AAA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: KARABAKH ARMENIANS MADE THEIR CHOICE FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY

PanARMENIAN.Net - The international community concurs that Armenian Karabakh can never again be governed by Azerbaijan, Executive Director of the Armenian Assembly of America stated in a letter addressed to an American newspaper. The letter was the response to the article by head of the Caspian Energy Consulting Rob Sobhani. Mr. Vartian stated that Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh have made their choice for freedom and democracy while defending their adherence to the legal norms in thew war imposed by Azerbaijan 10 years ago. Besides, in his article Mr. Sobhani claims that Armenian authorities are unable to manage their armed forces and armaments. However just two weeks ago the FBI praised "the professionalism and active cooperation of the Armenian authorities" in a sting operation in which would-be smugglers were nabbed before they attempted to move the weapons into the United States. In fact, Washington has praised Armenia's military cooperation, calling the country a "key partner" in the war on terror. When commenting on Sobhani's statement regarding non-parity of US foreign aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ross Vartian noted that the US assistance to Armenia would not be so critical if Turkish and Azeri blockades were not strangling its eastern and western borders. "Mr. Sobhani was right to mention that Armenian President Robert Kocharian supports a peaceful resolution to the Karabakh conflict while his Azeri counterpart does not. President Ilham Aliyev has declared repeatedly that he is "not in a hurry" to settle the conflict and would start a new war at the time of his choosing", the letter says.