POLITICS
Ambassador Suleymanov: Criticism of Azerbaijan is mistaken VIDEO
Washington, January 8, AZERTAC
The Wall Street Journal has published Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S. Elin Suleymanov`s letter entitled “Criticism of Azerbaijan Is Mistaken” written in response to former head of the Freedom House David Kramer`s biased article about the Azerbaijani government and judicial system of the country.
Mr. Suleymanov writes: “David J. Kramer`s zealous campaign highlights Azerbaijan`s strategic importance and reveals the author`s well-known personal agenda vis-a-vis my country. The latter led to a case of “strategic blindness,” which is manifested in ignoring the realities on the ground in Eurasia and personal emotions taking precedence over obvious U.S. national interests.”
The Ambassador says: “Mr. Kramer doesn`t allow facts to get in the way of his ideological anti-Azerbaijani zeal, being that the conclusion of an international team of doctors led by a prominent German physician that Leyla Yunus is, actually, healthy or that the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty`s employees in Baku are being questioned in connection with financial mismanagement at their office, a consistent and documented problem at RFE/RL in general.”
“Exaggerating a domestic legal investigation in Azerbaijan as a challenge to America reminds one of Soviet-era campaigns to free “oppressed, innocent Communists” in the U.S. Having lived in the U.S.S.R., I have to admit that, sadly, decades apart, for ideological misinformation campaigns, methods remain the same,” Mr.Suleymanov adds.
Yusif Babanlı
Special Correspondent