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news.az
Oct 25 2011
Azerbaijan
News.Az interviews Vali Alibayov, vice president of the Association
of Development of civil public in Azerbaijan.
The UN General Assembly elected Azerbaijan as member of the Security
Council for the next two years by results of 17 voting rounds. How
can you comment on this decision?
It can primarily be considered the next foreign policy success of
Azerbaijan. It is already an indicator that we managed to overcome
European Slovenia with a great gap.
Secondly, Azerbaijan gets new, a more influential tribune to tell
the world about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and take closer
part in resolution of international problems.
By the way, during the recent, unopposed round Azerbaijan received
155 votes against 113 votes needed.
This is a good result. It shows that Azerbaijan has learned to work
with international structures and countries in lobbying its interests.
I think that if we continue this way, we will soon get the recognition
of Baku's jurisdiction over Nagorno Karabakh from the tribune of UN
and other international organizations.
Permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia,
traditionally abstained or voted against Baku's initiatives on the
Karabakh conflict during voting in UN. What has caused the recent
support by Moscow of our membership in the UN Security Council?
Naturally, this is a positive moment in relations between the two
countries-Russia and Azerbaijan and overall, this is the indicator
of the growing influence of Azerbaijan, which is already admitted by
other countries. I do not dare to state all reasons, motivating this
support of Russia but probably Moscow is making some changes in its
foreign policy and Azerbaijan plays not the last role in this change.
Probably, Russia has her reasons to support Azerbaijan in the UN
Security Council. I think that Baku benefits from such rapprochement
with Russia.
Can Azerbaijan's membership in UN Security, even on the nonpermanent
basis, be an effective mechanism for Armenia's fulfillment of the
four resolutions on Karabakh adopted by this structure?
I do not think that this membership will be very effective for a
solution to the Karabakh conflict. As you know, the Security Council
has permanent members who have the veto power. These are mainly the
countries that make the weather in the international arena.
We have earlier noticed that interests of many countries are
intertwined in Karabakh conflict. And I do not see any signs that
the solution to the conflict at this stage meets their interest. Even
if the solution meets the interests of any country, others will not
allow the conflict to be settled.
>From this point of view, I do not think that during a non-permanent
membership of Azerbaijan in the UN Security Council we will see
some significant steps in the Karabakh conflict. On the other hand,
Azerbaijan could use its status as a platform to proclaim his position
on the Karabakh issue, he was right. On the other hand Azerbaijan is
becoming a player in the international arena, that is having received
this status Republic gets a new status for resolving geopolitical
problems. In this view, it will play into the hands of Azerbaijan.
From: A. Papazian
news.az
Oct 25 2011
Azerbaijan
News.Az interviews Vali Alibayov, vice president of the Association
of Development of civil public in Azerbaijan.
The UN General Assembly elected Azerbaijan as member of the Security
Council for the next two years by results of 17 voting rounds. How
can you comment on this decision?
It can primarily be considered the next foreign policy success of
Azerbaijan. It is already an indicator that we managed to overcome
European Slovenia with a great gap.
Secondly, Azerbaijan gets new, a more influential tribune to tell
the world about the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and take closer
part in resolution of international problems.
By the way, during the recent, unopposed round Azerbaijan received
155 votes against 113 votes needed.
This is a good result. It shows that Azerbaijan has learned to work
with international structures and countries in lobbying its interests.
I think that if we continue this way, we will soon get the recognition
of Baku's jurisdiction over Nagorno Karabakh from the tribune of UN
and other international organizations.
Permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia,
traditionally abstained or voted against Baku's initiatives on the
Karabakh conflict during voting in UN. What has caused the recent
support by Moscow of our membership in the UN Security Council?
Naturally, this is a positive moment in relations between the two
countries-Russia and Azerbaijan and overall, this is the indicator
of the growing influence of Azerbaijan, which is already admitted by
other countries. I do not dare to state all reasons, motivating this
support of Russia but probably Moscow is making some changes in its
foreign policy and Azerbaijan plays not the last role in this change.
Probably, Russia has her reasons to support Azerbaijan in the UN
Security Council. I think that Baku benefits from such rapprochement
with Russia.
Can Azerbaijan's membership in UN Security, even on the nonpermanent
basis, be an effective mechanism for Armenia's fulfillment of the
four resolutions on Karabakh adopted by this structure?
I do not think that this membership will be very effective for a
solution to the Karabakh conflict. As you know, the Security Council
has permanent members who have the veto power. These are mainly the
countries that make the weather in the international arena.
We have earlier noticed that interests of many countries are
intertwined in Karabakh conflict. And I do not see any signs that
the solution to the conflict at this stage meets their interest. Even
if the solution meets the interests of any country, others will not
allow the conflict to be settled.
>From this point of view, I do not think that during a non-permanent
membership of Azerbaijan in the UN Security Council we will see
some significant steps in the Karabakh conflict. On the other hand,
Azerbaijan could use its status as a platform to proclaim his position
on the Karabakh issue, he was right. On the other hand Azerbaijan is
becoming a player in the international arena, that is having received
this status Republic gets a new status for resolving geopolitical
problems. In this view, it will play into the hands of Azerbaijan.
From: A. Papazian