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ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS QUESTION NECESSITY OF COMPROMISE
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.02.2008 13:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The January tour of the OSCE Minsk Group, including
talks with the unrecognized NKR authorities, has produced a new portion
of optimistic statements coinciding with "exchange of civilities"
between Yerevan and Baku on the threshold of the presidential
elections, said Sergei Markedonov, head of the international relations
department of the institute of political and military analysis.
According to him, the visit proved that the Presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan interpret the base principles in their own way and
question the necessity of reaching a compromise.
"For Armenia, a referendum in Karabakh is a step toward
self-determination of Karabakhi Armenians. The Azeri Constitution
says that a referendum on status should be conducted throughout
the republic but not on a separate territory. The sides again argue
about domination of territorial integrity and the right of nations
to self-determination," the Russian political scientist said.
"The fact that both principles are equal from the viewpoint of
international law is neglected. There is no hierarchy of these
principles. The Helsinki Final Act the sides often quote supposes
any solution to a problem (both self-determination and territorial
integrity) ruling out the use of force. However, the last phrase is
excluded from the political thesaurus of the negotiation process. Baku
tries to absolutize the territorial integrity while Yerevan appeals
to ethnic self-determination and the "Kosovo casus".
Thus, there will be no progress in talks unless compromise search
becomes a pragmatic and beneficial process," he said, Politcom reports
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.02.2008 13:17 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The January tour of the OSCE Minsk Group, including
talks with the unrecognized NKR authorities, has produced a new portion
of optimistic statements coinciding with "exchange of civilities"
between Yerevan and Baku on the threshold of the presidential
elections, said Sergei Markedonov, head of the international relations
department of the institute of political and military analysis.
According to him, the visit proved that the Presidents of Armenia
and Azerbaijan interpret the base principles in their own way and
question the necessity of reaching a compromise.
"For Armenia, a referendum in Karabakh is a step toward
self-determination of Karabakhi Armenians. The Azeri Constitution
says that a referendum on status should be conducted throughout
the republic but not on a separate territory. The sides again argue
about domination of territorial integrity and the right of nations
to self-determination," the Russian political scientist said.
"The fact that both principles are equal from the viewpoint of
international law is neglected. There is no hierarchy of these
principles. The Helsinki Final Act the sides often quote supposes
any solution to a problem (both self-determination and territorial
integrity) ruling out the use of force. However, the last phrase is
excluded from the political thesaurus of the negotiation process. Baku
tries to absolutize the territorial integrity while Yerevan appeals
to ethnic self-determination and the "Kosovo casus".
Thus, there will be no progress in talks unless compromise search
becomes a pragmatic and beneficial process," he said, Politcom reports