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EXPERT: TRILATERAL TALKS ARE IMPORTANT TO EXPRESS BAKU'S POSITION
E.Tariverdiyeva
Trend
Aug 10, 2011
Azerbaijan
In any case, the negotiations are better than nothing, since this
is dynamics, process, where the sides sound their positions, the
Azerbaijani political scientist, member of Trend Expert Council Fikret
Sadikhov said, commenting on the Sochi meeting between the Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Russia.
"At the meeting, our leader Ilham Aliyev presented Baku's position
to the negotiating parties - Yerevan and Moscow, and they were able
to understand all of our concerns over the situation, which derives
from the current status quo," Sadikhov told Trend.
As known, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a working visit to
Sochi city upon the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's invitation
on Aug.9.
During the visit, the Presidents appreciated the bilateral relations
and cooperation established between the Azerbaijani Republic and
Russian Federation and expressed their determination to continue
efforts in this regard, Head of the Foreign Relations Department at
the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov told Trend
on Wednesday, commenting on the results of Sochi meeting of Presidents
Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on Tuesday.
The recent talks of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem were held upon Russia's initiative in June
in Sochi. This was the eighth trilateral meeting.
According to Sadikhov, the Azerbaijani side was able to reasonably
and objectively explain to the negotiating parties that in spite
of the tolerance and patience, Baku is principle in the matters of
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and will never make it negotiable.
This is the main result of the negotiations, he said. According to
him, it is important to appreciate Medvedev's role, his involvement
in this process and interest in the results.
"I think that Moscow is interested in the positive outcome of
the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, since the security in the
neighboring region is important for Russia. First of all, the Kremlin
has never made a secret to protect the interests of its ally in the
region - Armenia," he said.
On the other hand, he said, Russia wants to in parallel develop and
intensify relations with Azerbaijan, which turns into an important
regional player, with whom Russia is linked in many spheres of
cooperation.
"In this context, we would like Russia to be more objective in
mediation and that its position would be based not only on its vision
of the situation in the region, but also on the international law and
the decisions and resolutions adopted by international institutions,
and statements of the leaders of the other two co-chairman countries
of the OSCE Minsk Group," Sadikhov said.
Russia, he said, should logically justify its decisions, offer
breakthrough solutions, breakthrough ideas, initiatives that could help
end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and contribute to the restoration
of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
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
In any case, the negotiations are better than nothing, since this
is dynamics, process, where the sides sound their positions, the
Azerbaijani political scientist, member of Trend Expert Council Fikret
Sadikhov said, commenting on the Sochi meeting between the Presidents
of Azerbaijan and Russia.
"At the meeting, our leader Ilham Aliyev presented Baku's position
to the negotiating parties - Yerevan and Moscow, and they were able
to understand all of our concerns over the situation, which derives
from the current status quo," Sadikhov told Trend.
As known, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a working visit to
Sochi city upon the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's invitation
on Aug.9.
During the visit, the Presidents appreciated the bilateral relations
and cooperation established between the Azerbaijani Republic and
Russian Federation and expressed their determination to continue
efforts in this regard, Head of the Foreign Relations Department at
the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Novruz Mammadov told Trend
on Wednesday, commenting on the results of Sochi meeting of Presidents
Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on Tuesday.
The recent talks of Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents over the
Nagorno-Karabakh problem were held upon Russia's initiative in June
in Sochi. This was the eighth trilateral meeting.
According to Sadikhov, the Azerbaijani side was able to reasonably
and objectively explain to the negotiating parties that in spite
of the tolerance and patience, Baku is principle in the matters of
Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and will never make it negotiable.
This is the main result of the negotiations, he said. According to
him, it is important to appreciate Medvedev's role, his involvement
in this process and interest in the results.
"I think that Moscow is interested in the positive outcome of
the negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh, since the security in the
neighboring region is important for Russia. First of all, the Kremlin
has never made a secret to protect the interests of its ally in the
region - Armenia," he said.
On the other hand, he said, Russia wants to in parallel develop and
intensify relations with Azerbaijan, which turns into an important
regional player, with whom Russia is linked in many spheres of
cooperation.
"In this context, we would like Russia to be more objective in
mediation and that its position would be based not only on its vision
of the situation in the region, but also on the international law and
the decisions and resolutions adopted by international institutions,
and statements of the leaders of the other two co-chairman countries
of the OSCE Minsk Group," Sadikhov said.
Russia, he said, should logically justify its decisions, offer
breakthrough solutions, breakthrough ideas, initiatives that could help
end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and contribute to the restoration
of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
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.