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GERMAN AMBASSADOR'S USE OF 'TERRITORY OF KARABAKH' TERM IN INTERVIEW SUSPICIOUS
Trend
May 31 2012
Azerbaijan
In an interview of German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt
with the Armenian press, there are moments that clarify the EU position
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's resolution, the director of the
Center of Political Innovations and Technologies, political analyst
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Thursday.
The political scientist said that it is difficult at present to say
anything about the specific activities in support of the public in the
territory of Karabakh. He also noted that the use by the Ambassador
of the term "territory of Karabakh" in an interview is suspicious.
"The EU which has not included in the document a dialogue of
Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh as an event
that causes the greatest confidence, requires from the parties easy
access to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh need such steps of
the EU to implement their projects. It is their political, economic
and humanitarian assistance.
The analyst said that before entering the region of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, the EU should take two steps.
"First, to prepare a thorough plan and to submit it to Azerbaijan
and Armenia. Secondly, submission of the important parts of the plan
or project, adopted by Azerbaijan and Armenia should be implemented
outside the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
It may be Brussels, Baku, Yerevan, or any other city. Only after
these items the EU can carry out effective work in the region of
Nagorno-Karabakh. Other options will lead to the opposite effect
and may help to increase the tension in the region of conflict, or
the Armenians could create the additional conditions for imitation,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He said the EU exactly tomorrow can begin a dialogue of representatives
of the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh outside
its territory. And it will become clear who is actually against the
peaceful settlement.
"It should be noted also that in 2010 then Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has included to the agenda of relations between the EU and
Russia an issue of a joint activity on the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
Transnistrian conflicts settlement. Despite the fact that the EU
adopted a proposal for cooperation in resolving the Transnistrian
conflict it refused to cooperate in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the EU officials must determine their position in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and there is no need for the
second Minsk group of the OSCE.
"The position of the EU makes Armenia even more aggressive. A strange
picture happens: the EU, fearing to enter into a document the terms
"dialogue of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh"
or "Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh" advises
us not to take into account the mutual interests with Russia and to
supply gas and deal with the transit of gas to the EU," Ahmedoglu 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.
Trend
May 31 2012
Azerbaijan
In an interview of German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt
with the Armenian press, there are moments that clarify the EU position
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's resolution, the director of the
Center of Political Innovations and Technologies, political analyst
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Thursday.
The political scientist said that it is difficult at present to say
anything about the specific activities in support of the public in the
territory of Karabakh. He also noted that the use by the Ambassador
of the term "territory of Karabakh" in an interview is suspicious.
"The EU which has not included in the document a dialogue of
Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh as an event
that causes the greatest confidence, requires from the parties easy
access to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh need such steps of
the EU to implement their projects. It is their political, economic
and humanitarian assistance.
The analyst said that before entering the region of Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict, the EU should take two steps.
"First, to prepare a thorough plan and to submit it to Azerbaijan
and Armenia. Secondly, submission of the important parts of the plan
or project, adopted by Azerbaijan and Armenia should be implemented
outside the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
It may be Brussels, Baku, Yerevan, or any other city. Only after
these items the EU can carry out effective work in the region of
Nagorno-Karabakh. Other options will lead to the opposite effect
and may help to increase the tension in the region of conflict, or
the Armenians could create the additional conditions for imitation,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He said the EU exactly tomorrow can begin a dialogue of representatives
of the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh outside
its territory. And it will become clear who is actually against the
peaceful settlement.
"It should be noted also that in 2010 then Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev has included to the agenda of relations between the EU and
Russia an issue of a joint activity on the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
Transnistrian conflicts settlement. Despite the fact that the EU
adopted a proposal for cooperation in resolving the Transnistrian
conflict it refused to cooperate in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the EU officials must determine their position in the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and there is no need for the
second Minsk group of the OSCE.
"The position of the EU makes Armenia even more aggressive. A strange
picture happens: the EU, fearing to enter into a document the terms
"dialogue of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh"
or "Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh" advises
us not to take into account the mutual interests with Russia and to
supply gas and deal with the transit of gas to the EU," Ahmedoglu 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.