Politician on Aliyev`s statements: "If Armenian prisoners are Nazis,  and the Azerbaijani judicial system is the Nuremberg Trials, then  Armenia is a capitulated Germany"

ArmInfo. If Armenian prisoners are deemed worse than "Nazis," as Azerbaijani President  Ilham Aliyev stated, and the Azerbaijani judicial system is likened to the Nuremberg Trials, then Armenia can be viewed as a capitulated  Germany.

Suren Surenyants, leader of the Democratic Alternative party, made this statement at a press conference in Yerevan on February 17, in response to Aliyev's remarks in an interview with France 24  the previous week.

The politician pointed out that the Azerbaijani president's  statements are don't solely focus on Armenian prisoners. According to  him, they describe the logic behind resolving the  Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.  The politician thinks that Aliyev's  statements were primarily addressed to the international community,  rather than a domestic audience. He noted that they were made in an  interview with France 24, a reputable international platform.

"That is, Aliyev essentially stated that he sees the settlement of  Armenian-Azerbaijani relations not based of mutual agreements or a  balance of power, but on the logic of Armenia's final capitulation.  And he expressed this very clearly," Surenyants believes.

The politician noted that, unlike Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan, Aliyev demonstrates consistency in both his statements and  actions. "Even in the post-war period around Artsakh, we have seen  how the statements of the President of Azerbaijan translate into real  policy, resulting in a high cost for the Armenian people," the leader  of the political force noted. Surenyants expressed his conviction  that Armenian prisoners of war will not be returned as part of the  peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This process has  established a pattern where Armenia consistently make more  concessions than Azerbaijan, while Baku's concessions are symbolic.

Recall, in an interview with France 24, Aliyev called Armenian  prisoners more dangerous than "Nazis" and drew parallels between the  trial of the military-political leadership of Artsakh and the  Nuremberg Trials.