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EXPERT: MAIN QUESTION LIES IN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S PROPOSALS
Trend Daily News
July 11, 2011 Monday 3:30 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani political analyst and Trend Expert Council member Fikret
Sadikhov believes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's proposals on
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict submitted to Baku
and Yerevan should reflect some new nuances to solve the problem.
Otherwise no progress should be expected, he said.
"If the proposals repeat what has already been discussed at all
previous meetings, then no result will be achieved," he said.
President Medvedev has prepared a message to Presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, following discussions
held in Kazan. The message includes proposals on the visions of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, recently discussed at a meeting
of the three presidents with representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Sadikhov said previously unacceptable and impossible conditions should
not be dictated to Azerbaijan. "We cannot agree on some independent
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, which the Armenian side suggests to us
and which is silently supported by leading states within the OSCE
Minsk Group," he stated.
Russia, he noted, has recently stepped up in the process of settling
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but this does not mean a favorable
outcome for Azerbaijan. Russia is certainly interested in developing
a partnership with Azerbaijan, but apparently not at the expense of
Armenia's interests.
"Azerbaijan, actually, is not interested in the infringement of
anyone's interests. At this stage, Azerbaijan needs to liberate
seven occupied territories around Nagorno-Karabakh. This is the main
condition and requirement of Azerbaijan, from which it will never
stand down," Sadikhov said.
If Medvedev is interested in raising his rating as a peacemaker before
the presidential election in Russia, then he should make some steps
to move the process along, Sadikhov said.
"Azerbaijan offers enough accommodations for the Armenian minority
within Azerbaijan by offering it a European version. So I would like
to believe that this letter contains fresh ideas and new nuances that
would move the process off the ground," he said.
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 continuing 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.
From: Baghdasarian
Trend Daily News
July 11, 2011 Monday 3:30 PM GMT +4
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani political analyst and Trend Expert Council member Fikret
Sadikhov believes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's proposals on
the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict submitted to Baku
and Yerevan should reflect some new nuances to solve the problem.
Otherwise no progress should be expected, he said.
"If the proposals repeat what has already been discussed at all
previous meetings, then no result will be achieved," he said.
President Medvedev has prepared a message to Presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan, following discussions
held in Kazan. The message includes proposals on the visions of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, recently discussed at a meeting
of the three presidents with representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Sadikhov said previously unacceptable and impossible conditions should
not be dictated to Azerbaijan. "We cannot agree on some independent
status of Nagorno-Karabakh, which the Armenian side suggests to us
and which is silently supported by leading states within the OSCE
Minsk Group," he stated.
Russia, he noted, has recently stepped up in the process of settling
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but this does not mean a favorable
outcome for Azerbaijan. Russia is certainly interested in developing
a partnership with Azerbaijan, but apparently not at the expense of
Armenia's interests.
"Azerbaijan, actually, is not interested in the infringement of
anyone's interests. At this stage, Azerbaijan needs to liberate
seven occupied territories around Nagorno-Karabakh. This is the main
condition and requirement of Azerbaijan, from which it will never
stand down," Sadikhov said.
If Medvedev is interested in raising his rating as a peacemaker before
the presidential election in Russia, then he should make some steps
to move the process along, Sadikhov said.
"Azerbaijan offers enough accommodations for the Armenian minority
within Azerbaijan by offering it a European version. So I would like
to believe that this letter contains fresh ideas and new nuances that
would move the process off the ground," he said.
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 continuing 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.
From: Baghdasarian