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EXPERTS DISCUSS MEDIATION IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 13 2013
13 September 2013 - 9:01pm
The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process was enlivened this week by OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair James Warlick's visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The official brought US President Barack Obama's message to the
authorities of the two states.
The US president called upon Azerbaijan and Armenia to enhance their
efforts in order to resolve the Karabakh conflict. The parties should
start direct talks within the next several months, the message said.
Vestnik Kavkaza discussed the situation surrounding the peace talks
with Professor of the Western University Fikret Sadykhov and Director
of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskanderyan.
Sadykhov stressed that Azerbaijan and Armenia have different approaches
to the issue. In addition to Nagorno-Karabakh itself, Armenia has also
occupied seven districts of Azerbaijan. This territory is recognized as
part of Azerbaijan by the whole international community, he underlines.
Speaking about the mediators' role in the peace process, the expert
said that the OSCE managed to stop violence in the 90s. However,
he expressed regret that the international community seems unable to
change the status quo, which is absolutely unacceptable now.
Alexander Iskanderyan believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
affects the whole region. Such powers as Turkey and Iran cannot stand
aside from this conflict, he says. It's not a bilateral issue, the
expert stresses.
Iskanderyan believes that it's strange to blame the OSCE mediators for
the fact that the peace talks are not successful. The international
community cannot solve the problem instead of the participants in
the conflict, he says.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/45092.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Sept 13 2013
13 September 2013 - 9:01pm
The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process was enlivened this week by OSCE
Minsk Group co-chair James Warlick's visit to Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The official brought US President Barack Obama's message to the
authorities of the two states.
The US president called upon Azerbaijan and Armenia to enhance their
efforts in order to resolve the Karabakh conflict. The parties should
start direct talks within the next several months, the message said.
Vestnik Kavkaza discussed the situation surrounding the peace talks
with Professor of the Western University Fikret Sadykhov and Director
of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskanderyan.
Sadykhov stressed that Azerbaijan and Armenia have different approaches
to the issue. In addition to Nagorno-Karabakh itself, Armenia has also
occupied seven districts of Azerbaijan. This territory is recognized as
part of Azerbaijan by the whole international community, he underlines.
Speaking about the mediators' role in the peace process, the expert
said that the OSCE managed to stop violence in the 90s. However,
he expressed regret that the international community seems unable to
change the status quo, which is absolutely unacceptable now.
Alexander Iskanderyan believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
affects the whole region. Such powers as Turkey and Iran cannot stand
aside from this conflict, he says. It's not a bilateral issue, the
expert stresses.
Iskanderyan believes that it's strange to blame the OSCE mediators for
the fact that the peace talks are not successful. The international
community cannot solve the problem instead of the participants in
the conflict, he says.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/45092.html