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HERITAGE MP: NOTHING POSITIVE SHOULD BE EXPECTED FROM KAZAN MEETING
By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
21.06.11 | 15:14
The meeting of the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
due to be held in the Russian city of Kazan on June 24, according
to opposition lawmaker Larisa Alaverdyan, "does not promise anything
good". "No good dinner will be cooked in this bowl," says the Heritage
faction MP, making a pun based the meaning of the Turkic name of
Russian Tatarstan's capital. "Because ingredients are already not
desirable for us," she says.
The trilateral meeting in Kazan has become a subject of broad
discussions in Armenia and according to some predictions, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian and Azeri counterparts,
Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, may sign a document entitled "the
basic principles of Karabakh conflict settlement" or, alternatively,
"make progress in coordinating the text of the document."
However, Alaverdyan is convinced that the kind of enthusiasm of
the international community is nothing else than a "formality" as
they are seeking to establish peace by means of short-term steps,
but ignore the real causes proceeding from their own interests.
"The international community's tolerance to Azerbaijan's overt
murderous policies is condemnable, and against the backdrop of all
this infringements against the status quo are more than dangerous,"
says Alaverdyan.
The lawmaker thinks that the Armenian side is again appearing from
a defeatist position, which often contradicts the position of the
Karabakh side.
"I have never ruled out differences in the vectors of the positions
of Armenia and Karabakh, however, it is reprehensible that often they
are almost contradictory," asserts Alaverdyan, adding that Armenia's
positions in the negotiation process would have been much stronger had
the parliament adopted a bill formally recognizing the independence
of Karabakh (a move advocated by the Heritage party).
"The president says: 'We will recognize [Karabakh] if Azerbaijan
starts a war.' What does it mean? Azerbaijan has not ceased the war,
it is waging the toughest positional warfare - the blockade. What
more do we expect?" says Alaverdyan.
Last week Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan stated that the
outcome of the trilateral meeting in Kazan and the signing of the basic
principles of Karabakh settlement now depend on Karabakh's opinion.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
21.06.11 | 15:14
The meeting of the presidents of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
due to be held in the Russian city of Kazan on June 24, according
to opposition lawmaker Larisa Alaverdyan, "does not promise anything
good". "No good dinner will be cooked in this bowl," says the Heritage
faction MP, making a pun based the meaning of the Turkic name of
Russian Tatarstan's capital. "Because ingredients are already not
desirable for us," she says.
The trilateral meeting in Kazan has become a subject of broad
discussions in Armenia and according to some predictions, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian and Azeri counterparts,
Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, may sign a document entitled "the
basic principles of Karabakh conflict settlement" or, alternatively,
"make progress in coordinating the text of the document."
However, Alaverdyan is convinced that the kind of enthusiasm of
the international community is nothing else than a "formality" as
they are seeking to establish peace by means of short-term steps,
but ignore the real causes proceeding from their own interests.
"The international community's tolerance to Azerbaijan's overt
murderous policies is condemnable, and against the backdrop of all
this infringements against the status quo are more than dangerous,"
says Alaverdyan.
The lawmaker thinks that the Armenian side is again appearing from
a defeatist position, which often contradicts the position of the
Karabakh side.
"I have never ruled out differences in the vectors of the positions
of Armenia and Karabakh, however, it is reprehensible that often they
are almost contradictory," asserts Alaverdyan, adding that Armenia's
positions in the negotiation process would have been much stronger had
the parliament adopted a bill formally recognizing the independence
of Karabakh (a move advocated by the Heritage party).
"The president says: 'We will recognize [Karabakh] if Azerbaijan
starts a war.' What does it mean? Azerbaijan has not ceased the war,
it is waging the toughest positional warfare - the blockade. What
more do we expect?" says Alaverdyan.
Last week Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan stated that the
outcome of the trilateral meeting in Kazan and the signing of the basic
principles of Karabakh settlement now depend on Karabakh's opinion.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress