Mikhail Garbachov: ‘Decision on Garabagh’s removal from Azerbaijan was right step’
02 Mar. 2006
Azeri Press Agency - APA
USSR first and last president Mikhail Garbachov turned 75-year old today. He gave an interview to Russian ‘Moscowiski Comsomolets’ publication.
APA reports that Garbachov touched on Azerbaijan’s main problem-Nagorno Garabagh conflict and presumed to admit some facts in the interview. The journalist asked him a question that “Could Moscow abolish the separatist regime in Nagorno Garabagh in 1988 and demand Azerbaijan to provide more freedoms to Nagorno Garabagh without attaching to Armenia?”
Garbachov answers that Moscow was preparing to allocate 1 billion rubles to the development of Garabagh which population is 180,000 to make Baku to issue grants, to open communications with Armenia and to give the status of Autonomous Republic.
“But meanwhile, Garabagh was announced the integral territory of Armenia at the session of Armenian Supreme Assembly. What did I have to do? Did I have to place troops to Armenia? I think that decision on removal of Nagorno Garabagh from Azerbaijan was right step”.“How would the compromise be available?” Garbachov answered that it was possible within USSR only. Exercising force would be ineffective. Chechnya is a proof”.
The journalist asked “but you placed the troops to Tbilisi, Baku and Vilnius?”Garbachov replies that troops were sent to Baku only by his behest. “Baku was out of control then, both the Supreme Assembly and the Central Committee got paralyzed, 200 km border were destroyed, local organizations underwent attacks. I urgently sent Yevgeni Primakov and Andrey Girenko to Baku, they reported me about the situation and they offered to announce curfew and send troops. Placing of troops in Baku prevented further blood shedding”.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
Azeri Press Agency - APA
USSR first and last president Mikhail Garbachov turned 75-year old today. He gave an interview to Russian ‘Moscowiski Comsomolets’ publication.
APA reports that Garbachov touched on Azerbaijan’s main problem-Nagorno Garabagh conflict and presumed to admit some facts in the interview. The journalist asked him a question that “Could Moscow abolish the separatist regime in Nagorno Garabagh in 1988 and demand Azerbaijan to provide more freedoms to Nagorno Garabagh without attaching to Armenia?”
Garbachov answers that Moscow was preparing to allocate 1 billion rubles to the development of Garabagh which population is 180,000 to make Baku to issue grants, to open communications with Armenia and to give the status of Autonomous Republic.
“But meanwhile, Garabagh was announced the integral territory of Armenia at the session of Armenian Supreme Assembly. What did I have to do? Did I have to place troops to Armenia? I think that decision on removal of Nagorno Garabagh from Azerbaijan was right step”.“How would the compromise be available?” Garbachov answered that it was possible within USSR only. Exercising force would be ineffective. Chechnya is a proof”.
The journalist asked “but you placed the troops to Tbilisi, Baku and Vilnius?”Garbachov replies that troops were sent to Baku only by his behest. “Baku was out of control then, both the Supreme Assembly and the Central Committee got paralyzed, 200 km border were destroyed, local organizations underwent attacks. I urgently sent Yevgeni Primakov and Andrey Girenko to Baku, they reported me about the situation and they offered to announce curfew and send troops. Placing of troops in Baku prevented further blood shedding”.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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