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FORMER CHIEF ADVISER: ARMENIA TO REMAIN WEAKEST COUNTRY IN REGION UNTIL NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IS RESOLVED
Trend
June 28 2012
Azerbaijan
Armenia will continue to be the weakest country in the region,
but Azerbaijan and Georgia will develop, until the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is resolved, former chief adviser to ex-Armenian President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan Zhirayr Libaridyan told media today.
"We are in conflict with the two neighboring countries - Turkey and
Azerbaijan," Libaridyan said. "Armenia will not develop until these
conflicts are resolved.".
He said that the parties must abandon maximalist demands to resolve
the conflict.
"I do not trust the mediators from the OSCE Minsk Group," he said.
"The negotiations must be conducted directly."
Libaridyan, as well as president of the Georgian Foundation for
Strategic and International Studies Alexander Rondeli and Azerbaijani
MP, political analyst Rasim Musabayov attended the international
conference "Joint efforts for the future of the Caucasus: lessons
of the past 20 years" in Baku today. It was organized jointly by
the Centre for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President,
Caucasus International and Turkish Policy Quarterly magazines.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.
Trend
June 28 2012
Azerbaijan
Armenia will continue to be the weakest country in the region,
but Azerbaijan and Georgia will develop, until the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict is resolved, former chief adviser to ex-Armenian President
Levon Ter-Petrosyan Zhirayr Libaridyan told media today.
"We are in conflict with the two neighboring countries - Turkey and
Azerbaijan," Libaridyan said. "Armenia will not develop until these
conflicts are resolved.".
He said that the parties must abandon maximalist demands to resolve
the conflict.
"I do not trust the mediators from the OSCE Minsk Group," he said.
"The negotiations must be conducted directly."
Libaridyan, as well as president of the Georgian Foundation for
Strategic and International Studies Alexander Rondeli and Azerbaijani
MP, political analyst Rasim Musabayov attended the international
conference "Joint efforts for the future of the Caucasus: lessons
of the past 20 years" in Baku today. It was organized jointly by
the Centre for Strategic Studies under the Azerbaijani President,
Caucasus International and Turkish Policy Quarterly magazines.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988
when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian
armed forces have occupied 20 per cent of Azerbaijan since 1992,
including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. -
are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four
resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh and the
surrounding regions.