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03 May 2008 [14:12] – Today.Az

Condoleezza Rice’s statement addressed to Azerbaijan is extremely unfounded.

According to it, the socio-political situation and other matters are alright in Armenia and Georgia, and Azerbaijan is the only backward state of the region,” said Ramiz Mehtiyev, Head of Azerbaijan’s Presidential Executive Office. He dismissed Rice’s remarks as illogical. “It can be deduced from Rice’s statement that March events in Armenia should be repeated in Azerbaijan so that she say good things about us. I view her words as an unfounded statement,” he added. /APA/

I’ve finally moved Freedom of the Press in Azerbaijan articles to this page. They will mostly be simple copies from Today.az     They were found at another blog I made – this page.

Being an expat, some things may be more painful for me than locals who often seem to have a resigned acceptance to the way things are in this country.  I haven’t met one local who is optimistic about democracy in this country.  People see the only solution as emigrating.  My hope is that this blog records a movement towards uninterrupted freedom of the press, which is a fundamental requirement for the establishing and maintenance of democracy.