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KARABAKH PEACE TALKS FACING STALEMATE - OPINION
13:16 ~U 27.09.13
The Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh have
entered a period of stalemate, a political analyst has said,
attributing the fact to the upcoming presidential elections in
Azerbaijan.
"I regret that the negotiation process is passive, with the Armenian
side giving little attention to the debates held in different
international research centers. They develop theories over those
conflicts. The [International] Crisis Group has published a new
report addressing the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict, which
contains harmful positions from Armenia's standpoint," Hrant Melik
Shahnazaryan told a news conference on Friday, noting that many points
in the document place an equal sign between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The expert noted particularly that the authors of the report have
balanced Armenia's plan to open an airport in Nagorno-Karabakh with
the Azerbaijani authorities' pardon of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani
army officer who was sentenced to life in Hungary for killing Gurgen
Safaryan, an Armenian colleague.
"This thesis is present also in the analysis by the London-based Royal
United Service, which was financed by Azerbaijan. Attempts are being
made to develop and politicize it," he said.
The second thesis, according to the expert, are the speculations over
the non-effectiveness of the OSCE Minsk Group mission, which acts
as a mediator in the conflict settlement talks between Azerbaijan
and Armenia.
"The idea is that the Minsk Group did not in any way contribute to the
conflict settlement in the past year, hence it is necessary to seek a
solution in other formats. In my deepest conviction, Azerbaijan has
one reason to be really interested in splitting up the group. They
realize that the institute has turned into a close club allowing big
states to coordinate their decisions on the South Caucasus," he said,
noting that Azerbaijan is seeking other formats in an attempt to
involve Turkey in the process.
Armenian News - Tert.am
13:16 ~U 27.09.13
The Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh have
entered a period of stalemate, a political analyst has said,
attributing the fact to the upcoming presidential elections in
Azerbaijan.
"I regret that the negotiation process is passive, with the Armenian
side giving little attention to the debates held in different
international research centers. They develop theories over those
conflicts. The [International] Crisis Group has published a new
report addressing the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] conflict, which
contains harmful positions from Armenia's standpoint," Hrant Melik
Shahnazaryan told a news conference on Friday, noting that many points
in the document place an equal sign between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The expert noted particularly that the authors of the report have
balanced Armenia's plan to open an airport in Nagorno-Karabakh with
the Azerbaijani authorities' pardon of Ramil Safarov, the Azerbaijani
army officer who was sentenced to life in Hungary for killing Gurgen
Safaryan, an Armenian colleague.
"This thesis is present also in the analysis by the London-based Royal
United Service, which was financed by Azerbaijan. Attempts are being
made to develop and politicize it," he said.
The second thesis, according to the expert, are the speculations over
the non-effectiveness of the OSCE Minsk Group mission, which acts
as a mediator in the conflict settlement talks between Azerbaijan
and Armenia.
"The idea is that the Minsk Group did not in any way contribute to the
conflict settlement in the past year, hence it is necessary to seek a
solution in other formats. In my deepest conviction, Azerbaijan has
one reason to be really interested in splitting up the group. They
realize that the institute has turned into a close club allowing big
states to coordinate their decisions on the South Caucasus," he said,
noting that Azerbaijan is seeking other formats in an attempt to
involve Turkey in the process.
Armenian News - Tert.am