Thursday 14 March 2019
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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-hosts:
In Azerbaijan at Radio Khazar: John Batchelor; Monica Crowley, senior correspondent at the Washington Times, and Fox News; Christopher Nixon Cox, nonresident Fellow at The Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University.
Translator: Tural Balakishiyev
In New York: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents
In Azerbaijani, “baku” means “windy.”
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Hour One
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 1, Block A: Dr. Taleh Ziyadov, Port of Baku director-general, in re: Azerbaijan is the bridge between two continents. Has risen from the ashes of the Soviet Union. Can register a business, sell shares, perform all technological deeds, on your iPhone. The concept of hub historically was driven by caravans, then ocean liners; now, everything is trackable on an iPhone.
Last year, the long-awaited convention [The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is a treaty signed at the Fifth Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on 12 August 2018 by the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan] brought certitude to the five littoral states. We have a good port and good railways, but if our neighbors don't we’ll all be stuck; we want all of them to develop, as they want us to. A win-win strategy to common prosperity.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 1, Block B: Tamam Biyatly, Communications Manager of the BP Azerbaijan Communication and External Affairs Department, & Guivami Rahimli, BP, in Azerbaijan on the Caspian; in re: Sangachal oil gas. Each nation is responsible for the safety of the pipeline in its territory. We’re all very careful in all matters of safety; 7,000-plus kilometers in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 1, Block C: Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, in re: his book, The Case for Trump (1 of 2)
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 1, Block D: Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, in re: his book, The Case for Trump (2 of 2)
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Hour Two
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 2, Block A: Monica Crowley and Christopher Nixon Cox; in re: Baku Global Forum. Poets here are the rock stars of the country; Nizami Ganjavi is Azerbaijani (not Persian, as the State Department has accidentally claimed). Last night’s dinner with President Aliyev. The rich and amazing hospitality: not only personally, but they want American business to come in. All leaders in the country say, “We’re open to the world” — this nation is open for business. Ashraf Gani was present; Kerry Kennedy was, also, accepting an award. Farid Zakaria of CNN at the dinner. Monica loved the Caucasus.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 2, Block B: General Ram Yavne, in re: Syria; and the Hezbollah secret cell on the Golan border; Lebanon; Israeli politics.
- https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-has-exposed-new-hezbollah-cell...
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-says-hezbollah-operative-is-setting-...
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/13/hizbollah-commander-captured...
General Ram Yavne is the visiting IDF Military Fellow at JINSA. General Yavne has served in the IDF for 32 years. He served as the Head of the Strategic Division in the Planning Directorate of the IDF General Staff (J5) from 2015-2018. He previously also served as the head of the Regional Strategy Department, the senior intelligence officer in the IDF's Northern Command, and in other key intelligence positions. Brigadier General Yavne holds a Master's degree in Political Science and Bachelor's degrees in Middle Eastern Studies and History from Haifa University, and he is a graduate of both the IDF Staff & Command College and the Israel National Defense College. He also received training under the auspices of the US Defense Intelligence Agency.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 2, Block C: Prof Ali Hasanov, assistant to the president, Republic of Azerbaijan; in re:
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 2, Block D: Tural Ganjaliyev, Nagorno-Karabakh, Republic of Azerbaijan, in re: The frozen conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. OECD group is carrying out mediation, unfortunately with no result yet. UN, EU, Council of Europe, and others, have made clear that they recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan (i.e., oppose Armenia’s theft of land). We ask Americans please to support a just peace. The Armenian diaspora in America tells the story falsely; have organized and spent more money than Azerbaijanis have.
Restoration of transport links, energy transport, many deeds will create harmony, peace, prosperity.
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Hour Three
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 3, Block A: Dr. Taleh Ziyadov, Port of Baku director-general, in re: Azerbaijan is the bridge between two continents. Has risen from the ashes of the Soviet Union. Can register a business, sell shares, perform all technological deeds, on your iPhone. The concept of hub historically was driven by caravans, then ocean liners; now, everything is trackable on an iPhone.
Last year, the long-awaited convention [The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea is a treaty signed at the Fifth Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on 12 August 2018 by the presidents of Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan] brought certitude to the five littoral states. We have a good port and good railways, but if our neighbors don't we’ll all be stuck; we want all of them to develop, as they want us to. A win-win strategy to common prosperity.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 3, Block B: Tamam Biyatly & Guivami Rahimli, in Azerbaijan on the Caspian; in re: Sangachal oil gas. Pipelines security.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 3, Block C: Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, in re: his book, The Case for Trump (1 of 2)
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 3, Block D: Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution, in re: his book, The Case for Trump (2 of 2)
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Hour Four
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 4, Block A: Roderick Leffler, chairman of the Shahdag Tourism Center, Republic of Azerbaijan; in re: Luxe ski resort among the slopes; in some ways, more beautiful than Switzerland and wholly unspoiled. Three spas.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 4, Block B: Inam Karimov, Minister of Agriculture. Republic of Azerbaijan, in re: Rich fields, and bountiful water from the Caucasus. Exportation plans. The pomegranate is our national symbol. Protecting the ecology and the quality of the lands. Forty per cent of Azerbaijan’s land is occupied by Armenia. We have a diversified climate so need to be scrupulous to get maximum yield and also protect nature. The state subsidizes innovative policies. Ag sector is exempt from taxes (except for land).
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 4, Block C: Ziyaddin Aliyev, mayor of Quba, Republic of Azerbaijan; in re: We have many ethnicities here, and the farmers work together comfortably. Have been living in peace for many centuries; have integrated to form longstanding family relationships. Muslims and Jews celebrate holidays together here. Unusual in the Moslem world to have synagogues and mosques side by side. We have Christian churches in the region. We’re closer to Daghestan than Baku.
Thursday 14 March 2019/ Hour 4, Block D: Pesach Issakoff & Haji Naib Sattarov, mayor and citizen of the ancient Orthodox Jewish-community of Quba in Azerbaijan; in re: Mutual respect among Muslims and Jews for each other’s religion and practices. Living in harmony for a millennium. Tolerance and good nature have ever been built into the Azerbaijani temperament. [See: https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/march-26-gilaki-synagogue-r...
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