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Turan Information Agency, Azerbaijan
June 21, 2013 Friday
Vafa Guluzade: `Communities of Azerbaijan and Armenia will reconcile
after the establishment of peace between the two countries`
Progress in relations between the Azerbaijani and Armenian societies
is possible only after the establishment of peace between the two
countries; and the speeches and statements of the OSCE Minsk Group is
a necessary background to the negotiations between the USA and Russia,
said Vafa Guluzadeh, political scientist and former government adviser
on foreign policy in an interview to Objective TV. The parties several
times came close to signing agreements. An example, the is the Lisbon
summit in 1996, when the Armenian delegation asked the ex-President
Heydar Aliyev, with what face the delegation will return to Yerevan
after a productive preparatory work. In addition, at the initiative of
former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, the presidents in
Washington started direct negotiations, shaking hands. However,
shooting of the Armenian parliament on 27 October, 1999 on the eve of
the OSCE Istanbul summit, including Speaker, Karen Demirchyan, and
Prime Minister, Vazgen Sargsyan, caused break in the peace process.
Then Robert Kocharian could also suffer from terrorism, but he in time
informed the Kremlin on secret negotiations with Heydar Aliyev, on the
results of which Armenia could be involved in inter-regional projects,
bypassing Russia. Today Russia, even being a nuclear power, has become
a much complaisant in relations with the international community,
particularly the United States. They expect from Russia successive
concessions on Afghanistan, North Korea, Syria, and even on more
distant states. After that, it will become more loyal to the issues of
Iran and China, and the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved
automatically, because on the background of geopolitical units, it is
not a priority. Guluzadeh reasonably believes that the intransigence
of the Armenian political establishment has been developed in the
Foreign Ministry of Russia. He watched repeatedly as Vladimir
Kazimirov and other senior officials of the foreign ministry
instructed the opposing party, and even made a comment on the fact.
Photos of Kazimirov, who was having dinner with Zori Balayan, the
author of the book "Hearth", and other co-authors of separatism,
bypassed newspapers and magazines around the world. The OSCE Minsk
Group for nothing accuses in its statements both sides of
unwillingness to make concessions. Azerbaijan has maximum possible
compromises. Russia is behind Armenia; if there was some powerful
state behind Baku, the starting position was to consist of
unwillingness to recognize Armenia as an independent country ; Armenia
consists not of the "historical", but specific Azerbaijani lands which
were transferred to it after the collapse of the tsarist Russia; and
there are documents confirming it. Negotiations are formality.
According to the former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, "on the eve of
the elections the public should be sent a positive message". He
appointed Zhirair Libaridian, and Heydar Aliyev appointed Vafa
Guluzadeh as special negotiators; and discussions were reduced to the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh. The parties agreed to provide the maximum
possible in the European and global practice of autonomy, but
Libaridian suddenly started talking about the need of the National
Guard and foreign missions in the region. Heydar Aliyev was against
it, but as a stepping stone he authorized his representative to begin
negotiations with that position. Then the Armenian side threw a fresh
"card" - attachment the economy of Karabakh region of the official
Yerevan, after which the agreement has lost its meaning. At the
request of Ter-Petrosyan, the sides told the public something
positive, but in reality it everything came to a cup of coffee. The
Nagorno Karabakh problem will be solved within the framework of the
recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, believes the
political analyst, and the USA today do everything they can do in this
direction. After signing the peace, the public, who have nothing to
share, will be friends, remembering old grievances, and Armenia will
be involved in international projects, will become wealthy state,
which means that its exclusion from the zone of strategic influence of
Russia, said the political scientist. --17D -
June 21, 2013 Friday
Vafa Guluzade: `Communities of Azerbaijan and Armenia will reconcile
after the establishment of peace between the two countries`
Progress in relations between the Azerbaijani and Armenian societies
is possible only after the establishment of peace between the two
countries; and the speeches and statements of the OSCE Minsk Group is
a necessary background to the negotiations between the USA and Russia,
said Vafa Guluzadeh, political scientist and former government adviser
on foreign policy in an interview to Objective TV. The parties several
times came close to signing agreements. An example, the is the Lisbon
summit in 1996, when the Armenian delegation asked the ex-President
Heydar Aliyev, with what face the delegation will return to Yerevan
after a productive preparatory work. In addition, at the initiative of
former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, the presidents in
Washington started direct negotiations, shaking hands. However,
shooting of the Armenian parliament on 27 October, 1999 on the eve of
the OSCE Istanbul summit, including Speaker, Karen Demirchyan, and
Prime Minister, Vazgen Sargsyan, caused break in the peace process.
Then Robert Kocharian could also suffer from terrorism, but he in time
informed the Kremlin on secret negotiations with Heydar Aliyev, on the
results of which Armenia could be involved in inter-regional projects,
bypassing Russia. Today Russia, even being a nuclear power, has become
a much complaisant in relations with the international community,
particularly the United States. They expect from Russia successive
concessions on Afghanistan, North Korea, Syria, and even on more
distant states. After that, it will become more loyal to the issues of
Iran and China, and the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh will be resolved
automatically, because on the background of geopolitical units, it is
not a priority. Guluzadeh reasonably believes that the intransigence
of the Armenian political establishment has been developed in the
Foreign Ministry of Russia. He watched repeatedly as Vladimir
Kazimirov and other senior officials of the foreign ministry
instructed the opposing party, and even made a comment on the fact.
Photos of Kazimirov, who was having dinner with Zori Balayan, the
author of the book "Hearth", and other co-authors of separatism,
bypassed newspapers and magazines around the world. The OSCE Minsk
Group for nothing accuses in its statements both sides of
unwillingness to make concessions. Azerbaijan has maximum possible
compromises. Russia is behind Armenia; if there was some powerful
state behind Baku, the starting position was to consist of
unwillingness to recognize Armenia as an independent country ; Armenia
consists not of the "historical", but specific Azerbaijani lands which
were transferred to it after the collapse of the tsarist Russia; and
there are documents confirming it. Negotiations are formality.
According to the former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, "on the eve of
the elections the public should be sent a positive message". He
appointed Zhirair Libaridian, and Heydar Aliyev appointed Vafa
Guluzadeh as special negotiators; and discussions were reduced to the
status of Nagorno-Karabakh. The parties agreed to provide the maximum
possible in the European and global practice of autonomy, but
Libaridian suddenly started talking about the need of the National
Guard and foreign missions in the region. Heydar Aliyev was against
it, but as a stepping stone he authorized his representative to begin
negotiations with that position. Then the Armenian side threw a fresh
"card" - attachment the economy of Karabakh region of the official
Yerevan, after which the agreement has lost its meaning. At the
request of Ter-Petrosyan, the sides told the public something
positive, but in reality it everything came to a cup of coffee. The
Nagorno Karabakh problem will be solved within the framework of the
recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, believes the
political analyst, and the USA today do everything they can do in this
direction. After signing the peace, the public, who have nothing to
share, will be friends, remembering old grievances, and Armenia will
be involved in international projects, will become wealthy state,
which means that its exclusion from the zone of strategic influence of
Russia, said the political scientist. --17D -