A radical Azeri group named “Organization of Karabakh liberation” is going to picket the “Hyatt Regency” hotel where the members of Armenian delegation will be hosted. The leader of the organization, Akif Nagi demands from the authorities of his country not to allow the visit of Armenians and declares that otherwise he guarantees serious inconveniences. He says that “Whatever happens, the authorities will bear all the responsibility for the events, even if they arrest us”.
But apparently, nobody is going to arrest the provoker. Up to now the authorities either have ignored or encouraged everything he did. For example, once he declared that the entrance in the country of the persons with Armenian origins should be prohibited. Last October when the session of the heads of railway institutions of CIS countries was being held in Baku, Nagi said that the participant from Yerevan would become the last Armenian to enter the territory of Azerbaijan.
It seems that his promises are not so unreal. In summer 2001 the Azerbaijani special services guarding the members of Karabakh delegation participating in the international forum on protection of human rights created all the necessary conditions for fulfilling the planned operation as a result of which an attack on the head of the Karabakh committee of “Helsinki Assembly” Karen Ohanjyan was undertaken. As expected, the violator was immediately released after the arrest. The Baku press made him a hero.
The delegates of the scientific conference dedicated to the ecology problems were also met with slogans “Death to Armenians”. The organizers were arrested but also released immediately. After only few days Akif Nagi again started his aggressive activity protesting against the arrival of representative of the Yerevan municipality who was participating in the General Assembly of the capital cities-members of the Black Sea Economic cooperation. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani official persons and representatives of NGOs are always welcome in Yerevan. The Azerbaijani delegations visiting Yerevan from time to time are always satisfied with the hospitality of Armenians. “I was met with bread and salt in Yerevan airport. Armenians were demonstrating their hospitality and I felt myself comfortable in Yerevan,” Health Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Insanov said after visiting Yerevan.
The above mentioned facts prove that the Azeri authorities do not even try to create guarantees of security for the members of the Armenian delegations. They do not appreciate the good will of the Armenian authorities and continue to create an atmosphere of hostility which is being noticed by the representatives of international organizations who are trying to avoid organizing international forums in Baku.
