaijan. It should be underlined that the war is led against the government and not against the country. The recent activities of Talish leaders give the impression that they have given up the struggle for the national self-determination and have focused their attention to the struggle for "a piece of power" in Azerbaijan. Currently their aim is to appear in the role of radical oppositionists of Ilham Aliev's regime and to demonstrate patriotism at the same time.

For achieving their goal, Talish ideologists often afford themselves to carry on anti-Aliev and anti-Armenian propaganda simultaneously. In order to win the sympathy of Azeris, they try to prove that it were the Talish leaders who stood at the forefront of the fights against Karabakh Armenians. One of the key points of Talish propaganda is the necessity of Karabakh conflict's military resolution and the creation of a federal state in Azerbaijan. According to the scenario Talishstan in that case will gain an autonomous status. Thus, Talish leaders strive to achieve welfare at the expense of Karabakh. The higher the status of Karabakh is, the more they can snatch from the center. But to achieve that they need to gain the control of Azerbaijan over Karabakh at any price. This is the essence of the doubtful idea which is brightly seen in all the recent interviews of the head of Talish movement Alikram Gumbatov.

The Lenkoran separatists have made a habit of making someone else do the work. It is worth mentioning that the so called "Talish-Mughan Republic" in the south-east of Azerbaijan was proclaimed just when Karabakh Armenians passed to the offensive and directed to themselves all the military and political resources of Azerbaijan. It is interesting that now also the "governments in exile" try to gain influence in Europe using the large-scale abilities of Armenian lobby. The dethroned "president" of the self-proclaimed republic Alikram Gumbatov who has spent 10 years in prison in Azerbaijan and was considered a political prisoner by the west currently lives in Holland. His attempts to establish contacts with the leadership of the local Armenian community and Armenian social-political structures in Europe were very unexpected. Last week he came to the presentation of a documentary about Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey and even made a short speech condemning the murderous deeds of the Young Turk government. It is Gumbatov who led a detachment and went to Karabakh to fight for the "territorial integrity of Azerbaijan". It is surprising that today he affords to give a helpful hand to Holland Armenians.

There is an Armenian proverb. As translated to English, it sounds approximately like this: "To please the fiancé at the expense of bride". What the Talish leaders are trying to do is quite alike the proverb.

Artyom Yerkanyan