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ARMENIA LOST MUCH BY DELAYING KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION - EXPERT
news.az
April 20 2011
Azerbaijan
Expert Rasim Musabeyov has commented on Armenian ex-President Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's remarks he has made in an interview with BBC Russian
service.
Musabeyov, also non-partisan member of the Azerbaijani Parliament,
the Milli Majlis, said Armenian ex-president was right when he noted
that Nagorno-Karabakh parties were closest to the full resolution of
the problem back in1997.
In his interview, Petrosyan said "the problem could be solved by giving
some territory to Azerbaijan. A truce could be concluded creating an
interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh in order to determine the final
status of Karabakh later."
He said the plan failed as "Karabakh people demonstrated the maximalist
approach, and decided that this is not enough and they can still wait
and get more."
"And this is not only about Karabakh people. There were people in
Yerevan, in my inner circles who were thinking the same way and refused
to accept the plan," Petrosyan underscored. "I said at that time:
once you believe that there is a better solution, I can't undermine
it. Give it a try. Maybe it will work."
Musabeyov said the Karabakh clan and field commanders did not allow
Ter-Petrosyan to conclude a truce in 1997.
"Today many factors prove that an option to drag out Karabakh conflict
resolution was a mistake for Armenia. First and foremost, more 500,000
Armenians have left Armenia over the last 12 years. Secondly, several
huge regional energy transit projects which could enrich the country
and its people have bypassed Armenia," Musabeyov added.
"As a result, the Karabakh clan emerged winners while Armenian
population was losers. "Karabakh thugs" seized themost important
posts in Armenia and became billionaires by delaying the resolution
of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"So that the Karabakh clan does not care that the people of Armenia
are poor, and Armenia is deprived of a development. The main thing
for Karabakh people is to secure comfortable life and power for
themselves."
"But in the end, all this is bound to impact them. After all, Armenia
is in deplorable state: no development, no prospects, the people are
leaving the country with the country heading towards abyss."
"Anyway, sooner or later, Armenia will be obliged to agree to resolve
the conflict, but even now it will not get those favorableconditions
of 1997. It has wasted 12 years of socio-economic development,"
he expert noted.
"As a result, Armenia lost in terms of development and failed to
influence the position of Azerbaijan and the international community
on the Karabakh conflict. After all, today there is a package of
proposals at the negotiating table, not much different from what it
was in 1997, which means that Armenia has gained nothing by delaying
the resolution of the conflict," Musabeyov said.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
April 20 2011
Azerbaijan
Expert Rasim Musabeyov has commented on Armenian ex-President Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's remarks he has made in an interview with BBC Russian
service.
Musabeyov, also non-partisan member of the Azerbaijani Parliament,
the Milli Majlis, said Armenian ex-president was right when he noted
that Nagorno-Karabakh parties were closest to the full resolution of
the problem back in1997.
In his interview, Petrosyan said "the problem could be solved by giving
some territory to Azerbaijan. A truce could be concluded creating an
interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh in order to determine the final
status of Karabakh later."
He said the plan failed as "Karabakh people demonstrated the maximalist
approach, and decided that this is not enough and they can still wait
and get more."
"And this is not only about Karabakh people. There were people in
Yerevan, in my inner circles who were thinking the same way and refused
to accept the plan," Petrosyan underscored. "I said at that time:
once you believe that there is a better solution, I can't undermine
it. Give it a try. Maybe it will work."
Musabeyov said the Karabakh clan and field commanders did not allow
Ter-Petrosyan to conclude a truce in 1997.
"Today many factors prove that an option to drag out Karabakh conflict
resolution was a mistake for Armenia. First and foremost, more 500,000
Armenians have left Armenia over the last 12 years. Secondly, several
huge regional energy transit projects which could enrich the country
and its people have bypassed Armenia," Musabeyov added.
"As a result, the Karabakh clan emerged winners while Armenian
population was losers. "Karabakh thugs" seized themost important
posts in Armenia and became billionaires by delaying the resolution
of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
"So that the Karabakh clan does not care that the people of Armenia
are poor, and Armenia is deprived of a development. The main thing
for Karabakh people is to secure comfortable life and power for
themselves."
"But in the end, all this is bound to impact them. After all, Armenia
is in deplorable state: no development, no prospects, the people are
leaving the country with the country heading towards abyss."
"Anyway, sooner or later, Armenia will be obliged to agree to resolve
the conflict, but even now it will not get those favorableconditions
of 1997. It has wasted 12 years of socio-economic development,"
he expert noted.
"As a result, Armenia lost in terms of development and failed to
influence the position of Azerbaijan and the international community
on the Karabakh conflict. After all, today there is a package of
proposals at the negotiating table, not much different from what it
was in 1997, which means that Armenia has gained nothing by delaying
the resolution of the conflict," Musabeyov said.
From: A. Papazian