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Aug 15 2012
Russia's stance on Nagorno Karabakh conflict changes against Armenians
Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 15 / Trend E.Mehdiyev /
As the leaders of the separatist Abkhazia and South Ossetia didn't
congratulate Bako Sahakyan, who was declared the "winner" of the
"presidential elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh, this is a clear
indication of changes in Russia's position on the conflict against the
Armenians, Director of Center of Political Innovations and
Technologies, a political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu said on
Wednesday.
"The Armenian experts and pro-Armenian Russian politicians didn't also
express their attitude to this issue, but that does not change the
essence. Their silence is not capable of neutralizing the changed
position of Russia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu says.
He recalled that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said
that despite the fact that next year Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold
presidential elections, Moscow will continue to seek to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to the political scientist, the Russian model of the
Karabakh conflict settlement does not provide for the granting of
independence to Nagorno-Karabakh or its joining Armenia.
"Otherwise, it would be a delay-action mine, put under the North
Caucasus. The only option that can suit the Armenians, taking into
account Russia's position, may be a "model of the special status"
proposed by Russia for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict,
but Russia is unlikely for the sake of Azerbaijan to introduce such a
model on the agenda. Option, which Russia will offer, will take into
account the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan," the
political analyst said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Aug 15 2012
Russia's stance on Nagorno Karabakh conflict changes against Armenians
Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 15 / Trend E.Mehdiyev /
As the leaders of the separatist Abkhazia and South Ossetia didn't
congratulate Bako Sahakyan, who was declared the "winner" of the
"presidential elections" in Nagorno-Karabakh, this is a clear
indication of changes in Russia's position on the conflict against the
Armenians, Director of Center of Political Innovations and
Technologies, a political scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu said on
Wednesday.
"The Armenian experts and pro-Armenian Russian politicians didn't also
express their attitude to this issue, but that does not change the
essence. Their silence is not capable of neutralizing the changed
position of Russia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu says.
He recalled that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said
that despite the fact that next year Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold
presidential elections, Moscow will continue to seek to resolve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to the political scientist, the Russian model of the
Karabakh conflict settlement does not provide for the granting of
independence to Nagorno-Karabakh or its joining Armenia.
"Otherwise, it would be a delay-action mine, put under the North
Caucasus. The only option that can suit the Armenians, taking into
account Russia's position, may be a "model of the special status"
proposed by Russia for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict,
but Russia is unlikely for the sake of Azerbaijan to introduce such a
model on the agenda. Option, which Russia will offer, will take into
account the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan," the
political analyst said.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. - are
currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.