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RUSSIA URGES AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA TO MAKE PEACE
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 31 2014
31 January 2014 - 10:58am
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concerns over the recent
escalation of tensions on the Azerbaijani-Armenian contact line. The
ministry urged the sides to stabilize the situation, warning that
further escalation could have repercussions for the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process and realization of the deals signed in Vienna on November
19, 2013.
Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Director of Regional Programs of the Institute
for Caspian Cooperation, says that Russia is taking all the necessary
measures to prevent detonation of the situation. He notes that any
military acts would cause casualties, although such high-scale conflict
is unlikely at the moment, both sides of the conflict are interested
in peace. The expert adds that the Armed Forces are balanced.
Andrey Petrov, an analyst of the MSU Center for Information and
Analysis, says that one of the problems for Nagorno-Karabakh on the
global scale is lack of international sources of true information.
Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of the OSCE chairman,
had made no official declarations ten days before the provocations
started. The expert believes that it is time for other international
mediators besides Russia to speak out against tensions between
Azerbaijan and Armenia and urge them to take a peaceful path.
Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
plan another meeting the following month to continue the constructive
process started in November 2013.
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Jan 31 2014
31 January 2014 - 10:58am
The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed concerns over the recent
escalation of tensions on the Azerbaijani-Armenian contact line. The
ministry urged the sides to stabilize the situation, warning that
further escalation could have repercussions for the Nagorno-Karabakh
peace process and realization of the deals signed in Vienna on November
19, 2013.
Vyacheslav Kovalenko, Director of Regional Programs of the Institute
for Caspian Cooperation, says that Russia is taking all the necessary
measures to prevent detonation of the situation. He notes that any
military acts would cause casualties, although such high-scale conflict
is unlikely at the moment, both sides of the conflict are interested
in peace. The expert adds that the Armed Forces are balanced.
Andrey Petrov, an analyst of the MSU Center for Information and
Analysis, says that one of the problems for Nagorno-Karabakh on the
global scale is lack of international sources of true information.
Andrzej Kasprzyk, personal representative of the OSCE chairman,
had made no official declarations ten days before the provocations
started. The expert believes that it is time for other international
mediators besides Russia to speak out against tensions between
Azerbaijan and Armenia and urge them to take a peaceful path.
Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan
plan another meeting the following month to continue the constructive
process started in November 2013.