“This is not politics, and the increasing nationalist fervor. I used to have sane Armenians and Azeris: it is not necessary to endure the conflict over the area delineated by a political border,” – said the newspaper VIEW orientalist Andrey Chuprygin, commenting on the failure of the chain stores, which is owned by Azerbaijani businessman Araz Agalarov, sell Armenian goods.
“the Owners of trade networks, of course, nobody can tell on what products to take and which not to take, – the senior lecturer of the School of Oriental studies of the HSE, Andrey Chuprygin. – It is clear to anyone that there is a direct relationship with the rise of the degree of tension in Azerbaijani-Armenian relations, but no laws are violated and the Azerbaijani Diaspora, which controls the trade network that takes this situation.”
On Friday, Armenian Ambassador in Russia Vartan Toganyan reported that the Russian network of shops “Your house”, which is owned by Azerbaijani businessman Araz Agalarov, refused to sell Armenian goods. About this informed the head of the Association of Armenian exporters “the Export of Armenia” Emil Stepanyan. According to him, the stores decided to stop selling all the Armenian products: juices, jams, wine and brandy.
Scandal goods from Armenia erupted in Russia
Ambassador Tahanan said that in the trading network “Your house” “all the shelves filled with goods produced in Azerbaijan.” He called it a provocation aimed “to transform outlets in Russia in the “Big Nagorno-Karabakh”. The diplomat says that the managers of the shopping center openly refer to the guide speaking about the suspension of acceptance of goods produced in Armenia.
The Russian side could not affect the events, said Chuprygin. According to the interlocutor, neither the mayor nor the President of Russia here can not do anything. Leverage is, Azerbaijan and Armenia, among the intellectuals, scientists and politicians of the two Nations. These issues should be resolved there between, said Chuprygin.
“Russia in the context of Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict was in a very difficult position. And Armenia and Azerbaijan, one way or another, maybe reluctantly, but nonetheless appeal to Russia. From the Armenian side all the time the question arises of the CSTO and so on. And then there is Turkey, which unequivocally supports Azerbaijan. And all this is reflected, unfortunately, in the relations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani diasporas, which in Russia is quite large and is a serious eeconomic and social position,” recalled a middle East expert.
Rhetoric in the spirit of “I am your goods will not accept”, “choke on their apples”, “eat your peaches” reminds of spores in kids in a sandbox, stated Chuprygin. It is not to serious politics, and the increasing nationalist fervor. And this can lead to unexpected consequences. “I would go to sane Armenians and Azeris: it’s time to stop, really. Solve the issues among themselves, they should not be placed on the site, which outlined the political border,” said the source.
“And the conflict, I think, will last still long enough. The solution of ethno-territorial issues – the biggest headache of modern politics. This is true not only of Armenians and Azerbaijanis, and other peoples. Importantly, the parties have avoided a full-scale war, and such a danger exists. We are afraid, and rightly so, because then polyhnet all Transcaucasia. Neither Armenians nor Azerbaijanis it is not necessary, but very often the political ambitions of the baffle. God grant that this did not happen”, – concluded Chuprygin.
Earlier, the Armenian Embassy in Russia went to the police because of the difficulties with the access of trucks with fruit from the Republic to the territory of the capital market, Food city, owned by natives of Azerbaijan Year nisanov and Zarah Iliev. Newspaper OPINION wrote that the Moscow market has decided the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.
