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BAKU REGRETS NATO DOES NOT WANT TO COMPEL ARMENIA TOWARD PEACE WITH AZERBAIJAN
Interfax
May 21 2012
Russia
Azerbaijan hopes for cooperation with all the organizations, among
them NATO, in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, head of the
Azeri presidential administration's public and political affairs
department Ali Hasanov told a Monday press conference in Baku.
"We have always been cooperating with NATO in the provision of peace
and security cooperation in the South Caucasus and the peace settlement
of Karabakh and other regional conflicts in that context," he said.
Yet, NATO does not have a will for active participation in the solution
of the Karabakh problem and the cleanup of aftereffects of the war
in Georgia at present; instead, it offers the parties to the conflict
to do that, Hasanov said.
"Naturally, we expect a lot from the OSCE, NATO and, especially,
from European organizations, which have enough power and authority to
implement resolutions of the UN Security Council. If NATO has a will,
it may force Armenia to fulfill the four resolutions," he said.
There is no tangible progress in the Karabakh settlement so far,
because Armenia sticks to a non-constructive position and does not want
to free the Azeri lands, he said. In addition, the Armenian community
and affiliated organizations and figures lead an anti-Azeri campaign
in the context of Eurovision 2012 in Baku.
The settlement of conflicts in the South Caucasus implies cooperation
rather than confrontation between the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) and NATO, Hasanov said. "We thought that our
membership in the Non-Aligned Movement and separation from both blocs
(the CSTO and NATO) met the national interests. However, a policy is
not a Koran dogma and no one can guarantee that it will never change.
The course may be changed if the people of Azerbaijan and forces
determining it make the decision," Hasanov said.
Interfax
May 21 2012
Russia
Azerbaijan hopes for cooperation with all the organizations, among
them NATO, in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, head of the
Azeri presidential administration's public and political affairs
department Ali Hasanov told a Monday press conference in Baku.
"We have always been cooperating with NATO in the provision of peace
and security cooperation in the South Caucasus and the peace settlement
of Karabakh and other regional conflicts in that context," he said.
Yet, NATO does not have a will for active participation in the solution
of the Karabakh problem and the cleanup of aftereffects of the war
in Georgia at present; instead, it offers the parties to the conflict
to do that, Hasanov said.
"Naturally, we expect a lot from the OSCE, NATO and, especially,
from European organizations, which have enough power and authority to
implement resolutions of the UN Security Council. If NATO has a will,
it may force Armenia to fulfill the four resolutions," he said.
There is no tangible progress in the Karabakh settlement so far,
because Armenia sticks to a non-constructive position and does not want
to free the Azeri lands, he said. In addition, the Armenian community
and affiliated organizations and figures lead an anti-Azeri campaign
in the context of Eurovision 2012 in Baku.
The settlement of conflicts in the South Caucasus implies cooperation
rather than confrontation between the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO) and NATO, Hasanov said. "We thought that our
membership in the Non-Aligned Movement and separation from both blocs
(the CSTO and NATO) met the national interests. However, a policy is
not a Koran dogma and no one can guarantee that it will never change.
The course may be changed if the people of Azerbaijan and forces
determining it make the decision," Hasanov said.