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Karabakh conflict sides stuck between peace and war - Thomas de Waal
NEWS.AM
June 23, 2012 | 15:50
Karabakh conflict sides [Armenia and Azerbaijan] were stuck between
peace and war, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at
the Carnegie Endowment Thomas de Waal said in an interview with
CivilNetTV.
Regarding the Mexico statement by the OSCE Minsk Group member-states
presidents, the expert said that important is not the content but the
symbolic nature of it. The statement was a means to remind the sides
about the inadmissibility of war, the sides should come to an
agreement in the conflict settlement.
`The incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border shadowed the visit
of the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the South Caucasus.
It is likely that one of the conflicting sides, difficult to say which
one, attempted to attach attention to the Karabakh conflict and the
incidents coincided with the high ranking visit, while Clinton was in
the region to call for peace,' the expert said.
A viewpoint exists that great powers, including the States, Russia,
Europe, Turkey and Iran play chess with the South Caucasus countries.
However, de Waal did not share the viewpoint, adding he agrees to its
controversial one, claiming it is the regional states that manipulate
the great powers having their interests.
From: Baghdasarian
NEWS.AM
June 23, 2012 | 15:50
Karabakh conflict sides [Armenia and Azerbaijan] were stuck between
peace and war, a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at
the Carnegie Endowment Thomas de Waal said in an interview with
CivilNetTV.
Regarding the Mexico statement by the OSCE Minsk Group member-states
presidents, the expert said that important is not the content but the
symbolic nature of it. The statement was a means to remind the sides
about the inadmissibility of war, the sides should come to an
agreement in the conflict settlement.
`The incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border shadowed the visit
of the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the South Caucasus.
It is likely that one of the conflicting sides, difficult to say which
one, attempted to attach attention to the Karabakh conflict and the
incidents coincided with the high ranking visit, while Clinton was in
the region to call for peace,' the expert said.
A viewpoint exists that great powers, including the States, Russia,
Europe, Turkey and Iran play chess with the South Caucasus countries.
However, de Waal did not share the viewpoint, adding he agrees to its
controversial one, claiming it is the regional states that manipulate
the great powers having their interests.
From: Baghdasarian