On May 25, during the public hearing on “Mimicry of Humanity peacekeeping practice” held in the village of Tekal, Georgiant, the Azerbaijani Professor Niyazi Mehti said, – “In the beginning of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Azerbaijan, there were many who with love to their country were outraged that Azerbaijan could lose Karabakh. During the time this (patriotism, note by V. S.) became a means of business. There are people who through the love to Heydar Aliyev earn money. There are problems in the society that one should be brave to criticize them, but they are afraid to criticize them. And to look brave, they begin to act against Armenia and all Armenians. Hurray to patriotism, they are going to demonstrate their hatred against Armenians showing how brave they are. Although there is no courage in it, you may be brave if you do it in Khankendi (Stepanakert), but sitting in Baku, it’s ridiculous.” A participant of the Public hearing, a writer Levon Javakhyan then announced, – “I just thought up a plan. First of all, we should think that not we are fighting, but they make us fight. The first point of the plan is to neglect those who make us fight, stay together with each other, making false reconciliation, make us fight, let’s get rid of them. I mean especially the North. They don’t like us, nor Azerbaijan, they are fond of their interests. Second, if the 2 sides fight, they curse from one side, they curse from the other side, it is not possible to elaborate any smart plan with hothead. First, we must put an end to these curses from this
and that side. And third, start from the most innocent thing: from the cultural ties. Why, for example, our writers do not go to Azerbaijan, cultural figures from Azerbaijan do not come, the businessmen do not cooperate on the state level, if these things are not done, there will be no ground to start the actual negotiation. Even before the state level, on NGOs level… Only after it we should sit at the table of reconciliation. Without all these things, no matter how many times Serzh Sargsyan and Aliyev sit down, no questions will be solved.
Voskan Sargsyan
