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ARIF YUNUSOV: IT IS NAIVE THINKING THAT BAKU WILL ACCEPT ARTHUR AGHABEKYAN'S SUGGESTION
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, August 20, 15:11
There will be no official reaction from Baku. Moreover, the
authorities will prevent any information on it in the Azerbaijani
media outlets. Remarks came from Arif Yunusov, Head of the Department
for Conflict Studies and Migration, Institute of Peace and Democracy
(Baku), in response to a question from ArmInfo about NKR Deputy Prime
Minister Arthur Aghabekyan's latest suggestion to use waters of the
River of Tartar and Sarsang Reservoir jointly with Azerbaijan.
"Unfortunately, since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict many
humanitarian issues have become a prey to political collisions. For
instance, in 1992 Azerbaijan officially applied to Armenia with a
request to set up a joint committee on POWs. My wife then worked at
the Defense Ministry and personally made that request. In response,
the Armenian party declared that Armenia was allegedly not involved in
the conflict and its citizens were not in the territory of Azerbaijan
and did not fell in captivity. Therefore, the Armenian party said,
Azerbaijan needed to apply to the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh,"
Yunusov said.
He said that there were numerous such examples. Consequently, it is,
at least, naive to think that Azerbaijan will accept that suggestion
in a situation when the conflicting parties care for the political
side of the issue, first and foremost.
From: Baghdasarian
by David Stepanyan
ARMINFO
Tuesday, August 20, 15:11
There will be no official reaction from Baku. Moreover, the
authorities will prevent any information on it in the Azerbaijani
media outlets. Remarks came from Arif Yunusov, Head of the Department
for Conflict Studies and Migration, Institute of Peace and Democracy
(Baku), in response to a question from ArmInfo about NKR Deputy Prime
Minister Arthur Aghabekyan's latest suggestion to use waters of the
River of Tartar and Sarsang Reservoir jointly with Azerbaijan.
"Unfortunately, since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict many
humanitarian issues have become a prey to political collisions. For
instance, in 1992 Azerbaijan officially applied to Armenia with a
request to set up a joint committee on POWs. My wife then worked at
the Defense Ministry and personally made that request. In response,
the Armenian party declared that Armenia was allegedly not involved in
the conflict and its citizens were not in the territory of Azerbaijan
and did not fell in captivity. Therefore, the Armenian party said,
Azerbaijan needed to apply to the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh,"
Yunusov said.
He said that there were numerous such examples. Consequently, it is,
at least, naive to think that Azerbaijan will accept that suggestion
in a situation when the conflicting parties care for the political
side of the issue, first and foremost.
From: Baghdasarian