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  • ANKARA: A New Approach To The Solution Of The Nagorno-Karabakh Confl

    A NEW APPROACH TO THE SOLUTION OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
    by Nasrin Suleymanli, JTW

    Journal of Turkish Weekly
    June 26 2012

    As is known, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the
    South Caucasus on June 4-6. Considerations regarding the results of
    this visit, comments and forecasts are still continuing.

    As expected, one of the main themes of this trip was the subject of
    negotiations in the discussion of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    Currently, the U.S. is the co-chair of the Minsk group which is
    responsible for the solution of the conflict, and mediation and its
    position in the field of conflict resolution is essential.

    Despite twenty years of cease-fire in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
    the resolution through the mediation of the Minsk Group has not been
    achieved yet. Thus, the official visit of the Secretary of State to
    the region is expected to be interesting. Recent violations of the
    cease-fire between Azerbaijan and Armenia and losses on both sides of
    the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict once again demonstrated the importance
    of attention to the separation.

    Hillary Clinton's tour of the South Caucasus began with Armenia.

    Either in Armenia or Azerbaijan, she stated that a military solution
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is unacceptable.

    In Azerbaijan, Clinton gave an interesting statement. She said that
    they have to find way to establish peace as soon as possible.

    The Secretary of the State added that within the planned meeting with
    two ministers in Paris, she will try to research new approaches. She
    further added that there is no military solution to this conflict
    and they will do everything to achieve a peace agreement. Clinton
    finally mentioned that she will do everything for it personally.

    On June 18, a meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and
    Armenia will be held in Paris with the mediation of the Minsk Group
    co-chairs. İt is expected that new approaches will be presented to
    the parties of the conflict during the meeting.

    This statement by Clinton appealed to the politicians and media
    correspondents, and they tried to analyze it.

    In particular, the Armenian media and politicians manifested more
    extensive and active attitudes and stated that the "new approaches"
    put forward many different versions. Chairman of the Public Chamber
    of the Nagorno-Karabakh Foreign and Security Policy Mais Mailyan
    hopes for the Armenian position in this statement.

    In her opinion, the Madrid Principles for the settlement of the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the non-realistic proposals were
    discussed, and the U.S. leadership understood that the new approaches
    will need to be demonstrated.

    In fact, the question of the Madrid Principles will undoubtedly be
    revived here.

    The return of the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh as well
    as the territorial integrity of the Azerbaijani Republic according
    to the Madrid Principles with the participation of the U.S. in recent
    years have been re-adopted in authoritative documents.

    For example, on May 21-22 the final declaration of NATO heads of
    state at the Chicago summit meaningfully supported the territorial
    integrity of Azerbaijan and expressed the importance of the settlement
    of ethnic conflict within the framework of the U.N. Charter, Helsinki
    Final Act and international law.

    İt is noted in the U.S. State Department's report on human rights
    for 2011 that Armenian separatists with the help of Armenia still
    continue to occupy Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts.

    The official position of the U.S. in accordance with Clinton's approach
    will probably confer a high status on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    in the context of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.

    Such an approach is not in accord with the Armenian politicians,
    thus, M. Mailyan declared that if this approach does not meet the
    interests of Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenia and the legal Armenia, it
    will not be accepted.

    An article issued on Armenia's Panarmenian website stated that
    Clinton's approach reflected the official position of the government
    and stemmed from the interest in Azerbaijan's fuel reserves. It then
    mentioned that the U.S. must be careful about the forthcoming U.S.

    presidential elections in fall.

    Author Naira Ayrumyan analyzed whether the essence of the Clinton
    statement draws attention to the one by Russian Ambassador Vyaceheslav
    Kovalenko.

    The Russian ambassador indicated that for the prevention of bloodshed
    on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, we need to sign an agreement on
    the resolution process of the conflict through a negotiation process
    and an establishment of good ground.

    The author analyzes that instead of signing such an agreement it is
    possible to return a few of Azerbaijan's occupied districts, but the
    Armenian politicians cannot accept it.

    The Azerbaijani side has repeatedly said that if the framework
    agreement for the settlement of the conflict is difficult to obtain,
    a complete work on the development of a reconciliation agreement
    may commence.

    It has been taken into account that during the visit of Clinton to
    the region, the Armenian-Turkish relations, Caspian Sea oil reserves
    and safe transportation to the West were allocated as special matters,
    thus, it is reasonable to believe that the new approach will be based
    on cooperation between the parties. For now, it is difficult to speak
    without a resolution process for the conflicts about reliable peace
    and stability in the South Caucasus. At least the West and the U.S.
    are interested in stability in the region for a simple reason:
    transportation of Azerbaijani and Caspian basin resources to the West.

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