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    NKR OFFICIAL CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN

    The deputy prime minister of Karabakh Arthur Aghabekyan has come up
    with an interesting initiative relating to use of the water of the
    River Tartar and Sarsang Reservoir jointly with Azerbaijan. Aghabekyan
    voiced this call through the Armenian service of RFE/RL, as if warning
    Azerbaijan that if Azerbaijan does not accept the proposal, Karabakh
    will handle its resources exceptionally in its own interests.

    In fact, Karabakh and Azerbaijan have no experience of cooperation.

    Earlier the ex-foreign minister of NKR Naira Melkumyan had appealed
    to Azerbaijan through the OSCE. That year rodents damaged crops in
    Karabakh and Azerbaijan, and Karabakh proposed coordinated fight
    against pests. Baku did not respond. Baku also rejected the proposal
    of the mediators to withdraw snipers from the front line and develop
    mechanisms for the investigation of violations. There may not be a
    response now though the people of the border areas complain of the
    shortage of water. Nevertheless, water may mark a breakthrough in
    the process of settlement of the Karabakh issue.

    The talks for the political settlement have run into a deadlock, and
    the option of opening the region without settlement is deemed actual:
    the countries put off the issue of status and open the roads.

    Azerbaijan still objects categorically. Apparently, Ilham Aliyev will
    continue to reject this proposal till the presidential elections but
    then he will have to think over it.

    Despite all the negative consequences of the blockade imposed by
    Azerbaijan and Turkey for Armenia, its political consequence is
    isolation of Baku and Ankara, as well as Moscow in the region. Due to
    the blockade they cannot find a good route for the transportation of
    the Azerbaijani oil, Turkey has no border with Azerbaijan, while Russia
    has to transport loads for its military base in Gyumri via "bypasses".

    It is hard to calculate the positive and negative aspects of the
    blockade for each country but obviously the things are moving towards
    opening the region, and now each of the sides will try to reap the
    benefits and avoid political losses.

    For example, the Georgian prime minister's economic advisor Georgy
    Khukhashvili stated a few weeks ago that the Abkhazian railway can
    be operated without finalizing the status of Abkhazia. The same can
    be applied to Karabakh.

    Naira Hayrumyan 15:05 15/08/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30706



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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