“The West puts pressure on Azerbaijan and Turkey using Armenian genocide allegations”

Monday, 15 March 2010 11:45

“I see strong pressure towards both on Azerbaijan and Turkey at all steps on so-called Armenian genocide”, said Chief of the International Relations Department of the Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov in his interview to YAP’s website, APA reports.

He said that Chief of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs had instructed congressmen beforehand and called them to obligatory voting: “The analogical step has been taken at Swedish Parliament too: it has been passed by a margin of one vote. But such steps mustn’t be taken. Processes mustn’t be so politicized in the framework of the west’s interests. There can’t be any justification. These are only pressures on Azerbaijan and Turkey. How can such defence and patronage towards Armenia be explained? These show the total character of justice crisis in today’s international relations. But it is impossible to dishearten Azerbaijan and Turkey in such cases. Azerbaijan and Turkey aren’t simple states. The main feature of these states is that they are friendly and brotherly countries, unity of nations with leaders is strong”.

Mammadov noted that Azerbaijani and Turkish diasporas act together to prevent the propaganda of so-called Armenian genocide.