Chief of department of political analysis and information under Azerbaijan’s presidential administration has commented to journalists on adoption of the resolution on the so-called “Armenian genocide” in the US Congressional Committee on Foreign Relations.

“The adoption of decision on the so-called ‘Armenian genocide’ in the Committee on Foreign Relations of the US Congress is a vivid demonstration of ‘double standards’. First, the difference of one vote after the recalculation is embarrassing. Secondly, the guardians of democracy and human rights in the face of US lawmakers come out with tendentious positions by raising the issues that have not been proven by any historical facts. Discussion of issues related to the events that occurred more than 95 years ago in the US lawmaking body does not promote peace and stability in the South Caucasus region.

Moreover, the legislators who are so actively seeking to establish the truth must have known that the Armenian side committed the genocide in Khojaly on 26 February 1992 which can be compared to the worst examples of killing people. If truth is important for congressmen, why does the Committee on Foreign Relations not raise the issue of Khojaly or demand punishment of the responsible persons?

Or why is the US Congress silent on the genocide of Azerbaijanis in March 1918 by Armenian gangs in Baku, Guba, Lankaran, Salyan and Shamakhy? Why does the US Congress accept for truth the "assurances" of the party that declared Amazasp, Andronicus, and Nzhdeh Droz the national heroes despite their hands are in the blood of thousands of innocent people? Why did the Committee on Foreign Relations turn a blind eye to the fact that the rights of more than one million Azerbaijanis have been violated by Armenia for already 22 years? The question is whether the activity of some congressmen serves the interest of the whole US public or just personal mercantile interests. All this calls into question the sincerity of the US intentions to stabilize the situation in the South Caucasus.

Each step of this kind is a blow to the US ideals of democracy. How can a superpower striving to export democratic values and ideas blindly protect the interests of a handful of Armenian Diaspora organizations and their lobbyists in the legislative body of the United States? Such actions are contradictory to the spirit and logics of the US intention to establish peace and stability in different parts of the world.

Why does Mr. Howard Berman, head of the Committee on Foreign Relations, ignore the proposal of the Turkish side made to Armenia regarding joint study of the historical facts while saying that he has already been for 27 years in the Congress and raising the issue of genocide?

However, the Armenian diaspora and the Armenian leadership raised in the spirit of hatred to anything related to Turks and Azerbaijanis reject the rational and constructive view on the historical realities. The trump of ‘genocide’ has become a kind of a bargaining chip in the hands of those who are trying to put pressure on Turkey. Adoption of the resolution on ‘genocide’ of Armenians in the US Committee was a historical mistake. The people of Turkey remember that the Great Powers deliberately encouraged the Armenians in Turkey to betrayal of the country of  their residence in 1915. And now they want to use the "Armenian trump" in their ambitious interests. But it won’t work. The world has changed. Those who create instability in the South Caucasus will lose. We should hope that common sense would prevail in the US Conress.

Today, the picture of what the Armenian leadership is trying to do by delaying the negotiation process around the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict seems clearer to us.
 
Azerbaijan and Turkey are not only geostrategic allies but also the states linked with history, language and religion. Azerbaijan supports Turkey and we call the Congress to reject the illusory demands of Armenians.

In conditions when the economic situation in Armenia is worsening, the political situation contradicts to norms of democracy and journalists, deputies and other public figures are held in prison, the US Congress along with the Armenian lobby should rather discuss the issues connected with the reason of such a situation and give a just assessment to this. Meanwhile, the Armenian diaspora should realize that by financing the adoption of the resolutions which refer to the past and have no real grounds, they do not take into account the future of Armenia. Baseless resolutions cannot raise the economy that collapsed in period of crisis or create conditions for regional cooperation. Instead, they will further worsen the poor state of Armenia. In other words, people cannot be fed with resolutions.

Third, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian who actively refers to human rights and issues of prevention of crimes against humanity should be reminded that it were Armenian band formations that committed genocide of peaceful Azerbaijanis in 1905, 1918, 1992. Armenian extremists supported by the Armenian leadership killed tens of Turkish and Azerbaijani political and public figures. Therefore, before speaking of human rights and crimes against humanity, Armenian officials should first look into the history of their state…”

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