Question: Mr. Kocharyan, how would you comment the recent accusations by the President of Azerbaijan against Armenia made in Antalya?

Shavarsh Kocharyan: It is ridiculous and immoral that appearing in Turkey after the terroristic acts in Paris, the President of Azerbaijan tries to make accusations against Armenia. It is a failed attempt to distract the attention of the international community from the traditionally direct connections between Azerbaijan and various terrorist organizations.

I would like to outline only a couple of well-known facts of many.

- During the aggression against the self-determined Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Azerbaijan involved hundreds of fighters under the command of notorious terrorist Shamil Basayev, as well as over three thousand mercenaries from Afghanistan, including the ones under the command of another notorious terrorist - Khatab.

- International reports recorded the fact, that since 1995 the representation of Al-Qaeda terrorist group has been actively functioning in Baku;

- After the bombing of the American Embassy in Nairobi in 1998, the American special agencies registered 60 phone calls of Osama bin Laden to Baku.

- In its statement of November 25, 2002, the UN Security Council stressed the existence of organizations linked to Al-Qaeda in Azerbaijan.

- In their reports the US Congress and State Department stated that Azerbaijan serves as a supply and transit stronghold for international terrorist organizations.

- Hundreds of Azerbaijani citizens are actively involved in the activities of groups committing terrorist acts in Syria and Iraq, including the Islamic State terrorist network, which claimed responsibility for the hideous acts of terrorism in Paris.

What could be expected from the leader of a country, which glorifies lunatic murderers and considers a whole nation the number one enemy of his country?