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WHAT WILL RUSSIA PROPOSE TO SIGN IN MOSCOW?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics24479.html
Published: 12:50:47 - 07/12/2011
Ostensibly, on December 20 the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
will meet. It can also be suggested that Russia will propose to
sign the next document to restore its reputation of the "leading
peacekeeper" in the region regarding the Karabakh issue.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated during the OSCE
ministerial council in Vilnius that Russia proposes to resume the
three-party format of meetings of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
with the participation of Medvedev. The Armenian Minister of Foreign
Affairs Edward Nalbandyan immediately agreed in an interview with
Interfax. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister also expressed agreement.
At the same time, the latter proposed to start working on the peace
agreement immediately. "We think it is not necessary to be obsessed
with the principles, but to start working on more agreements. There
are issues that we are currently discussing with the Co-Chairs,"
stated the Azerbaijan MFA.
It seems that despite the statement on "unacceptability of the status
quo" everyone agreed that the main task is to ensure stability in the
region and prevent escalation, which is the same as to strengthen the
status quo. For the solution of this task, one thing is necessary -
to make Azerbaijan sign the agreement on the withdrawal of snipers from
the frontline and clarification of the mechanisms of investigation of
incidents at the frontline. The Co-Chairs' statement is on this. The
religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia also urged to
ensure this point.
Perhaps, Moscow will later refer to Aliyev's "inner compulsion"
to sign such an agreement as a victory of Russian diplomacy.
It notable that the principles of Madrid are just mentioned
indifferently and the main stress is on the mechanism of prevention
of incidents.
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics24479.html
Published: 12:50:47 - 07/12/2011
Ostensibly, on December 20 the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
will meet. It can also be suggested that Russia will propose to
sign the next document to restore its reputation of the "leading
peacekeeper" in the region regarding the Karabakh issue.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated during the OSCE
ministerial council in Vilnius that Russia proposes to resume the
three-party format of meetings of presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
with the participation of Medvedev. The Armenian Minister of Foreign
Affairs Edward Nalbandyan immediately agreed in an interview with
Interfax. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister also expressed agreement.
At the same time, the latter proposed to start working on the peace
agreement immediately. "We think it is not necessary to be obsessed
with the principles, but to start working on more agreements. There
are issues that we are currently discussing with the Co-Chairs,"
stated the Azerbaijan MFA.
It seems that despite the statement on "unacceptability of the status
quo" everyone agreed that the main task is to ensure stability in the
region and prevent escalation, which is the same as to strengthen the
status quo. For the solution of this task, one thing is necessary -
to make Azerbaijan sign the agreement on the withdrawal of snipers from
the frontline and clarification of the mechanisms of investigation of
incidents at the frontline. The Co-Chairs' statement is on this. The
religious leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia also urged to
ensure this point.
Perhaps, Moscow will later refer to Aliyev's "inner compulsion"
to sign such an agreement as a victory of Russian diplomacy.
It notable that the principles of Madrid are just mentioned
indifferently and the main stress is on the mechanism of prevention
of incidents.