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KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE ENCOURAGES POST-SOVIET FORMATIONS
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.03.2008 14:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Azeri leaders have reiterated readiness to restore
the territorial integrity of their country by any means, including
the use of force. According to surveys, about 60 per cent of the
population share this opinion," said Sergei Markedonov, the head
of the interethnic relations department at Moscow's Institute of
Political and Military Analysis.
"Ilham Aliyev said his country is ready to fight to a successful
end. Although it would be wrong to assert that Baku is ready for
incursion in fortified Karabakh. Azerbaijan is facing presidential
election in autumn. Victims and casualties can boomerang against the
political elite. We should understand that patriotic rhetoric and
real action are different things. In this respect, existence of a
"protocol of Baku's wise men" on offensive against Karabakh in view
of domestic crisis in Armenia seems rather doubtful," he said.
"Who is to blame for ceasefire violations at the line of contact? The
Armenian and Azeri publics are turned on. It's specifically vivid in
Azerbaijan, which has not resigned itself to the defeat of 1994 so
far. The popularity of revenge grows and each spark may cause great
fire," he said.
"Under the circumstances, proclamation of Kosovo's independence
can provoke conflict but not promote peace. However, if the factor
of force has become the major in Balkans, the same may happen in the
South Caucasus where traditions of political violence has struck roots
as deeply as in Europe," Mr Markedonov resumed, Politcom.ru reports
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.03.2008 14:28 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Azeri leaders have reiterated readiness to restore
the territorial integrity of their country by any means, including
the use of force. According to surveys, about 60 per cent of the
population share this opinion," said Sergei Markedonov, the head
of the interethnic relations department at Moscow's Institute of
Political and Military Analysis.
"Ilham Aliyev said his country is ready to fight to a successful
end. Although it would be wrong to assert that Baku is ready for
incursion in fortified Karabakh. Azerbaijan is facing presidential
election in autumn. Victims and casualties can boomerang against the
political elite. We should understand that patriotic rhetoric and
real action are different things. In this respect, existence of a
"protocol of Baku's wise men" on offensive against Karabakh in view
of domestic crisis in Armenia seems rather doubtful," he said.
"Who is to blame for ceasefire violations at the line of contact? The
Armenian and Azeri publics are turned on. It's specifically vivid in
Azerbaijan, which has not resigned itself to the defeat of 1994 so
far. The popularity of revenge grows and each spark may cause great
fire," he said.
"Under the circumstances, proclamation of Kosovo's independence
can provoke conflict but not promote peace. However, if the factor
of force has become the major in Balkans, the same may happen in the
South Caucasus where traditions of political violence has struck roots
as deeply as in Europe," Mr Markedonov resumed, Politcom.ru reports
From: Baghdasarian