NAIRA HAYRUMYAN – Aliyev did not find Azerbaijan on the map. What if Turkey and Russia fail to come to an agreement again?
08.03.2020 |: Comment |: By NAIRA HAYRUMYAN, Commentator.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev participated in the opening of the Historical and Geological Museum in Tovuz.
Aliyev got acquainted with the exhibits and reproached the head of the Tovuz region Mamed Mammadov. “What is the map of this century? You have to write. Each map should state what century it is because states and borders have changed. Where did you get this map from? From the Ministry of Culture? Ancient names are written, for example, Sisian.
At that time there was no Sisian name, then they were invented. On the map there is no historical name on the present territory of Azerbaijan except Mingechaur, although Bardan, Gabala, Nakhichevan are our ancient cities … the state of Caucasian Albania is not mentioned here, but look at the letters Urartu, “Aliyev said.
“And if the child asks where is my homeland, where are our ancient cities? He sees Urartu instead, “Aliyev said.
This is not a humorous report, but official information. Azerbaijan really does not know how to substantiate the existence of a state with that name. They do not know what arguments Baku will put forward when the oil runs out and Azerbaijan loses its importance as an oil barrel. What if Turkey and Russia fail to come to an agreement again? Will they have to return the lands to their rightful owners?
Turkey is also worried. Erdogan has invited Putin to Turkey for the 100th anniversary of interstate relations. The basis of these relations is the Russian-Turkish agreement on the partition of Armenia.
Armenia is preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sevres. On March 3, Armenian President Armen Sargsyan met with ARF Bureau representative Hakob Ter-Khachaturyan and discussed with him the events dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Sevres.
At the 79th anniversary of Ataturk’s death, Erdogan said: “The forces that forced Turkey to retreat from the liberation struggle today are trying to force Ankara to return to the terms of the Treaty of Sevres.”
In the fall of 2016, he called for a revision of the Lausanne Treaty of 1923, which formalized the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, when Turkey lost the former Ottoman Empire’s territories, including Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Tripolitania, Andhra Pradesh, Palestine, Lebanon, Palestine, Lebanon and control over Mesopotamia. Only with the agreement with Russia did Turkey retain its Armenian territories.
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