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    WAITING FOR A RAIN?

    Lragir.am
    25 Aug 06

    Fires are typical of summers in Karabakh. Hundreds of hectares of
    fields and forests have already burnt, however, so far no arrangement
    has been made on who can help Karabakh put out the fires. Apparently,
    the problem of fires may become another apple of discord in the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. Although those who keep kindling the
    issue intend to reconcile the Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

    Baku seems to have agreed to cooperate with the Armenians, however
    it has assumed a position when cooperation is unacceptable for
    the Armenian side. Say Azerbaijan threatens to report the issue to
    the United Nations, knowing that Armenia has "threatened" to stop
    negotiations in this case. Davit Babayan, political scientist from
    Karabakh said, "It is dificult to explain such an unusual for Baku
    standpoint. For so far the Azerbaijani government has refused to
    cooperate with Nagorno Karabakh on any matter. It is clear that it
    is imposible to undertake anything in these territories without the
    participation of NKR," says Davit Babayan.

    "The only explanation to such an unusual behavior of Azerbaijan is
    pressure from the international community. The problem is that the
    conflict over Karabakh cannot be settled without establishment of an
    atmosphere of confidence between the conflict parties, first of all
    between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan," said David Babayan.

    One of the frequent topics of the Azerbaijani propaganda machine
    is the fires. The analyst says, however, that this time the
    international community does not believe the logic of the Azerbaijani
    propaganda machine. The evidence to this is the report of the personal
    representative of the OSCE CiO Andrzej Kasprzyk, stating that the fires
    are the result of climatic processes and the unusually hot climate.

    The Azerbaijani propaganda failed to confuse the international
    community, moreover, the attitude of the international community was
    highly negative.

    Azerbaijan was advised to launch a project of joint struggle against
    fires. "It was a strong blow to Azerbaijan which appeared in a
    difficult situation on taking this advice. Now the government has
    to explain their own people why they have to contact "separatists"
    who "are destroying" the cultural heritage of Azerbaijan," stated
    D. Babayan.

    Now Armenia has to assume a corresponding stance. For government in
    Karabakh is elected, and all the negotiations must be conducted with
    the NKR government, not the foreign ministry of Armenia. And if the
    international community will apparently go on persuading the parties
    until it starts raining.
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