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IF NOT PROTOCOLS, SARGSYAN WOULD RETURN 5 ARTSAKH REGIONS TO AZERBAIJAN - OSKANIAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2011 - 09:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released a
classified cable sent by U.S. ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch
on February 25, 2010 to report on a meeting with former Minister of
Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian.
In Oskanian's view, Yovanovitch said, the increasingly bellicose
rhetoric from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is not helping matters
with Turkey. "Turkey and Azerbaijan are "tightening the screws" on
Armenia from both sides. While a new war over Nagorno Karabakh would
be a risky proposition for Azerbaijan, Oskanian sees two elements that
indicate the situation there is worsening: 1) people are losing hope in
the diplomatic process to settle the issue; and 2) the military balance
in the area is shifting in favor of Azerbaijan," the cable says.
Oskanian vented that the protocols are preventing any resolution of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. "If not for the protocols, Oskanian
said, he could see President Sargsyan pushing for the return of five
of the seven Nagorno Karabakh regions to Azerbaijan while keeping the
remaining two for future discussions. But now it would be "political
suicide," because such a move would be seen as giving credence to
the conspiracy theories that claim there is a hidden provision in
the protocols that link them to concessions on Nagorno Karabakh,"
the cable says.
From: Baghdasarian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2011 - 09:39 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released a
classified cable sent by U.S. ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch
on February 25, 2010 to report on a meeting with former Minister of
Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian.
In Oskanian's view, Yovanovitch said, the increasingly bellicose
rhetoric from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is not helping matters
with Turkey. "Turkey and Azerbaijan are "tightening the screws" on
Armenia from both sides. While a new war over Nagorno Karabakh would
be a risky proposition for Azerbaijan, Oskanian sees two elements that
indicate the situation there is worsening: 1) people are losing hope in
the diplomatic process to settle the issue; and 2) the military balance
in the area is shifting in favor of Azerbaijan," the cable says.
Oskanian vented that the protocols are preventing any resolution of
the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. "If not for the protocols, Oskanian
said, he could see President Sargsyan pushing for the return of five
of the seven Nagorno Karabakh regions to Azerbaijan while keeping the
remaining two for future discussions. But now it would be "political
suicide," because such a move would be seen as giving credence to
the conspiracy theories that claim there is a hidden provision in
the protocols that link them to concessions on Nagorno Karabakh,"
the cable says.
From: Baghdasarian