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EXPERT NAMES KARABAKH FATIGUE AMONG REASONS FOR EU PASSIVITY
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 25, 2011 - 17:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - There are several reasons for EU passivity in
Karabakh settlement, according to Research Director of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, co-founder of
the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.
"One of the reasons is that France would like to maintain its
supremacy as a European country in Minsk Group alongside Russia and
the US. Another one is the internal problems of the EU: if you look
at the entire policy, the whole existence of the EU is questionable
for financial and economic reasons, which make this a bad time to
enter into a sort of engagement in its eastern neighbourhood," Svante
Cornell noted.
"We should not expect very much in the near future unless there is
a bog crisis in the region to force the international community to act.
Also, there is what you can call the Karabakh fatigue; time goes by
and the status quo is more accepted," the expert said.
"The conflict is not frozen and that is the problem. I think what
happened in the past two years is that the US have sent the signal to
Azerbaijan that this is not the priority and please accept that this is
not going to be priority. Azerbaijan had a choice between accepting it
or doing something about it, which meant Baku's escalating of conflict,
and that's what Baku did," the expert concluded.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
November 25, 2011 - 17:07 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - There are several reasons for EU passivity in
Karabakh settlement, according to Research Director of the Central
Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, co-founder of
the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm.
"One of the reasons is that France would like to maintain its
supremacy as a European country in Minsk Group alongside Russia and
the US. Another one is the internal problems of the EU: if you look
at the entire policy, the whole existence of the EU is questionable
for financial and economic reasons, which make this a bad time to
enter into a sort of engagement in its eastern neighbourhood," Svante
Cornell noted.
"We should not expect very much in the near future unless there is
a bog crisis in the region to force the international community to act.
Also, there is what you can call the Karabakh fatigue; time goes by
and the status quo is more accepted," the expert said.
"The conflict is not frozen and that is the problem. I think what
happened in the past two years is that the US have sent the signal to
Azerbaijan that this is not the priority and please accept that this is
not going to be priority. Azerbaijan had a choice between accepting it
or doing something about it, which meant Baku's escalating of conflict,
and that's what Baku did," the expert concluded.
From: Baghdasarian