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RUSSIAN POLITICAL SCIENTIST: RUSSIAN-ARMENIAN COOPERATION SHOULD GO BEYOND STRICTLY BILATERAL
/ARKA/
August 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, August 24./ ARKA /.ã~@~@Russian-Armenian cooperation should
go beyond the purely bilateral and should gradually involve third
countries, said the Deputy Director General of Strategic Culture
Foundation Andrei Areshev.
"It seems to me that this is possible only in exceptional circumstances
with the slightest risk of a resumption of hostilities (in the
conflict zone)," said Areshev on Monday at the International Press
Center "Novosti" during the Moscow-Yerevan video-bridge "Results of
the visit of Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia".
This expert added that the resumption of hostilities could lead
"to really unpredictable consequences."
The beginning of the Karabakh conflict was settled in 1988, following
a statement to withdraw from Azerbaijan by the predominantly
Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh. On December 10, 1991 there was
held a referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh, in which 99.89% voted for full
independence from Azerbaijan.
Following that Azerbaijan initiated large-scale war fares that led
to a loss of control not only over Nagorno-Karabakh but also seven
adjacent districts.
>From 12th of May of 1994, after the entry of the tripartite agreement
on truce in the conflict zone hostilities, in which around 25-30
thousand people were killed from both sides and nearly 1 million were
forced to flee their homes, were ceased.
The agreement on the establishment of the ceasefire has been followed
until now. From 1992 to date, negotiations are being held for a
peaceful settlement of the conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chaired by the United States, Russia and France.
From: A. Papazian
/ARKA/
August 24, 2010
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, August 24./ ARKA /.ã~@~@Russian-Armenian cooperation should
go beyond the purely bilateral and should gradually involve third
countries, said the Deputy Director General of Strategic Culture
Foundation Andrei Areshev.
"It seems to me that this is possible only in exceptional circumstances
with the slightest risk of a resumption of hostilities (in the
conflict zone)," said Areshev on Monday at the International Press
Center "Novosti" during the Moscow-Yerevan video-bridge "Results of
the visit of Dmitry Medvedev to Armenia".
This expert added that the resumption of hostilities could lead
"to really unpredictable consequences."
The beginning of the Karabakh conflict was settled in 1988, following
a statement to withdraw from Azerbaijan by the predominantly
Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh. On December 10, 1991 there was
held a referendum in Nagorno-Karabakh, in which 99.89% voted for full
independence from Azerbaijan.
Following that Azerbaijan initiated large-scale war fares that led
to a loss of control not only over Nagorno-Karabakh but also seven
adjacent districts.
>From 12th of May of 1994, after the entry of the tripartite agreement
on truce in the conflict zone hostilities, in which around 25-30
thousand people were killed from both sides and nearly 1 million were
forced to flee their homes, were ceased.
The agreement on the establishment of the ceasefire has been followed
until now. From 1992 to date, negotiations are being held for a
peaceful settlement of the conflict within the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chaired by the United States, Russia and France.
From: A. Papazian