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KEY TO NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS IS IN STEPANAKERT - RUSSIAN EXPERT
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April 11, 2012 | 18:49
MOSCOW. - Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is one of the difficult and
exploding conflicts in the post-Soviet Union space, Russian expert
Stanislaw Ivanov said in a special interview to Iran News.
He stated that tension on the line of the contact is maintained and
the initiator of diversifications is the Azerbaijani side. The tension
between Azerbaijani-Armenian sides is maintained also based on the
militant statements by Baku. Another external factor that hampers
the stabilization of the conflict is the growing threat of possible
military operations of the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Any military
attack or even escalation of domestic political situation in Iran may
'freeze' the Karabakh peace process.
Except the mediating states on the Karabakh issue, including the U.S.,
Russia and France, other major states in the region as Turkey and Iran
want to actively be engaged in the peace process. In case of Turkey,
its role is illogical as it openly supports one of the conflicting
sides [Azerbaijan], while Iran tries to maintain the status quo in
Karabakh and the balance of forces in the region, without allowing the
'internationalization' of the conflict based on the intervention of
the forces from outside. Russia, like Iran is for the conflicting
sides to find the solution through compromises. As for the regular
triplet meetings among Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents,
the expert believes that Nagorno-Karabakh President should also join
those meetings.
"More and more experts accept that the key of the peace process is
in Stepanakert," he said adding aspiration of the people to realize
their right of establishing own state through a referendum and other
democratic mechanisms is increasing.
news.am
April 11, 2012 | 18:49
MOSCOW. - Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is one of the difficult and
exploding conflicts in the post-Soviet Union space, Russian expert
Stanislaw Ivanov said in a special interview to Iran News.
He stated that tension on the line of the contact is maintained and
the initiator of diversifications is the Azerbaijani side. The tension
between Azerbaijani-Armenian sides is maintained also based on the
militant statements by Baku. Another external factor that hampers
the stabilization of the conflict is the growing threat of possible
military operations of the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Any military
attack or even escalation of domestic political situation in Iran may
'freeze' the Karabakh peace process.
Except the mediating states on the Karabakh issue, including the U.S.,
Russia and France, other major states in the region as Turkey and Iran
want to actively be engaged in the peace process. In case of Turkey,
its role is illogical as it openly supports one of the conflicting
sides [Azerbaijan], while Iran tries to maintain the status quo in
Karabakh and the balance of forces in the region, without allowing the
'internationalization' of the conflict based on the intervention of
the forces from outside. Russia, like Iran is for the conflicting
sides to find the solution through compromises. As for the regular
triplet meetings among Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents,
the expert believes that Nagorno-Karabakh President should also join
those meetings.
"More and more experts accept that the key of the peace process is
in Stepanakert," he said adding aspiration of the people to realize
their right of establishing own state through a referendum and other
democratic mechanisms is increasing.