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KARABAKH CONFLICT: TURKEY STILL HOPES TO FORCE ITS WAY INTO OSCE MG
September 3, 2013 - 16:54 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
Azerbaijan spares no effort to position itself as a leading player
in South Caucasus, using not only petrodollars but a number of
anti-Armenian events to gain its end.
The favorite Azeri mottos 'Armenia is an aggressor' and 'Nagorno
Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan' are widely known to be
unsubstantiated and meant only for brotherly Turkic people, the only
ones to be supporting Baku at this point.
The ex-foreign minister of Turkey is no exception. In his address at
a Baku-hosted forum South Caucasus in a Changing World, Hikmet Centin
yet again spoke about occupation and refugees.
"A number of conflicts are ongoing in South Caucasus, negatively
affecting regional stability and hampering cooperation between
neighboring countries," Centin said, urging to resolve the Karabakh
issue.
The ex-official went on to slam the OSCE Minsk Group's activity noting
that the latter needs new ideas in promoting the conflict settlement.
He further drew an intimidating picture of the Karabakh conflict
"posing threat to international security."
"Finding solution to the protracted Karabakh issue is much harder
than settling conflicts in Cyprus, Abkhazia, Ossetia," he said.
One cannot help but wonder: if the Cyprus crisis is so much easier
to solve, why can't Ankara settle it? Or does the 'easy solution'
mean another occupation of Cyprus?
And once again, Cetin couldn't help promoting Turkey's involvement
in the OSCE MG efforts.
It's unlikely that the diplomat is unaware that Turkey's involvement in
the OSCE MG activity is impossible, the former being biased towards
one of the conflicting parties. This, nevertheless doesn't stop
Ankara from persisting that the conflict would be solved in no time,
were Turkey to become a co-chair.
Somehow, Ankara keeps forgetting that every conflict that Turkey
seeks to become involved in goes from bad to worse, with Syria as
one of the examples.
It would be much better for Turkish diplomats to try and solve their
own issues, including Cyprus and Kurds. The Karabakh conflict, solved
back in 1994 will be better off without Turkey's involvement.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/169507/Karabakh_conflict_Turkey_still_hopes_to_force_its_ way_into_OSCE_MG
From: A. Papazian
September 3, 2013 - 16:54 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
Azerbaijan spares no effort to position itself as a leading player
in South Caucasus, using not only petrodollars but a number of
anti-Armenian events to gain its end.
The favorite Azeri mottos 'Armenia is an aggressor' and 'Nagorno
Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan' are widely known to be
unsubstantiated and meant only for brotherly Turkic people, the only
ones to be supporting Baku at this point.
The ex-foreign minister of Turkey is no exception. In his address at
a Baku-hosted forum South Caucasus in a Changing World, Hikmet Centin
yet again spoke about occupation and refugees.
"A number of conflicts are ongoing in South Caucasus, negatively
affecting regional stability and hampering cooperation between
neighboring countries," Centin said, urging to resolve the Karabakh
issue.
The ex-official went on to slam the OSCE Minsk Group's activity noting
that the latter needs new ideas in promoting the conflict settlement.
He further drew an intimidating picture of the Karabakh conflict
"posing threat to international security."
"Finding solution to the protracted Karabakh issue is much harder
than settling conflicts in Cyprus, Abkhazia, Ossetia," he said.
One cannot help but wonder: if the Cyprus crisis is so much easier
to solve, why can't Ankara settle it? Or does the 'easy solution'
mean another occupation of Cyprus?
And once again, Cetin couldn't help promoting Turkey's involvement
in the OSCE MG efforts.
It's unlikely that the diplomat is unaware that Turkey's involvement in
the OSCE MG activity is impossible, the former being biased towards
one of the conflicting parties. This, nevertheless doesn't stop
Ankara from persisting that the conflict would be solved in no time,
were Turkey to become a co-chair.
Somehow, Ankara keeps forgetting that every conflict that Turkey
seeks to become involved in goes from bad to worse, with Syria as
one of the examples.
It would be much better for Turkish diplomats to try and solve their
own issues, including Cyprus and Kurds. The Karabakh conflict, solved
back in 1994 will be better off without Turkey's involvement.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/169507/Karabakh_conflict_Turkey_still_hopes_to_force_its_ way_into_OSCE_MG
From: A. Papazian