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I DO NOT RECALL A TIME WHEN NAGORNO-KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS' IMPASSE WAS THIS MUCH PROFOUND - ARMENIA'S FORMER FM
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June 28, 2012 | 15:02
YEREVAN. - The Karabakh peace process is at an impasse, former FM
and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian wrote in his Facebook
account.
"Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy [and Vice President of the European Commission],
stated that progress in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict is
crucial for Armenia's political association and economic integration
with the European Union. She called upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to
step up the efforts toward reaching an agreement.
Ashton's statement preceded the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries'
Los Cabos statement, whose diplomatic formulations were very severe
and substantially differed from the previous statements.
Today it is apparent that the Karabakh peace process is at an impasse.
I do not recall a time when the impasse was this much profound.
[And] There are two reasons for this situation:
First, today there is no document at the [negotiating] table which
all parties will accept as a basis for negotiations. Second, the
unsettled problems have increased.
[And] The mediator's task today is to see to it that the parties
ultimately accept one of the documents as a basis for negotiations.
In my deep conviction, [US Secretary of State Hilary] Clinton left
Armenia empty-handed, because Armenia could not have added anything
new.
I believe the Armenian side's shortcoming in the negotiations was
that it agreed to its concessions too soon and more than needed.
Incidentally, the same negotiating mistake was made in the
Armenian-Turkish process, too.
It is clearly Azerbaijan which obstructs the negotiation process and
jeopardizes the delicate peace," Vartan Oskanian specifically wrote
in his Facebook account.
news.am
June 28, 2012 | 15:02
YEREVAN. - The Karabakh peace process is at an impasse, former FM
and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian wrote in his Facebook
account.
"Catherine Ashton, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs
and Security Policy [and Vice President of the European Commission],
stated that progress in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict is
crucial for Armenia's political association and economic integration
with the European Union. She called upon Armenia and Azerbaijan to
step up the efforts toward reaching an agreement.
Ashton's statement preceded the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries'
Los Cabos statement, whose diplomatic formulations were very severe
and substantially differed from the previous statements.
Today it is apparent that the Karabakh peace process is at an impasse.
I do not recall a time when the impasse was this much profound.
[And] There are two reasons for this situation:
First, today there is no document at the [negotiating] table which
all parties will accept as a basis for negotiations. Second, the
unsettled problems have increased.
[And] The mediator's task today is to see to it that the parties
ultimately accept one of the documents as a basis for negotiations.
In my deep conviction, [US Secretary of State Hilary] Clinton left
Armenia empty-handed, because Armenia could not have added anything
new.
I believe the Armenian side's shortcoming in the negotiations was
that it agreed to its concessions too soon and more than needed.
Incidentally, the same negotiating mistake was made in the
Armenian-Turkish process, too.
It is clearly Azerbaijan which obstructs the negotiation process and
jeopardizes the delicate peace," Vartan Oskanian specifically wrote
in his Facebook account.