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KARABAKH TALKS SHOULD CONTINUE - AZERBAIJANI COMMENTATOR
news.az
July 13 2010
Azerbaijan
Rasim Musabeyov Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on Karabakh have to
continue, even though they have yet to be productive, Azerbaijani
analyst Rasim Musabeyov has said.
He was responding to the view of Armenian analyst Stepan Grigoryan,
expressed as part of public debates at the 1news.az Political
Discussions Club.
"I agree with my colleague Stepan Grigoryan that the talks, even
though they have not been productive so far, should continue,"
Musabeyov said. "Difficult talks are always better than no talks and
especially better than war. But we must understand that unproductive
talks undermine confidence in a possible peace settlement. After all,
military capability is growing in parallel and in recent years has
considerably strengthened.
"Many people in Azerbaijan think that the Armenians are holding talks
only to protract the process and make the world and Azerbaijan accept
the new 'status quo'."
"Stepan Grigoryan says that Azerbaijan's attempt to extract unilateral
concessions from Armenia on the liberation of the occupied territories
will fail. But this is a question of compromise, not unilateral
concessions," Musabeyov said.
He did not agree with Grigoryan that Azerbaijan is strongly
exaggerating Armenians' dependence on Moscow as well as the importance
of the Russian factor in the Karabakh conflict settlement.
"I would like to draw attention to the fact that none of the Minsk
Group co-chairs, even Armenia's ally Russia, delved into the details
of which side was the initiator of the recent armed incident [on the
contact line separating Armenian and Azerbaijani troops]. The Armenian
public are told that this is a clear signal that the world will not
allow Azerbaijan to restore its territorial integrity by force.
"Whether this should be done now, whether the results will be
commensurate with the expense and losses, is another question. These
are the conditions, not international reaction, that make Baku seek
a solution to the problem at the negotiating table. Unfortunately,
there is an alternative to peace talks and it is a new war. This
alternative is unacceptable to me, and to my colleague Mr Grigoryan,
but as an analyst, I cannot rule out such a turn of events, especially
if the talks do not emerge from the current blind alley."
From: A. Papazian
news.az
July 13 2010
Azerbaijan
Rasim Musabeyov Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on Karabakh have to
continue, even though they have yet to be productive, Azerbaijani
analyst Rasim Musabeyov has said.
He was responding to the view of Armenian analyst Stepan Grigoryan,
expressed as part of public debates at the 1news.az Political
Discussions Club.
"I agree with my colleague Stepan Grigoryan that the talks, even
though they have not been productive so far, should continue,"
Musabeyov said. "Difficult talks are always better than no talks and
especially better than war. But we must understand that unproductive
talks undermine confidence in a possible peace settlement. After all,
military capability is growing in parallel and in recent years has
considerably strengthened.
"Many people in Azerbaijan think that the Armenians are holding talks
only to protract the process and make the world and Azerbaijan accept
the new 'status quo'."
"Stepan Grigoryan says that Azerbaijan's attempt to extract unilateral
concessions from Armenia on the liberation of the occupied territories
will fail. But this is a question of compromise, not unilateral
concessions," Musabeyov said.
He did not agree with Grigoryan that Azerbaijan is strongly
exaggerating Armenians' dependence on Moscow as well as the importance
of the Russian factor in the Karabakh conflict settlement.
"I would like to draw attention to the fact that none of the Minsk
Group co-chairs, even Armenia's ally Russia, delved into the details
of which side was the initiator of the recent armed incident [on the
contact line separating Armenian and Azerbaijani troops]. The Armenian
public are told that this is a clear signal that the world will not
allow Azerbaijan to restore its territorial integrity by force.
"Whether this should be done now, whether the results will be
commensurate with the expense and losses, is another question. These
are the conditions, not international reaction, that make Baku seek
a solution to the problem at the negotiating table. Unfortunately,
there is an alternative to peace talks and it is a new war. This
alternative is unacceptable to me, and to my colleague Mr Grigoryan,
but as an analyst, I cannot rule out such a turn of events, especially
if the talks do not emerge from the current blind alley."
From: A. Papazian