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STEPANAKERT AIRPORT PLAN NO PROBLEM TO SUPERPOWERS - EXPERT
tert.am
13.11.12
The world's superpowers see no problem about the plan for launching
the renovated airport in the Nagorno-Karabakh capital, according to
an Armenian expert.
At a news conference on Tuesday, political analyst Sergey Minasyan said
he does not expect strategic developments this year. The expert noted
that despite its threats to withdraw from the negotiation process
over Karabakh, Azerbaijan, as one of the parties to the conflict,
does not succeed in its efforts to do so. Minasyan emphasized that
the negotiation format is no longer subject to any change.
"Developments are possible over non-strategic issues, such as the
Stepanakert airport. The co-chairs of the Minsk Group have several
times addressed the issue," he said. "We also have the response of
the US Department of State. That means the superpowers see no problem
about the plan."
Minasyan noted that Armenia has agreed with the co-chairs to at least
try to reach some consensus.
"A tension in the region is not in anyone's interests," he said.
Speaking of the Armenian president's meeting with his French
counterpart in Paris, particularly the latter's promise that his
country will do everything to achieve a peaceful settlement of
the conflict, Minasyan noted: "That's an expression of a sense of
responsibility by a co-chairing state. One thing is clear definitely:
it is impossible to reach a mutually conceded settlement in the near
future. France has simply underscored in words that it will be ready
to continue the process. That's all it has done."
tert.am
13.11.12
The world's superpowers see no problem about the plan for launching
the renovated airport in the Nagorno-Karabakh capital, according to
an Armenian expert.
At a news conference on Tuesday, political analyst Sergey Minasyan said
he does not expect strategic developments this year. The expert noted
that despite its threats to withdraw from the negotiation process
over Karabakh, Azerbaijan, as one of the parties to the conflict,
does not succeed in its efforts to do so. Minasyan emphasized that
the negotiation format is no longer subject to any change.
"Developments are possible over non-strategic issues, such as the
Stepanakert airport. The co-chairs of the Minsk Group have several
times addressed the issue," he said. "We also have the response of
the US Department of State. That means the superpowers see no problem
about the plan."
Minasyan noted that Armenia has agreed with the co-chairs to at least
try to reach some consensus.
"A tension in the region is not in anyone's interests," he said.
Speaking of the Armenian president's meeting with his French
counterpart in Paris, particularly the latter's promise that his
country will do everything to achieve a peaceful settlement of
the conflict, Minasyan noted: "That's an expression of a sense of
responsibility by a co-chairing state. One thing is clear definitely:
it is impossible to reach a mutually conceded settlement in the near
future. France has simply underscored in words that it will be ready
to continue the process. That's all it has done."