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ANS TV (Azeri), Baku
Dec 11 2013
Azeri official calls for Russian, Iranian pressure on Armenia
[Translated from Azeri]
A senior Azerbaijani official has accused Armenia of disrupting
regional peace and stability and urged Iran and Russia to exert
pressure on that country.
"We are completely confident that if Armenia... is located in our
region and that if Armenia is currently conducting a policy of
occupation, then it bears international responsibility. Other
neighbouring states [Iran and Russia] should not be indifferent to
this international responsibility of Armenia and its policy of
aggression. Other neighbouring countries, Iran and Russia, should
exert pressure on Armenia as it is mainly Armenia who disrupts peace
and stability in the region," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister
Xalaf Xalafov told reporters in remarks aired by privately-owned ANS
TV on 11 December.
In the meantime, Baku-based opposition Yeni Musavat newspaper
expressed cautious optimism about the resolution of the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"Following the [Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders'] Vienna meeting [on
19 November], the meeting between [Armenian Foreign Minister] Edvard
Nalbandyan and [his Azerbaijani counterpart] Elmar Mammadyarov in Kiev
[on 4 December] can be regarded as an announcement of a further
intensification in the [peace] talks," the newspaper said.
The daily pointed out the "special activeness" in the resumption of
the peace talks that it said was demonstrated by James Warlick, the US
mediator in the Karabakh peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Yeni Musavat quoted Warlick as saying: "The latest talks conducted in
Vienna and Kiev showed that the sides want to break the deadlock...
However, one should admit that this requires strong political will."
The daily added that the absence of Russia's Karabakh mediator from
the 5 December Kiev meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian pundits,
Eldar Namazov and David Shahnazaryan, which was organized by the US
mediator, showed that Russia was not happy about the US activity over
the conflict settlement.
BBCM note: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan met in the Austrian capital Vienna on 19
November after a two-year break to discuss a peaceful settlement for
the disputed Nagornyy Karabakh region. The OSCE's Minsk Group,
co-chaired by France, Russia and the USA, has mediated peace talks
between Yerevan and Baku following an early 1990s war over
Azerbaijan's breakaway region and a cease-fire reached in 1994. The
Azerbaijani authorities have been particularly critical of the
mediators for their failure to secure a final peace treaty.
Dec 11 2013
Azeri official calls for Russian, Iranian pressure on Armenia
[Translated from Azeri]
A senior Azerbaijani official has accused Armenia of disrupting
regional peace and stability and urged Iran and Russia to exert
pressure on that country.
"We are completely confident that if Armenia... is located in our
region and that if Armenia is currently conducting a policy of
occupation, then it bears international responsibility. Other
neighbouring states [Iran and Russia] should not be indifferent to
this international responsibility of Armenia and its policy of
aggression. Other neighbouring countries, Iran and Russia, should
exert pressure on Armenia as it is mainly Armenia who disrupts peace
and stability in the region," Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister
Xalaf Xalafov told reporters in remarks aired by privately-owned ANS
TV on 11 December.
In the meantime, Baku-based opposition Yeni Musavat newspaper
expressed cautious optimism about the resolution of the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"Following the [Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders'] Vienna meeting [on
19 November], the meeting between [Armenian Foreign Minister] Edvard
Nalbandyan and [his Azerbaijani counterpart] Elmar Mammadyarov in Kiev
[on 4 December] can be regarded as an announcement of a further
intensification in the [peace] talks," the newspaper said.
The daily pointed out the "special activeness" in the resumption of
the peace talks that it said was demonstrated by James Warlick, the US
mediator in the Karabakh peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Yeni Musavat quoted Warlick as saying: "The latest talks conducted in
Vienna and Kiev showed that the sides want to break the deadlock...
However, one should admit that this requires strong political will."
The daily added that the absence of Russia's Karabakh mediator from
the 5 December Kiev meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian pundits,
Eldar Namazov and David Shahnazaryan, which was organized by the US
mediator, showed that Russia was not happy about the US activity over
the conflict settlement.
BBCM note: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian
counterpart Serzh Sargsyan met in the Austrian capital Vienna on 19
November after a two-year break to discuss a peaceful settlement for
the disputed Nagornyy Karabakh region. The OSCE's Minsk Group,
co-chaired by France, Russia and the USA, has mediated peace talks
between Yerevan and Baku following an early 1990s war over
Azerbaijan's breakaway region and a cease-fire reached in 1994. The
Azerbaijani authorities have been particularly critical of the
mediators for their failure to secure a final peace treaty.