Thursday, 28 03 2024
Thursday, 28 03 2024
14:10
Vasquez and Nacho will also extend the contract with “Real.”
13:51
The new Ukrainian law discriminates against Russian speakers, Armenian speakers, and Roma
13:32
“It’s hard for me to stay in the football world.” Mkhitaryan gave a briefing
13:13
The Foreign Ministry of Latvia declared the Russian diplomat persona non grata
12:54
Armenia will send humanitarian aid to Gaza
12:35
Kroos will spend another year in Madrid
12:16
Weather without precipitation is expected
11:57
Georgia will receive 9.25 million euros from UEFA
11:38
Alen Simonyan presented the current security situation in the South Caucasus to his French colleagues
USA
11:19
“The main point of the US-Armenia-EU meeting is economic stability.” Miller
The Armenia-EU-USA meeting is not related to third countries
Nikol Pashinyan’s interview was published in The New York Times
10:22
Banks in Turkey, UAE, and China are delaying payments for Russian oil
“NATO member Turkey will not create problems in this case.” Edgar Vardanyan
18:55
The Prime Minister received the delegation led by the president of France-Armenia Inter-Paranial Friendship Group
18:36
Azerbaijan’s Sambo team refused to come to Yerevan
Mirzoyan visited the Argentine Council of International Relations
17:58
The number of victims of the “Crocus” terrorist attack has reached 140
17:39
I strongly doubt that if Turkey decides to attack Armenia, the Russian border guards will protect it
17:20
The Israeli army is attacking the “Nasser” hospital complex in southern Gaza
17:01
Armenia rejected the proposal of CSTO PA delegations
16:42
All participants of Euro 2024 are known (TEAMS)
16:23
“There is no discussion on EU membership at this stage.” Simonyan
16:04
Ukraine will receive a 1.5 billion loan from the World Bank
15:45
“I am looking for people to come and prove that it is the territory of Armenia.” Simonyan
15:26
There are demonstrations in Budapest demanding Orbán’s resignation
“We came out; I thanked you in the corridor.” Alen Simonyan about the meeting with Tikhanovskaya
14:48
The EU will not transfer 5 billion euros of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
The French ambassador visited the Sotki gold mine with the members of the National Assembly
14:10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan blamed the USA and the EU for helping Armenia

Safarov’s Case- Black Week for Caucasus. Thomas de Vaal

Those who hoped on peaceful solution of long- lasting conflict Between Armenia and Azerbaijan are sure to have had a gloomy week, writes Thomas de Vaal, chief expert of “Carnegie fund of international peace”. Azerbaijani president took a provoking step gifting pardon to Azerbaijani officer who was sentenced to life imprisonment for axing an Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan in 2004 during NATO trainings in Hungary.

De Vaal writes that this murder on ethnic grounds caused burst of emotions both in Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2004. The murderer was a hero for some Azerbaijani parliamentarians, but other Azerbaijani people were ashamed of Safarov’s deed. In Armenia Gurgen Margaryan’s funeral became a state-wide important event. But after 8 years the picture is different. Because of unknown reasons Hungarian government extradited Safarov to Azerbaijan according to the convention signed by both of them, according to which the detained person can bear his punishment in his motherland and acquire right to be free after 25 years of the sentence. But Safarov was not only freed immediately in Azerbaijan, but also was given an apartment in Baku and was promoted to the rank of mayor.

This event caused dissatisfaction of both the US government and Russian FM towards Azerbaijan. What about Armenia, it caused Yerevan to reach the peak of its patience. Armenian authorities are announcing all the time that they are not satisfied by the development of peaceful process. Moreover, in June Armenia directly inquired from Hillary Clinton why the USA ignores the violations of truce by Azerbaijan. Now Armenia has one more cause to refuse to take part in negotiations. Some Armenian commentators even claim the independence of Artskakh. There are even talks of revenge among extremists. Thus, the actions of Azerbaijani government are not mere mistakes, De Vaal writes.

To present their country as a developing and modern one, Azerbaijan joined the UNO security council, organized the Eurovision song contest. But welcoming the murderer as a hero hit the image of the country. The two parties gained only radical elements, – analyses De Vaal. Armenians gained another reason not to trust the Azerbaijani, and the efforts of minority of the latter that was trying to improve relations with Armenia failed.
The only positive fact in this is that universal public will pay more attention to the threat of new conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This conflict is not so far away unless immediate measures are taken, – concluded De Vaal.

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