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MEDIATORS MANAGE TO KEEP OLD FORMAT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH TALKS
E. Tariverdiyeva
Trend
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan
It is too early to make conclusions on the talks between the
Azerbaijani and Russian presidents, as the tone of the statements
issued in Moscow and Baku is rather restrained, Vestnik Kavkaza Editor
Alexei Vlasov said.
"We have to wait until Aug. 12 for the meeting between Russian and
Armenian presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan at the CSTO
summit," he said. "I think much will become clear."
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid a working visit to Sochi upon
Medvedev's invitation on Aug. 9. During the visit, the presidents
discussed bilateral relations and cooperation and Russia express its
determination to continue efforts in this regard, Chief of the Foreign
Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration
Novruz Mammadov told Trend.
The last talks over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were held upon
Russia's initiative in Kazan in June. This ninth meeting was
trilateral.
"However, regarding trilateral meetings, I think that the mediators
will be able to keep the old format of the negotiation process,"
Vlasov said. "But I will not forecast the specific results."
He said that the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani talks reminds of
the unstable and unpredictable state of the international markets.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
E. Tariverdiyeva
Trend
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan
It is too early to make conclusions on the talks between the
Azerbaijani and Russian presidents, as the tone of the statements
issued in Moscow and Baku is rather restrained, Vestnik Kavkaza Editor
Alexei Vlasov said.
"We have to wait until Aug. 12 for the meeting between Russian and
Armenian presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Serzh Sargsyan at the CSTO
summit," he said. "I think much will become clear."
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid a working visit to Sochi upon
Medvedev's invitation on Aug. 9. During the visit, the presidents
discussed bilateral relations and cooperation and Russia express its
determination to continue efforts in this regard, Chief of the Foreign
Relations Department of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration
Novruz Mammadov told Trend.
The last talks over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were held upon
Russia's initiative in Kazan in June. This ninth meeting was
trilateral.
"However, regarding trilateral meetings, I think that the mediators
will be able to keep the old format of the negotiation process,"
Vlasov said. "But I will not forecast the specific results."
He said that the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani talks reminds of
the unstable and unpredictable state of the international markets.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. -
are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.