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POLITICAL ANALYST: RUSSIA INTERESTED IN PROGRESS IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Trend
July 22 2011
Azerbaijan
The activity, demonstrated in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
is connected with the current policy of Russia, political analyst,
MP Rasim Musabayov said in an interview with the official website of
the ruling "New Azerbaijan Party".
"The Russian side understands that it is impossible to keep the
situation as it is," he said.
Russia sees Armenia's obvious weakening amid Azerbaijan's
strengthening, he said.
He said that if Russia spends money on Armenia and there is no progress
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia's most appeals to Azerbaijan
will remain unanswerable. Russia will become a waning party.
"If the situation remains unchanged, Azerbaijan will completely break
Armenia," he said. "Russia must spend very large sums of money to
Armenia to prevent this. This is not good for Russia. It causes the
harm to Russia. Russia is interested in any progress in the conflict
settlement."
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.
Trend
July 22 2011
Azerbaijan
The activity, demonstrated in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
is connected with the current policy of Russia, political analyst,
MP Rasim Musabayov said in an interview with the official website of
the ruling "New Azerbaijan Party".
"The Russian side understands that it is impossible to keep the
situation as it is," he said.
Russia sees Armenia's obvious weakening amid Azerbaijan's
strengthening, he said.
He said that if Russia spends money on Armenia and there is no progress
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russia's most appeals to Azerbaijan
will remain unanswerable. Russia will become a waning party.
"If the situation remains unchanged, Azerbaijan will completely break
Armenia," he said. "Russia must spend very large sums of money to
Armenia to prevent this. This is not good for Russia. It causes the
harm to Russia. Russia is interested in any progress in the conflict
settlement."
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.