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Sept 17 2010
It is time to find new group of negotiators on Karabakh peace process,
former Latvian President says
September 17, 2010 | 19:18
As it is known, recently, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvian former
President, Special Envoy of the U.S. Secretary General and
Vice-Chairperson of the expert group for long-term development of the
European Union (EU), has come forward with a strange initiative on the
appointment of special representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN.
This time, in an interview with Azerbaijani Trend News agency, the
diplomat offered to change the format of the Karabakh peace process,
as the Minsk Group efforts `yield no results'.
`If it is a question of the UN (the appointment of special
representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN-NEWS.am's note), then
some member countries of the UN would have to make such a proposal and
then they would have to get a sufficient number of countries to agree
to it. I must confess that the length of time it has taken the
so-called Minsk Group to try to come to an agreement and quite
evidently without success, it seems to me an argument for looking to a
different group of negotiators who might have better chance of
obtaining the resolution. Because, I think negotiations are an art,
not a science. The OSCE Minsk Group insists on participation in the
negotiating process, but without any results. Maybe it would be a good
idea and good reason to try to get a new team. Now, of course, the old
team's members should agree to step down to get a new team and I have
serious doubts that they would be ready to do it,' she said.
Noteworthy, the Mrs. Vike-Freiberga's `serious misgivings' are not
unfounded at all. The international community repeatedly opposed
Azerbaijan's initiatives on shifting the Karabakh peace process to
other structures, including the UN. Armenia, Russia, France and U.S.
spoke out against such manipulations.
Moreover, on September 9, Azerbaijan removed its draft resolution on
occupied territories of Azerbaijan from the agenda of the 64th session
of the U.N. Parliamentary Assembly. The Armenian authorities called
the withdrawal of Azerbaijan's resolution `a diplomatic victory' of
Yerevan.
From: A. Papazian
Sept 17 2010
It is time to find new group of negotiators on Karabakh peace process,
former Latvian President says
September 17, 2010 | 19:18
As it is known, recently, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvian former
President, Special Envoy of the U.S. Secretary General and
Vice-Chairperson of the expert group for long-term development of the
European Union (EU), has come forward with a strange initiative on the
appointment of special representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN.
This time, in an interview with Azerbaijani Trend News agency, the
diplomat offered to change the format of the Karabakh peace process,
as the Minsk Group efforts `yield no results'.
`If it is a question of the UN (the appointment of special
representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN-NEWS.am's note), then
some member countries of the UN would have to make such a proposal and
then they would have to get a sufficient number of countries to agree
to it. I must confess that the length of time it has taken the
so-called Minsk Group to try to come to an agreement and quite
evidently without success, it seems to me an argument for looking to a
different group of negotiators who might have better chance of
obtaining the resolution. Because, I think negotiations are an art,
not a science. The OSCE Minsk Group insists on participation in the
negotiating process, but without any results. Maybe it would be a good
idea and good reason to try to get a new team. Now, of course, the old
team's members should agree to step down to get a new team and I have
serious doubts that they would be ready to do it,' she said.
Noteworthy, the Mrs. Vike-Freiberga's `serious misgivings' are not
unfounded at all. The international community repeatedly opposed
Azerbaijan's initiatives on shifting the Karabakh peace process to
other structures, including the UN. Armenia, Russia, France and U.S.
spoke out against such manipulations.
Moreover, on September 9, Azerbaijan removed its draft resolution on
occupied territories of Azerbaijan from the agenda of the 64th session
of the U.N. Parliamentary Assembly. The Armenian authorities called
the withdrawal of Azerbaijan's resolution `a diplomatic victory' of
Yerevan.
From: A. Papazian