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KARABAKH MEDIATORS HAVE 'NOTHING NEW TO OFFER'
news.az
Nov 14 2011
Azerbaijan
The next trip of the Karabakh mediators to the conflict region will
be just another routine visit, a Russian commentator has said.
Alexander Karavayev, deputy general director of Moscow State
University's Information and Analytical Centre for the Study of
Socio-Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space, said that the
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group had nothing new to offer in the
context of conflict settlement, News.am reported.
"I do not expect anything new from this visit. The Minsk Group
co-chairs are hardly going to come up with fresh, previously untouched
proposals that could interest both sides," Karavayev said.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is a structure that has a schedule and
regulations. These can be changed depending on changes in overall world
geopolitics, relations between countries, emerging and decreasing
threats. If a new factor emerges, the Minsk Group might use it,
otherwise we should not expect any progress."
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body mediating
a solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
are due to make their next visit to the region later this month.
The current co-chairs are Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert
Bradtke of the United States and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation.
Following their last visit on 21-24 October, the co-chairs called
for an improved atmosphere in the peace talks, an increase in trust
and the strengthening of the ceasefire.
The conflict began in 1988 when Armenia made claims on the Azerbaijani
territory of Karabakh. In a bitter war Armenian armed forces occupied
a swathe of Azerbaijani land, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region
and seven surrounding districts. Despite a ceasefire in 1994, no
long-term peace agreement has been reached.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.
news.az
Nov 14 2011
Azerbaijan
The next trip of the Karabakh mediators to the conflict region will
be just another routine visit, a Russian commentator has said.
Alexander Karavayev, deputy general director of Moscow State
University's Information and Analytical Centre for the Study of
Socio-Political Processes in the Post-Soviet Space, said that the
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group had nothing new to offer in the
context of conflict settlement, News.am reported.
"I do not expect anything new from this visit. The Minsk Group
co-chairs are hardly going to come up with fresh, previously untouched
proposals that could interest both sides," Karavayev said.
"The OSCE Minsk Group is a structure that has a schedule and
regulations. These can be changed depending on changes in overall world
geopolitics, relations between countries, emerging and decreasing
threats. If a new factor emerges, the Minsk Group might use it,
otherwise we should not expect any progress."
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, the international body mediating
a solution to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh,
are due to make their next visit to the region later this month.
The current co-chairs are Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert
Bradtke of the United States and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation.
Following their last visit on 21-24 October, the co-chairs called
for an improved atmosphere in the peace talks, an increase in trust
and the strengthening of the ceasefire.
The conflict began in 1988 when Armenia made claims on the Azerbaijani
territory of Karabakh. In a bitter war Armenian armed forces occupied
a swathe of Azerbaijani land, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region
and seven surrounding districts. Despite a ceasefire in 1994, no
long-term peace agreement has been reached.
The nub of the conflict remains unresolved - the competing claims of
territorial integrity, which Azerbaijan insists takes precedence in
the case of Karabakh, and self-determination, which Armenia wants to
see for the Armenians of Karabakh.