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UKRAINIAN EXPERT TO AZERBAIJAN: KARABAKH WILL NOT BE EXCHANGED FOR GAS
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 3, 2011 - 09:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will certainly seek maximum benefit from
its 2012-2013 non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council,
promoting its position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement,
a Ukrainian expert said.
According to Oleg Smirnov, after Russia~Rs failure to achieve tangible
results in Karabakh talks, Brussels and Washington are trying to
intensify their position in the process viewing the conflict as an
obstacle to the implementation of their energy plans in the Caucasus.
~SEU always strived to diversify hydrocarbon from the Caspian Sea
natural resources, while the traditional interest of French, British
and American oil giants in Azerbaijani oil deposits can greatly foster
the process,~T he said, adding that the Azerbaijani government will
once again try to play the ~Senergy card~T in South Caucasian energy
projects in an exchange for Western support in Karabakh issue,~T the
expert noted.
According to Smirnov, that was the reason for the failure of Kazan
talks.
Dwelling on international human rights organizations~R constant
criticism of poor human rights protection in Azerbaijan, he
said: ~SThis explains Washington~Rs opposition to Azerbaijan~Rs
non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council, and Nicolas
Sarkozy~Rs preferences in the Caucasus. That~Rs why Karabakh will
not be exchanged for gas.~T
Nevertheless, Smirnov refused to give any forecasts saying that
the superpowers are decision-makers at the UN Security Council,
Analitika.at.ua reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 3, 2011 - 09:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan will certainly seek maximum benefit from
its 2012-2013 non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council,
promoting its position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement,
a Ukrainian expert said.
According to Oleg Smirnov, after Russia~Rs failure to achieve tangible
results in Karabakh talks, Brussels and Washington are trying to
intensify their position in the process viewing the conflict as an
obstacle to the implementation of their energy plans in the Caucasus.
~SEU always strived to diversify hydrocarbon from the Caspian Sea
natural resources, while the traditional interest of French, British
and American oil giants in Azerbaijani oil deposits can greatly foster
the process,~T he said, adding that the Azerbaijani government will
once again try to play the ~Senergy card~T in South Caucasian energy
projects in an exchange for Western support in Karabakh issue,~T the
expert noted.
According to Smirnov, that was the reason for the failure of Kazan
talks.
Dwelling on international human rights organizations~R constant
criticism of poor human rights protection in Azerbaijan, he
said: ~SThis explains Washington~Rs opposition to Azerbaijan~Rs
non-permanent membership at the UN Security Council, and Nicolas
Sarkozy~Rs preferences in the Caucasus. That~Rs why Karabakh will
not be exchanged for gas.~T
Nevertheless, Smirnov refused to give any forecasts saying that
the superpowers are decision-makers at the UN Security Council,
Analitika.at.ua reports.