Nowruz Mamedov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, has accused Western media of double standards at an international conference on achievements and prospects of cooperation of NGOs. Mamedov called the world’s reaction to military drills in Russia disproportionate in light of the occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh territories.
He reminded that Russia had organized drills 150km from the Ukrainian border. The West had expressed preoccupation with the process. Mamedov reminds that no such worries had been seen around the Armenian drills on occupied territories.
Mamedov emphasized that Azerbaijan’s ban on any flights over its occupied districts imposed 20 years ago had been neglected. In his words, Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 adjacent districts were occupied, the rights of hundreds of thousands of people have been violated.
Moreover, the official added that the West had put its own interests as a priority after the collapse of the bipolar world system.
The head of the Commission for International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy at the Public Chamber, the Director of the Institute of Political Studies, Sergei Markov Vestnik Kavkaza that Western NGOs are silent about provocative military exercises conducted by Armenia on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan due to the intensification of cooperation between Moscow and Baku. "Now we have a common enemy, whose objective is to establish control over countries with large oil and gas resources. Consequently, countries such as Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and Venezuela are at the forefront of the attacks," he said.
Nowruz Mamedov, deputy head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, has accused Western media of double standards at an international conference on achievements and prospects of cooperation of NGOs. Mamedov called the world’s reaction to military drills in Russia unproportional in the light of occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh territories.He reminded that Russia had organized drills 150km from the Ukrainian border. The West had expressed preoccupation with the process. Mamedov reminds that no such worries had not been seen around the Armenian drills on occupied territories.Mamedov emphasized that Azerbaijan’s ban on any flights on its occupied districts imposed 20 years ago was neglected. In his words, Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 adjacent districts were occupied, the rights of hundreds of thousands of people were violated.Moreover, the official added that the West had put its own interests as a priority after the collapse of the bipolar world sys
