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MEDVEDEV-SARGSYAN-ALIYEV ASTRAKHAN MEETING POSITIVE: A. ISKANDARYAN
Panorama
Oct 28 2010
Armenia
The statement made by the Presidents after the trilateral meeting says
nothing, the director of "Caucasus" institute Aleksander Iskandaryan
told reporters today speaking about Medvedev-Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting
in Astrakhan. As he said, the statement doesn't include the term
"Meyendorff" while Russia's President Medvedev used it during his
meeting with reporters.
"The term "Meyendorff" makes Azerbaijani side nervous, evidently,
this is why the term is missing in the statement," the expert said.
According to Iskandaryan, the Russian side does what it should: first,
it is trying to maintain the status quo, then, it's trying to show
the talks are advancing. Obviously, the other mediators agree with it.
Nevertheless, Iskandaryan said the meeting was positive. "They could
have made no statements, but they have. The talks continue," he said
adding that nothing new should have been expected from the meeting.
As regards Medvedev's statement that Armenia and Azerbaijan might come
to an agreement on the principles of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict before the OSCE summit in Astana in early December,
Iskandaryan called it just a good will of the Russian President.
Remind that the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents issued a
joint statement following the Astrakhan meeting. They re-affirmed the
Meyendorff Declaration and stressed that a political settlement of the
problem requires further efforts to bolster the ceasefire regime and
strengthen confidence-building measures. The Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents agreed that their first step would be an immediate exchange
of prisoners of war and the return of the bodies of those killed. This
would be organized with the help of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
Oct 28 2010
Armenia
The statement made by the Presidents after the trilateral meeting says
nothing, the director of "Caucasus" institute Aleksander Iskandaryan
told reporters today speaking about Medvedev-Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting
in Astrakhan. As he said, the statement doesn't include the term
"Meyendorff" while Russia's President Medvedev used it during his
meeting with reporters.
"The term "Meyendorff" makes Azerbaijani side nervous, evidently,
this is why the term is missing in the statement," the expert said.
According to Iskandaryan, the Russian side does what it should: first,
it is trying to maintain the status quo, then, it's trying to show
the talks are advancing. Obviously, the other mediators agree with it.
Nevertheless, Iskandaryan said the meeting was positive. "They could
have made no statements, but they have. The talks continue," he said
adding that nothing new should have been expected from the meeting.
As regards Medvedev's statement that Armenia and Azerbaijan might come
to an agreement on the principles of settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict before the OSCE summit in Astana in early December,
Iskandaryan called it just a good will of the Russian President.
Remind that the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani Presidents issued a
joint statement following the Astrakhan meeting. They re-affirmed the
Meyendorff Declaration and stressed that a political settlement of the
problem requires further efforts to bolster the ceasefire regime and
strengthen confidence-building measures. The Armenian and Azerbaijani
presidents agreed that their first step would be an immediate exchange
of prisoners of war and the return of the bodies of those killed. This
would be organized with the help of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk
Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
From: A. Papazian