AZERBAIJAN’S STRATEGY OF “SMALL VICTORIES”

Recording the fact that, it is difficult to estimate the resolution submitted by Azerbaijan to the UN General Assembly can’t be estimated as a serious political victory over Armenia, we shouldn’t forget anyhow that the before mentioned fact is a tangible achievement for official Baku in the propaganda war between the two countries.

Even if the resolution “ The Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan” is of consultative nature, the fact that the General Assembly has passed a resolution that entirely expresses Azerbaijan’s standpoints regarding Karabakh conflict and has considered us “occupants”, demonstrates the success of Azerbaijani side in the propaganda war.
In our view the propaganda “pressing” that is used by Azerbaijan for many years on OCSE Minsk group member countries playing the role of a mediator in the negotiation process is much more dangerous. It includes all the possible versions of influence and blackmail, which are used every day and every moment in conditions of the passive and even evidently infantile stance of Armenian diplomacy. During the past years, when our diplomacy was trying to act in accordance with the proposals made by OSCE Minsk group co-Chairs, it turned out that they were demanding the same thing from Azerbaijan and this demand has become ineffective because “The wolf can change his coat but not his disposition”.
While we speak about being constructive, Azerbaijan either destructively criticizes the co-Chairs, or threatens Armenia with a war, or blackmails the international community with oil-gas, or puts into action the potential of GUAM, Islamic conference and other organizations, or comes out with a joint announcement of its political powers against the proposals made by the co-Chairs.
Eventually, slowly but consistently they create the wrong image among the international community that Armenian side that has won the war is interested in the peaceful and civilized settlement of Karabakh conflict, because we are vigilant of the new military clash with Azerbaijan, which is “becoming more and more powerful”. From here they draw a conclusion that some issues that have become a subject of the negotiations must have a pro-Azerbaijani solution.
Azerbaijan is consistently applying the strategy of “small victories”: occupies a position and immediately tries to possess the next one. That is why immediately after the adoption of March 14 resolution Baku openly blackmails Minsk group co-Chairs, intimidating to refuse their service. In return to his “generosity” Azerbaijan demands that the point of the settlement principles submitted in Madrid, which recognizes the sovereignty of NKR people is changed.
Each Ministry of Azerbaijan has already submitted an application to different international organizations regarding this false issue, and the “issues of fires” have been transferred to the tribune of the General Assembly, in case when, from our side the barbarous destruction of the cross-stones in Hin Jugha is marching on the same spot.
It turns out that Armenian side responds only in case Azerbaijan brings surprises and while they manage to block the initiative of the rival, Azerbaijan submits two instead of one. It is evident that in such circumstances, we can’t expect that the fact recorded in the General Assembly on March 14 won’t be repeated.
The passiveness of our diplomacy manifested during the previous years, and because of the absence of Armenian state structures to conduct a consistent propaganda overseas, Armenian people who have celebrated the 20th anniversary of Karabakh movement and two Armenian states are facing tough challenges, because the continuous failings in the sphere of propaganda intimidate to turn into serious failures in the foreign policy.
VARDAN GRIGORYAN

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