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AZERBAIJANI CONSUL GENERAL IN LOS ANGELES SENDS LETTER TO AUTHOR OF ARTICLE ENTITLED “THE KARABAKH WAR`S BITTER LEGACY”
Baku, April 9 (AzerTAc). Azerbaijani Consul General in Los Angeles Elin Suleymanov has sent a letter to Mark Weis, the author of the article entitled “The Karabakh war`s bitter legacy," which was posted by the Jerusalem Post on April 6.
The letter said: “Sir, - Mark Weiss was correct in describing the legacy of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict as “bitter” (”The Karabakh war`s bitter legacy, ” April 6). He was also right to focus on heart-breaking stories of refugees. Yet had Mr. Weiss visited Azerbaijan and not limited his reporting to Armenia, he would have found stories of exile and personal tragedies in overwhelmingly greater numbers, as the displaced population in Azerbaijan is much more numerous than the article suggests - close to one million people.”
“Moreover, the majority of these people are not refugees from Armenia but internally displaced people in their own country as a result of Armenia`s policy of ethnic cleansing of the occupied territories,” he added.
Suleymanov also underlined: “The bitter legacy of this war and self-isolation of Armenia result from the policy of exclusive ethnicity-based expansionism, an approach rejected by its more diverse and inclusive neighbors such as Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.”
“Armenia could and should be an integral part of our region, sharing in its relative prosperity. For that, it needs to think about the future more than about its past and adopt a vision which extends beyond the narrow limits of ethnicity,” Consul General concluded.
The letter said: “Sir, - Mark Weiss was correct in describing the legacy of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict as “bitter” (”The Karabakh war`s bitter legacy, ” April 6). He was also right to focus on heart-breaking stories of refugees. Yet had Mr. Weiss visited Azerbaijan and not limited his reporting to Armenia, he would have found stories of exile and personal tragedies in overwhelmingly greater numbers, as the displaced population in Azerbaijan is much more numerous than the article suggests - close to one million people.”
“Moreover, the majority of these people are not refugees from Armenia but internally displaced people in their own country as a result of Armenia`s policy of ethnic cleansing of the occupied territories,” he added.
Suleymanov also underlined: “The bitter legacy of this war and self-isolation of Armenia result from the policy of exclusive ethnicity-based expansionism, an approach rejected by its more diverse and inclusive neighbors such as Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.”
“Armenia could and should be an integral part of our region, sharing in its relative prosperity. For that, it needs to think about the future more than about its past and adopt a vision which extends beyond the narrow limits of ethnicity,” Consul General concluded.
