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POLITICAL SCIENTIST: OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS ABANDON MEDIATION
Trend
June 18 2012
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs consistently leave some issues on
the agenda in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabkh conflict, while
rejecting other questions, Director of Center for Political Studies
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Monday.
"The mediators have repeatedly stated that the future status of
Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined by the Armenians living today
there and the Azerbaijanis who lived there before. Essence of the
updated Madrid principles, too, is in this. Despite the fact that the
positions of Azerbaijan and Armenia are fundamentally different from
each other, Armenia also accepts the fact that without taking into
account the views of expelled Azerbaijanis they will not be able to
determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh," Ahmedoglu said.
According to the political analyst, not rejecting a referendum on the
future status, the Armenian side proposes that it would take place
separately in two places, inhabited now by Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
Thus, it makes the necessary contacts between the two groups of people
to determine the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh. This means that the
faster meetings between the Azerbaijanis who lived there previously
and the Armenians living there now begin, the faster the process of
determination of the future status will start.
"Withdrawal of the snipers and the establishment of mechanisms to
investigate incidents on the contact line between the troops is an
issue that the mediators persistently leave on the agenda. Their
efforts in this area raise some suspicions. If the withdrawal of
snipers is followed by withdrawal of Armenian military units from
the territories of Azerbaijan and Armenia signs a document, then it
is another matter. The position advocated by the mediators in the
investigation of incidents on the contact line also looks illogical.
It means that the co-chairs are occupied with the legalization of
the Armenian positions in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He said the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs want to do this under the guise
of "mediation." Mediation of OSCE Minsk Group is the most pointless
mission in the history of mankind.
"Contacts between Azerbaijanis who lived in Nagorno-Karabakh with
Armenians living there now, the establishment of dialogue between
communities - mediators strongly reject all these questions. But in
fact the main task of the mediators of the mission is the establishment
of such a dialogue," Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are more in contact with
Armenia, they are familiar with many character traits of Armenians,
who mainly make too illogical statements to draw attention.
"In the same context we can regard the notorious illogical position of
the mediators who thus draw attention to their activities. Mediators
in full cry, and bring to the world community that they can not
find the path of peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
and strongly demand an end to their mediation," Ahmedoglu said.
Attitude to the OSCE Chairman-in-office during his visit to Baku
demonstrates that Baku correctly understands and is willing to support
the position of intermediaries to terminate mediation, the center's
director said.
Trend
June 18 2012
Azerbaijan
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs consistently leave some issues on
the agenda in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabkh conflict, while
rejecting other questions, Director of Center for Political Studies
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Monday.
"The mediators have repeatedly stated that the future status of
Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined by the Armenians living today
there and the Azerbaijanis who lived there before. Essence of the
updated Madrid principles, too, is in this. Despite the fact that the
positions of Azerbaijan and Armenia are fundamentally different from
each other, Armenia also accepts the fact that without taking into
account the views of expelled Azerbaijanis they will not be able to
determine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh," Ahmedoglu said.
According to the political analyst, not rejecting a referendum on the
future status, the Armenian side proposes that it would take place
separately in two places, inhabited now by Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
Thus, it makes the necessary contacts between the two groups of people
to determine the future status of Nagorno-Karabakh. This means that the
faster meetings between the Azerbaijanis who lived there previously
and the Armenians living there now begin, the faster the process of
determination of the future status will start.
"Withdrawal of the snipers and the establishment of mechanisms to
investigate incidents on the contact line between the troops is an
issue that the mediators persistently leave on the agenda. Their
efforts in this area raise some suspicions. If the withdrawal of
snipers is followed by withdrawal of Armenian military units from
the territories of Azerbaijan and Armenia signs a document, then it
is another matter. The position advocated by the mediators in the
investigation of incidents on the contact line also looks illogical.
It means that the co-chairs are occupied with the legalization of
the Armenian positions in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan,"
Ahmedoglu said.
He said the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs want to do this under the guise
of "mediation." Mediation of OSCE Minsk Group is the most pointless
mission in the history of mankind.
"Contacts between Azerbaijanis who lived in Nagorno-Karabakh with
Armenians living there now, the establishment of dialogue between
communities - mediators strongly reject all these questions. But in
fact the main task of the mediators of the mission is the establishment
of such a dialogue," Ahmedoglu said.
He noted that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are more in contact with
Armenia, they are familiar with many character traits of Armenians,
who mainly make too illogical statements to draw attention.
"In the same context we can regard the notorious illogical position of
the mediators who thus draw attention to their activities. Mediators
in full cry, and bring to the world community that they can not
find the path of peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
and strongly demand an end to their mediation," Ahmedoglu said.
Attitude to the OSCE Chairman-in-office during his visit to Baku
demonstrates that Baku correctly understands and is willing to support
the position of intermediaries to terminate mediation, the center's
director said.