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Trend, Azerbaijan
May 4 2012
Dialogue between Azerbaijanis and Armenians of Nagorno -Karabakh could
become tool of settlement
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 4 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
The failure to include establishing a dialogue between the Armenian
and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno Karabakh in the European
Parliament resolution is a reason why the conflict is still
unresolved, Center of Political Innovations and Technologies Director
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Friday.
"The European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU negotiations on an
association agreement with Azerbaijan and Armenia. The most important
thing in this resolution is a completely different attitude to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In particular, it recommended Armenia to
withdraw its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, not to
send the youth on the military service in the Nagorno-Karabakh, not to
carry out on the occupied territories the settlement policy, not to
hinder the entry and exit in the Nagorno-Karabakh," Ahmedoglu said.
But at the same time, he said, attention is drawn to the absence in
the EP's resolution of mention of the need for dialogue between the
Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The dialogue between the communities could become a tool with which
it will be possible to carry out the most important job - from
creating an atmosphere of trust to determining the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh," the analyst said.
In his view, those who know why the point about inter-community
dialogue is not included in the resolution of the European Parliament,
also know the reason for the unresolved Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"By eliminating this reason, it is possible to achieve a peaceful
settlement to the conflict. Otherwise, the European Parliament and
other European institutions will become participants of delaying the
settlement process," Ahmedoglu said.
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.
May 4 2012
Dialogue between Azerbaijanis and Armenians of Nagorno -Karabakh could
become tool of settlement
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 4 / Trend E. Mehdiyev /
The failure to include establishing a dialogue between the Armenian
and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno Karabakh in the European
Parliament resolution is a reason why the conflict is still
unresolved, Center of Political Innovations and Technologies Director
Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Friday.
"The European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU negotiations on an
association agreement with Azerbaijan and Armenia. The most important
thing in this resolution is a completely different attitude to the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In particular, it recommended Armenia to
withdraw its troops from the occupied Azerbaijani territories, not to
send the youth on the military service in the Nagorno-Karabakh, not to
carry out on the occupied territories the settlement policy, not to
hinder the entry and exit in the Nagorno-Karabakh," Ahmedoglu said.
But at the same time, he said, attention is drawn to the absence in
the EP's resolution of mention of the need for dialogue between the
Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh.
"The dialogue between the communities could become a tool with which
it will be possible to carry out the most important job - from
creating an atmosphere of trust to determining the status of
Nagorno-Karabakh," the analyst said.
In his view, those who know why the point about inter-community
dialogue is not included in the resolution of the European Parliament,
also know the reason for the unresolved Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"By eliminating this reason, it is possible to achieve a peaceful
settlement to the conflict. Otherwise, the European Parliament and
other European institutions will become participants of delaying the
settlement process," Ahmedoglu said.
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.