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DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 3, 2011 Friday
NEGOTIATIONS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH REACHED KAZAN
by Sokhbet Mamedov, Yury Somonyan
Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 31, 2011, p. 6
[translated from Russian]
PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN WERE PROPOSED TO SIGN MADRID
PRINCIPLES IN JUNE; Azerbaijan and Armenia took the joint statement of
presidents of Russia, US and France Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and
Nicolas Sarkozy about resolving of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
released in Deauville positively. The document contains a call for all
participants of the negotiation process to take "decisive actions for
peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the part of
all its participants" and expresses a hope that this will happen in
June at a meeting of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in
Kazan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia took the joint statement of presidents of
Russia, US and France Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and Nicolas
Sarkozy about resolving of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict released in
Deauville positively. The document contains a call for all
participants of the negotiation process to take "decisive actions for
peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the part of
all its participants" and expresses a hope that this will happen in
June at a meeting of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in
Kazan.
In their joint statement presidents of Russia, US and France say,
"Further waiting will only cause doubts about decision of the part of
these countries to sign the agreements." Thus presidents of the
countries of the Minsk group of OSCE hope that significant progress
will be achieved already in Kazan where the leaders of Russia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia are going to meet.
Commenting on the Deauville statement at the solemn reception timed to
the Day of the Republic last weekend President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev said, "In this statement there are thoughts that the matter
should be settled soon. We also advocate this and Azerbaijan is the
party most interested in the soonest settlement of the matter. Both in
official statements and at conducted negotiations we frequently
expressed our opinions and apprehensions with regard to the fact that
we could not allow the Armenian party to draw out negotiations
artificially and to make the process of negotiations endless."
According to him, there are no contradictions in the Helsinki final
act between the principles of territorial integrity and
self-determination of nations. The leader of Azerbaijan explains, "On
the contrary, priorities of the principles are listed there, the right
of a nation for self-determination should not infringe on the
territorial integrity of the countries and this is the only formula
for regulation of the conflict."
In his statement Ilham Aliyev has emphasized once again: the stance of
Azerbaijan is that territorial integrity of the country should be
restored and refugees and forcefully relocated people should return to
their homes.
Yerevan evaluated the joint statement of the presidents positively
too. In its statement the Foreign Ministry of Armenia emphasizes
adherence of the republic to "exclusively peaceful resolving of the
conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh." Armenia provided a
clear answer to the option of the main principles as the basis for
negotiations on resolving of the conflict proposed by the co-chairs.
In his statement the Foreign Minister of Armenia says, "If Azerbaijan
provides its definite agreement, it will be possible to achieve
progress in the regulation process. It is obvious to whom the call
voiced in the statement is addressed."
Despite the declared readiness of the parties for resolving of the
conflict it is obvious that it will be more difficult to do this than
to declare. It is clear that both parties have seen in the joint
statement of the leaders of Russia, US and France primarily what is
suitable for us. The Azerbaijani party saw a message about territorial
integrity and the Armenian party saw solving of the problem by a
peaceful way alone and the right of a nation for self-determination.
Thus, positions of the countries are far from adjustment still. Along
with this, these are end goals of Baku and Yerevan. However, at this
stage the parties speak about the basic principles and in case of
agreement on them it is possible to try to move further. It is
difficult to forecast if this will happen in Kazan or later because
the negotiations are secret. So far, it is encouraging that despite
the belligerent statements Baku and Yerevan that responds in the same
tone is not interested in restarting of hostilities in reality.
Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 31, 2011, p. 6
From: A. Papazian
DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 3, 2011 Friday
NEGOTIATIONS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH REACHED KAZAN
by Sokhbet Mamedov, Yury Somonyan
Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 31, 2011, p. 6
[translated from Russian]
PRESIDENTS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN WERE PROPOSED TO SIGN MADRID
PRINCIPLES IN JUNE; Azerbaijan and Armenia took the joint statement of
presidents of Russia, US and France Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and
Nicolas Sarkozy about resolving of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
released in Deauville positively. The document contains a call for all
participants of the negotiation process to take "decisive actions for
peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the part of
all its participants" and expresses a hope that this will happen in
June at a meeting of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in
Kazan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia took the joint statement of presidents of
Russia, US and France Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama and Nicolas
Sarkozy about resolving of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict released in
Deauville positively. The document contains a call for all
participants of the negotiation process to take "decisive actions for
peaceful regulation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the part of
all its participants" and expresses a hope that this will happen in
June at a meeting of presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in
Kazan.
In their joint statement presidents of Russia, US and France say,
"Further waiting will only cause doubts about decision of the part of
these countries to sign the agreements." Thus presidents of the
countries of the Minsk group of OSCE hope that significant progress
will be achieved already in Kazan where the leaders of Russia,
Azerbaijan and Armenia are going to meet.
Commenting on the Deauville statement at the solemn reception timed to
the Day of the Republic last weekend President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev said, "In this statement there are thoughts that the matter
should be settled soon. We also advocate this and Azerbaijan is the
party most interested in the soonest settlement of the matter. Both in
official statements and at conducted negotiations we frequently
expressed our opinions and apprehensions with regard to the fact that
we could not allow the Armenian party to draw out negotiations
artificially and to make the process of negotiations endless."
According to him, there are no contradictions in the Helsinki final
act between the principles of territorial integrity and
self-determination of nations. The leader of Azerbaijan explains, "On
the contrary, priorities of the principles are listed there, the right
of a nation for self-determination should not infringe on the
territorial integrity of the countries and this is the only formula
for regulation of the conflict."
In his statement Ilham Aliyev has emphasized once again: the stance of
Azerbaijan is that territorial integrity of the country should be
restored and refugees and forcefully relocated people should return to
their homes.
Yerevan evaluated the joint statement of the presidents positively
too. In its statement the Foreign Ministry of Armenia emphasizes
adherence of the republic to "exclusively peaceful resolving of the
conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh." Armenia provided a
clear answer to the option of the main principles as the basis for
negotiations on resolving of the conflict proposed by the co-chairs.
In his statement the Foreign Minister of Armenia says, "If Azerbaijan
provides its definite agreement, it will be possible to achieve
progress in the regulation process. It is obvious to whom the call
voiced in the statement is addressed."
Despite the declared readiness of the parties for resolving of the
conflict it is obvious that it will be more difficult to do this than
to declare. It is clear that both parties have seen in the joint
statement of the leaders of Russia, US and France primarily what is
suitable for us. The Azerbaijani party saw a message about territorial
integrity and the Armenian party saw solving of the problem by a
peaceful way alone and the right of a nation for self-determination.
Thus, positions of the countries are far from adjustment still. Along
with this, these are end goals of Baku and Yerevan. However, at this
stage the parties speak about the basic principles and in case of
agreement on them it is possible to try to move further. It is
difficult to forecast if this will happen in Kazan or later because
the negotiations are secret. So far, it is encouraging that despite
the belligerent statements Baku and Yerevan that responds in the same
tone is not interested in restarting of hostilities in reality.
Source: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, May 31, 2011, p. 6
From: A. Papazian