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The statement of a member of Azerbaijani opposition movement REAL, Erkin Gadirli that the Armenian leaders should be killed is terrorism in its purist form. The former ambassador to Azerbaijan, Richard Kauzlarich has written about this for the website of Azerbaijani Meydan TV.

“I regard this as unacceptable coming from anyone, especially someone playing a political role as Erkin does. Erkin Gadirli must retract that endorsement of terrorism,” the ambassador said.

“Second we now have the combination of an Azerbaijani opposition figure calling for the assassination of Armenian officials, and the President of Azerbaijan claiming that Armenia is actually part of historic Azerbaijan. So as a former diplomat I ask: how do you peacefully negotiate a settlement to the N-K conflict under such outrageous statements?” said Kauzlarich.

According to him, for 20 years he has been involved in the tragedy of Nagorno Karabakh and ethnic wars in the Balkans.

“There comes a time when someone needs to stand up and say that enough Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Albanians have died. It is not worth one more life in the name of revenge, or righting historical wrongs. It is time for peace and reconciliation. Maybe it is time for the children of the South Caucasus and the Balkans to take this over because the adults are only making matters worse,” the former ambassador summed up.