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Political expert: Armenian and Azeri presidents will hardly meet soon
in the framework of the OSCE MG
ARMINFO
Tuesday, May 21, 19:59
The Armenian and Azeri presidents will hardly meet soon in the
framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, Deputy Director of the Caucasus
Institute Sergey Minasyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He believes that after the Ramil Safarov case the presidents have
nothing to say to each other - especially as they have absolutely
different views of how the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved.
Minasyan doubts that the world community is pressuring the conflicting
parties into signing some document. "I can hardly imagine them
agrreing to sign any complex document - not even a preamble to the
Madrid Principles as the latter are not accepted by Azerbaijan.
Tensions in the conflict zones are the last resource the Azeris are
trying to use to pressure Armenia and the world community. They don't
even want to negotiate the removal of snipers from the contact line.
Why should the presidents meet then?" the expert said, adding that the
meetings of the Armenian and Azeri FMs are just a fruitless formality.
The FMs met with the OSCE MG co-chairs in Krakow on May 17. After the
meeting the co-chairs said that they were going to visit the South
Caucasus so as to discuss some questions with the Armenian and Azeri
presidents.
in the framework of the OSCE MG
ARMINFO
Tuesday, May 21, 19:59
The Armenian and Azeri presidents will hardly meet soon in the
framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, Deputy Director of the Caucasus
Institute Sergey Minasyan told journalists on Tuesday.
He believes that after the Ramil Safarov case the presidents have
nothing to say to each other - especially as they have absolutely
different views of how the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved.
Minasyan doubts that the world community is pressuring the conflicting
parties into signing some document. "I can hardly imagine them
agrreing to sign any complex document - not even a preamble to the
Madrid Principles as the latter are not accepted by Azerbaijan.
Tensions in the conflict zones are the last resource the Azeris are
trying to use to pressure Armenia and the world community. They don't
even want to negotiate the removal of snipers from the contact line.
Why should the presidents meet then?" the expert said, adding that the
meetings of the Armenian and Azeri FMs are just a fruitless formality.
The FMs met with the OSCE MG co-chairs in Krakow on May 17. After the
meeting the co-chairs said that they were going to visit the South
Caucasus so as to discuss some questions with the Armenian and Azeri
presidents.