News.Az interviews Azerbaijani political scientist and diplomat Fikret Sadikhov.
Is it possible to say that after the US House committee adopted a resolution recognizing the killings of Armenians in 1915 as 'genocide', the loss of US influence in Azerbaijan and Turkey has reached an all-time low?
There is no doubt about it. The Americans have gone beyond the boundaries of the possible to lose the great reserve of trust in them that accumulated in Azerbaijan and Turkey in recent years. It has even come to the point when hatred towards the United States and its false ideals has formed in Azerbaijan. Our country has repeatedly tried to make closer ties with the US political elite, to find a friend there, but in response it has seen an openly biased and mercantile attitude towards itself. It is already clear that different circles in the United States are closely linked to the Armenian diaspora, thanks to which most of them become congressmen and influential people.
The United States is the only country that allocates annual official financial aid to the Karabakh separatists. In addition, the United States is clearly concerned at the strengthening of Azerbaijani-Turkish fraternity which cannot be spoiled by the interested parties, while Azerbaijan is developing economically and becoming a more influential state in the region.
In other words, many factors have caused the loss of US influence in Azerbaijan and the adoption of the resolution on the so-called 'Armenian genocide' in the congressional committee was the last straw.
The US State Department report of 1 March says that 30-35% of drug users in Azerbaijan are students. This information caused indignation among the Azerbaijani public and the US embassy in Azerbaijan was obliged to apologize for the inaccurate report. Is this proof that the US State Department has a negative attitude towards Azerbaijan and does not attach special importance to our country if it quotes unchecked figures?
First of all, this proves the two-facedness and double standards of the United States in its policy on Azerbaijan and its unawareness of the realities of life in Azerbaijan, as well as a complete unwillingness to study the life of the Azerbaijani public in detail.
The figures in the US State Department report are not merely insulting to Azerbaijan, they are disgusting in terms of their bias and lies. The fact that the lie was acknowledged by the US embassy in Azerbaijan only further undermined trust in US values, as it showed that reports can easily be changed depending on a country’s reaction to the latest lie.
This is a clear case of amorality in action.
Does the United States have the authority to be an arbiter, as it has not apologized for dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
You are quite right to say that the United States has not apologized for the mass termination of civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for the use of nuclear weapons and that this country has already lost the moral right to teach other nations and states.
Three million Vietnamese were killed by Americans during the war in Vietnam! Just imagine the scale of the loss!
Americans invaded Iraq, presenting to the world a false report about the alleged presence of nuclear arms in Iraq. Even when this lie was disclosed afterwards, the United States did not apologize to the world community and remained in the country where citizens are dying every day.
After this the United States has no moral or ethical right to indicate to other countries the mechanisms for settling problems.
Akper Hasanov
News.Az