Nizami Jafarov

"If one looks closely, it becomes clear that all the origins and scenarios of conflicts in the South Caucasus are strikingly similar," MP Nizami Jafarov said, commenting to 1news.az on the current tensions between Georgia and Armenia.

"The main cause of the conflict between Georgia and Armenia is a national history, which is mostly artificial. By reading the history of the past, Armenians and Georgians are turning it into an ideological and political factor today. Armenians cannot say ‘goodbye’ to the tales of past years about ‘Great Armenia’, invented by the church and the nationalist ideologists of the Armenian people. Unfortunately, this is why Armenian-Georgian relations may become an inflammatory factor of destabilization in the South Caucasus in the long run," Jafarov said.

"A third party, Azerbaijan, which by virtue of its mentality has never had claims on other people's territories, usually suffered more than others as a result. But today the situation is changing and Azerbaijan’s enemies are no longer able to make any claims. Therefore, Armenians and their foreign backers have chosen Georgia as the weak link in the South Caucasus. Their appetites are fuelled by the fact that Georgia is losing the territories that were included in it in Soviet times. Armenia has an irresistible desire to tear off a tasty morsel of Georgian land.

"Therefore, Armenians are trying hard to exaggerate their own problems with Georgians, thereby, preparing the ground to justify before the world community possible future aggression against neighbouring Georgia," the MP said.

"As for Azerbaijan, they will still have a big problem and being aware of this Armenians throughout the world are developing a long-term defence strategy in the hope of rescuing their state. The Karabakh conflict has awakened the people of Azerbaijan who are now going through a phase of demographic growth. That is why the Azerbaijani people are calm about their future and confident of victory over their enemies and the liberation of all the occupied territories in the near future," Jafarov concluded.

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