Oppositionists warn of the danger of Putin's visit

Baku / 24.09.18 / Turan: A group of public figures, mostly well-known opposition politicians, held a Round Table dedicated to assessing the significance of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Azerbaijan, scheduled for September 25, 2018. The meeting resulted in the adoption of a statement which notes the threat to peace and independence of Azerbaijan that the Russian Federation bears. The existence of the "fifth column" of pro-Russian figures, which the Russian Federation uses in anti-Azerbaijani politics, is noted in Azerbaijan. "The power of Azerbaijan should promptly clarify the deliberate leakage into our society of information about Azerbaijan"s joining the Collective Security Treaty Organization and other blocs led by Russia," said MirmahmudFattayev, IskanderHamidov, SardarJalaloglu, IgbalAgazade, ArifPashayev, ElladaMammadli, Rashid Nazim, FirudinMammadov, Akif Nagy, TuralAbbasli, Ali Aliyev, PanahHuseynov, members of the organizing committee for the preparation of the pro-Karabakh rally.

Participants in the Round Table are confident that the Kremlin is pursuing a policy of regaining control over the post-Soviet countries, using terrorism and separatism for this purpose, the introduction of the Russian army into foreign territories under the guise of peacekeeping forces.

Azerbaijani politicians urge the countries and societies of the region to rally before the threat of Russian expansion, to defend the independence of their states, relying on international security systems. They remind of Russia's direct responsibility for the occupation of Azerbaijani land by Armenia, which resulted in the emergence of about a million refugees and internally displaced persons in the country, as well as the genocide in Khojaly.

Russia continues to support the occupation of Azerbaijani land, while isolating Azerbaijan from international forces that are contrary to the geopolitical aspirations of the Kremlin. The involvement of Azerbaijan in the format of cooperation between the Caspian states is accepted by the opposition as a refusal of the country from its sovereign foreign policy. The authors of the statement prefer synchronization of the Azerbaijani-Russian relations with the Turkish-Russian relations.

The participants of the Round Table support the Azerbaijani-Russian relations in the military-technical and economic fields, but oppose an even greater spread of the Russian language in Azerbaijan, and condemn the Kremlin's opposition to the development of democracy in Azerbaijan.--0--