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MINSK GROUP MEDIATORS FACE IDEOLOGICAL CRISIS - EXPERT
TERT.AM
09.01.13
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group are facing an ideological
crisis, according to Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, an Armenian political
analyst.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the expert highlighted the need
of eliminating the hostility between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
societies. He said such efforts should be a priority in 2013, in
addition to the plans for achieving a political or military turning
point.
He thinks Azerbaijan has long been seeking to disrupt the Minsk
Group format in an attempt to involve Turkey in the negotiations over
Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the country finds the Minsk Group
a special kind of club allowing the superpowers to coordinate their
policies in the region.
"Turkey puts forth great efforts to join that 'club'. But the Armenian
diplomacy spares no effort to maintain the Minsk Group as Turkey's
involvement will not naturally be in the interests of Armenia and
Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh]," he said.
The expert treats the mediators' statements about new plans or
proposals with skepticism as he believes all the possible scenarios
of conflict settlement were discussed in the past two decades.
TERT.AM
09.01.13
The co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group are facing an ideological
crisis, according to Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, an Armenian political
analyst.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the expert highlighted the need
of eliminating the hostility between the Armenian and Azerbaijani
societies. He said such efforts should be a priority in 2013, in
addition to the plans for achieving a political or military turning
point.
He thinks Azerbaijan has long been seeking to disrupt the Minsk
Group format in an attempt to involve Turkey in the negotiations over
Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the country finds the Minsk Group
a special kind of club allowing the superpowers to coordinate their
policies in the region.
"Turkey puts forth great efforts to join that 'club'. But the Armenian
diplomacy spares no effort to maintain the Minsk Group as Turkey's
involvement will not naturally be in the interests of Armenia and
Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh]," he said.
The expert treats the mediators' statements about new plans or
proposals with skepticism as he believes all the possible scenarios
of conflict settlement were discussed in the past two decades.