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NEW YORK TIMES ON KARABAKH ISSUE AHEAD OF CLINTON'S VISIT
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7559
12:22 . 04/06
The subversive act in Tavush region was organized on the day before
Hillary Clinton's visit and it may radically change the agenda of
the visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan. A proposal is circulated in
the social nets to attend the civil society representatives meetings'
with her with black ribbons in memory of the Armenian victims.
In Yerevan Clinton will have meetings with RA President Serzh Sargsyan,
FM Edward Nalbandyan, as well as civil society representatives. This
time the Secretary of State will not visit Tsitsernakaberd.
To recall, within the frames of the visit in 2010 no official visit
to Tsitsernakaberd Memorial was included in Clinton's agenda. The
Secretary of State paid a private visit to the memorial.
At that time the American embassy in our country said no media
representatives were invited to cover the visit as Clinton paid a
private visit to the memorial. Accordingly, Hillary Clinton wasn't
accompanied by any Armenian official to the memorial.
After visiting Armenia, Clinton will visit Georgia, after which she
will visit Azerbaijan on June 6. On June 7 she will visit Turkey.
New York Times touched upon Clinton's visit to our region. The
periodical writes: "War over Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s
displaced about a million people and gave Armenia control of
the enclave and another 9 percent of Azerbaijan's territory. The
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe seeks a mediated
solution, but negotiations are long stalled. A fragile cease-fire is
frequently violated. Russia arms Armenia and maintains a military base
there. Azerbaijan uses its oil wealth for an arms buildup, and its
ally Turkey has closed the border with Armenia for more than a decade.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could suddenly become unfrozen."
New York Times also adds: "In the North Caucasus, popular alienation
and militant violence are increasing. Two dozen Russian soldiers died
in an attack three days before Putin's inauguration last month. Russia
relies mostly on force and economic subsidies to quell resistance,
but the strategy has not worked. Terrorism could be a real threat
to the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi. Moscow might again blame
Azerbaijan and Georgia for aiding terrorists, as it did falsely in
1999 regarding Chechnya."
How can the America and Europe lessen risks in the Caucasus? -the
periodical asks.
According to the author of the article: "America and Europe can no
longer keep the Nagorno-Karabakh talks on the back burner. Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev faces domestic pressures to act, but Europe and
America should caution him about the adverse consequences, notably
a broader regional war. Energy investment in Azerbaijan and a major
new gas pipeline to Europe, Nabucco, could become casualties."
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7559
12:22 . 04/06
The subversive act in Tavush region was organized on the day before
Hillary Clinton's visit and it may radically change the agenda of
the visits to Armenia and Azerbaijan. A proposal is circulated in
the social nets to attend the civil society representatives meetings'
with her with black ribbons in memory of the Armenian victims.
In Yerevan Clinton will have meetings with RA President Serzh Sargsyan,
FM Edward Nalbandyan, as well as civil society representatives. This
time the Secretary of State will not visit Tsitsernakaberd.
To recall, within the frames of the visit in 2010 no official visit
to Tsitsernakaberd Memorial was included in Clinton's agenda. The
Secretary of State paid a private visit to the memorial.
At that time the American embassy in our country said no media
representatives were invited to cover the visit as Clinton paid a
private visit to the memorial. Accordingly, Hillary Clinton wasn't
accompanied by any Armenian official to the memorial.
After visiting Armenia, Clinton will visit Georgia, after which she
will visit Azerbaijan on June 6. On June 7 she will visit Turkey.
New York Times touched upon Clinton's visit to our region. The
periodical writes: "War over Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s
displaced about a million people and gave Armenia control of
the enclave and another 9 percent of Azerbaijan's territory. The
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe seeks a mediated
solution, but negotiations are long stalled. A fragile cease-fire is
frequently violated. Russia arms Armenia and maintains a military base
there. Azerbaijan uses its oil wealth for an arms buildup, and its
ally Turkey has closed the border with Armenia for more than a decade.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could suddenly become unfrozen."
New York Times also adds: "In the North Caucasus, popular alienation
and militant violence are increasing. Two dozen Russian soldiers died
in an attack three days before Putin's inauguration last month. Russia
relies mostly on force and economic subsidies to quell resistance,
but the strategy has not worked. Terrorism could be a real threat
to the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi. Moscow might again blame
Azerbaijan and Georgia for aiding terrorists, as it did falsely in
1999 regarding Chechnya."
How can the America and Europe lessen risks in the Caucasus? -the
periodical asks.
According to the author of the article: "America and Europe can no
longer keep the Nagorno-Karabakh talks on the back burner. Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev faces domestic pressures to act, but Europe and
America should caution him about the adverse consequences, notably
a broader regional war. Energy investment in Azerbaijan and a major
new gas pipeline to Europe, Nabucco, could become casualties."