POLITICS
ALI HASANOV: I AM CONVINCED THAT GUIDED BY INTERESTS OF AMERICAN PEOPLE BARACK OBAMA WILL SEEK DEEPENING OF RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN
“Development of relations between Azerbaijan and the USA is in the interest of both nations. These relations are on a level of strategic partnership, and our ties will deepen further no matter who governs the USA,” Ali Hasanov, Head of the Department of Socio-Political Affairs at the Azerbaijan President’s Administration told AZERTAC.
He said: “A policy based on peoples` choice should be continued, no matter who governs a country. Of course, the best president is the president elected by people. Since the people of America have elected Obama, then it is the people`s wishes and hopes that his further activities will reflect. At the same time, reflection of the people`s wishes and hopes in his activities is in favor of Azerbaijan because national interests of Azerbaijan coincide with the interests of the American people.”
Ali Hasanov said that a policy built under the influence or at the insistence of any Diaspora does not meet the interests of the American people, noting that specifically, the Armenian lobby`s efforts to influence the US Administration or its policy do not meet the people`s interests. “That`s why we believe that irrespective of who has been elected the president in the USA, its common interests, national interests and peoples` interests will always prevail,” he said.
Ali Hasanov pointed out that Azerbaijan normally accepts any proposal or recommendation aimed at developing sincere and real democracy, adding however that “we unambiguously reject recommendations or claims with respect to any issue if they are made with the aim to influence or put pressure on us.”
“Azerbaijan demands sincere and open attitude towards sincere and open policy it pursues. Cooperation between the US democrats and the Azerbaijani authorities exists and will continue. It is in the interests of both Azerbaijan and USA that relations between our states further develop on a level of strategic partnership,” he said.
Touching upon the so-called “Armenian genocide”, Ali Hasanov said that passing of what has never occurred will fail, noting “if the “Armenian genocide” occurred, it should be recognized early or late. “But if it did not, then someone’s announcing its recognition can change nothing. History puts everything right in due time. Specifically, the “Armenian genocide” is a fiction, nonsense, something that has nothing to do with reality. Its going down in history is impossible.”