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AZERBAIJAN SHOULD GIVES UP THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VASSAL - ZERKALO
Tert.am
09.08.11
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict will not be settled in favor of
Azerbaijan unless the country gives up the psychology of vassal in
its relationship with Russia,the Azerbaijani newspaper Zerkalo said
in an article commenting on the possible outcomes of the upcoming
meeting between the Russian and Azeri presidents.
"A new meeting between [Presidents] Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev is
set to take place in Sochi today. On the sidelines of the CSTO leaders'
non-official summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Medvedev will also meet
with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The parties are expected to
exchange ideas on the Karabakh conflict. Let's note that the meeting
between Medvedev and Aliyev is going to take place in an environment
which not politically or psychologically favorable for Azerbaijan,"
says the paper.
Addressing Medvedev's recent statement that Armenia and Azerbaijan
learned serious lessons from the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, the
publication further says: "Generally speaking, the Russian president
used Georgia's example to 'teach a lesson' to Azerbaijan, a country
which never wearies of saying that in case of a failure in peace talks
it will consider itself entitled to liberate the Armenian-occupied
territories through military operations."
The author of the article claims Medvedev's words would push Armenia
to send the Madrid Principles "to the archive" without any fear.
The paper criticizes the Azerbaijani authorities for not making a
timely response to Medvedev's recent statement.
"Medvedev's words should have deserved a severe criticism not by
Baku but rather - by the senior representatives of the ruling Yeni
Azerbaijan party ... The Azerbaijani authorities never get tired of
repeating that their people's patience is wearing thin, and in case
the peace process fails to produce any result in the near future, Baku
will have to resort to military operations to settle the problem. But
Medvedev's statement leads to the assumption that Azerbaijan is ready
to tolerate the status quo forever," the paper comments.
It further says that Azerbaijan has to demonstrate, at least on an
official level, that it does not succumb to blackmails following
Medvedev's statement.
Emphasizing that Medvedev's statements were not unintentional in the
run-up to the meeting in Sochi, the paper says: "It's quite possible
that the Russian president is making his last attempt to save his
personal mission as a mediator in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement process. If we probe into the Russian leaders' statement,
the blackmail against the official Baku will turn out to have a
specific purpose in the short run. In short, Russia is seeking to make
Azerbaijan more yielding. But it is necessary to dismiss all kinds
of impressions that Russia will chose blackmail to achieve that. "
The paper claims that the existing situation is not favorable for
Azerbaijan.
"The above-mentioned factors increase the risks for Azerbaijan to a
certain extent but they are also a serious argument supporting [the
theory] that it is necessary to get rid of the psychology of vassal.
Unless that condition is met Baku will achieve neither favorable
conditions in the Karabakh settlement process nor respect on the
global level," it says.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
09.08.11
The Nagorno Karabakh conflict will not be settled in favor of
Azerbaijan unless the country gives up the psychology of vassal in
its relationship with Russia,the Azerbaijani newspaper Zerkalo said
in an article commenting on the possible outcomes of the upcoming
meeting between the Russian and Azeri presidents.
"A new meeting between [Presidents] Dmitry Medvedev and Ilham Aliyev is
set to take place in Sochi today. On the sidelines of the CSTO leaders'
non-official summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Medvedev will also meet
with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. The parties are expected to
exchange ideas on the Karabakh conflict. Let's note that the meeting
between Medvedev and Aliyev is going to take place in an environment
which not politically or psychologically favorable for Azerbaijan,"
says the paper.
Addressing Medvedev's recent statement that Armenia and Azerbaijan
learned serious lessons from the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, the
publication further says: "Generally speaking, the Russian president
used Georgia's example to 'teach a lesson' to Azerbaijan, a country
which never wearies of saying that in case of a failure in peace talks
it will consider itself entitled to liberate the Armenian-occupied
territories through military operations."
The author of the article claims Medvedev's words would push Armenia
to send the Madrid Principles "to the archive" without any fear.
The paper criticizes the Azerbaijani authorities for not making a
timely response to Medvedev's recent statement.
"Medvedev's words should have deserved a severe criticism not by
Baku but rather - by the senior representatives of the ruling Yeni
Azerbaijan party ... The Azerbaijani authorities never get tired of
repeating that their people's patience is wearing thin, and in case
the peace process fails to produce any result in the near future, Baku
will have to resort to military operations to settle the problem. But
Medvedev's statement leads to the assumption that Azerbaijan is ready
to tolerate the status quo forever," the paper comments.
It further says that Azerbaijan has to demonstrate, at least on an
official level, that it does not succumb to blackmails following
Medvedev's statement.
Emphasizing that Medvedev's statements were not unintentional in the
run-up to the meeting in Sochi, the paper says: "It's quite possible
that the Russian president is making his last attempt to save his
personal mission as a mediator in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement process. If we probe into the Russian leaders' statement,
the blackmail against the official Baku will turn out to have a
specific purpose in the short run. In short, Russia is seeking to make
Azerbaijan more yielding. But it is necessary to dismiss all kinds
of impressions that Russia will chose blackmail to achieve that. "
The paper claims that the existing situation is not favorable for
Azerbaijan.
"The above-mentioned factors increase the risks for Azerbaijan to a
certain extent but they are also a serious argument supporting [the
theory] that it is necessary to get rid of the psychology of vassal.
Unless that condition is met Baku will achieve neither favorable
conditions in the Karabakh settlement process nor respect on the
global level," it says.
From: A. Papazian