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ARMENIA HAS ALREADY MADE ITS PART OF COMPROMISE. NOW IT'S AZERBAIJAN'S TURN:
ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN, MARCH 11. ARMINFO. Armenia has already made its part of
compromise and now it's Azerbaijan's turn, Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan says n an interview to Shant TV channel.
He says that the Rambouillet meeting has not changed the Karabakh
peace process "for either better or worse." The only problem with
Rambouillet was that it was given special attention. Earlier such
meetings were held within international events and with all their
achievements and set backs were not given so much attention.
This attention was logical as 2005 saw definite progress. The sides
agreed on most of the key principles leaving 1-2 principles for the
presidents. The co-chairs thought that the process was moving in the
right direction and expected the presidents to readily resolve the
remaining problems - which unfortunately did not happen. But Oskanyan
does not think that the process has failed. Simply the problems were
very hard.
It would be wrong to put aside what has already been achieved - for
there will hardly be a similar chance in the coming years. Somewhere
at heart Azerbaijan too knows this. And it has now to decide if it
will further stick to its maximalist position or will try to make a
compromise. If it chooses the former the problem will not be resolved.
ARMENIAN FM
YEREVAN, MARCH 11. ARMINFO. Armenia has already made its part of
compromise and now it's Azerbaijan's turn, Armenian Foreign Minister
Vardan Oskanyan says n an interview to Shant TV channel.
He says that the Rambouillet meeting has not changed the Karabakh
peace process "for either better or worse." The only problem with
Rambouillet was that it was given special attention. Earlier such
meetings were held within international events and with all their
achievements and set backs were not given so much attention.
This attention was logical as 2005 saw definite progress. The sides
agreed on most of the key principles leaving 1-2 principles for the
presidents. The co-chairs thought that the process was moving in the
right direction and expected the presidents to readily resolve the
remaining problems - which unfortunately did not happen. But Oskanyan
does not think that the process has failed. Simply the problems were
very hard.
It would be wrong to put aside what has already been achieved - for
there will hardly be a similar chance in the coming years. Somewhere
at heart Azerbaijan too knows this. And it has now to decide if it
will further stick to its maximalist position or will try to make a
compromise. If it chooses the former the problem will not be resolved.