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Political expert: OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs want to lobby the meeting
between Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
arminfo
Thursday, July 24, 15:24
To all appearances, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs want to lobby a
meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Deputy
Director of the Caucasus Institute, political expert Sergey Minasyan
has told ArmInfo.
According to Minasyan, the statement of the Co-Chairs says nothing
new. "The Co-Chairs' problem is to find creative formulations every
time. When the tension on the Line of Contact escalated, the Co-Chairs
urged the sides to reduce the tension. After the Azeris' sabotage
attack on Karvachar and the murder of 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan,
they expressed serious concern about the increase in tensions and
violence, including the targeted killings of civilians", says
Minasyan. He adds that the OSCE Minsk Group can make diplomatic
formulations only.
Minasyan stresses that the Co-Chairs are trying to continue the
Karabakh peace process. In this context, the consensus stance of the
U.S., Russian, and French Co-Chairs is very important amid the global
processes.
When asked how realistic the high-level meeting is on the margins of
the UN General Assembly in New York, Minasyan points out that
everything depends on whether the mediators will be able to exert
pressure on Azerbaijan and to lobby that meeting. The expert says that
the Co-Chairs are doing their best to continue the peace process but
one should expect no breakthrough in the foreseeable future.
To remind, on July 23 the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
(Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of
the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) released a
statement. "The Co-Chairs expressed their serious concern about the
increase in tensions and violence, including the targeted killings of
civilians, along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border. They urged the parties to commit themselves to avoiding
casualties and rejected the deliberate targeting of villages and the
civilian population. They called on the Foreign Ministers to defuse
tensions and adhere to the terms of the ceasefire. The Co-Chairs and
Foreign Ministers also discussed possible agenda items for a
presidential summit, underscoring the importance of a meeting between
the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan for achieving progress in
peace negotiations. They also discussed meetings which could take
place in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly", says the
statement.
To note, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic has brought criminal charges against the Azeri raiders
detained near Karvachar in early July. The press service of the Office
reports that two Azeris were detained while attempting to cross the
border last week: Gulin Shahbaz Jalaloglu, who had a silenced
Kalashnikov assault rifle, a Makarov pistol and two frag grenades, and
Dilham Gardashhan, a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Makarov pistol.
The third Azeri showed resistance and was killed. Both Jalaloglu and
Gardashhan have been arrested and are facing the charge of illegal
crossing of state border. A special investigation group is inquiring
into the case. The Armenian side also suffered losses: Major Sargis
Abrahamyan (born in 1972) was killed, a woman, Karina Davtyan (born in
1977) was wounded, and 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan was kidnapped and
killed.
between Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
arminfo
Thursday, July 24, 15:24
To all appearances, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs want to lobby a
meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Deputy
Director of the Caucasus Institute, political expert Sergey Minasyan
has told ArmInfo.
According to Minasyan, the statement of the Co-Chairs says nothing
new. "The Co-Chairs' problem is to find creative formulations every
time. When the tension on the Line of Contact escalated, the Co-Chairs
urged the sides to reduce the tension. After the Azeris' sabotage
attack on Karvachar and the murder of 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan,
they expressed serious concern about the increase in tensions and
violence, including the targeted killings of civilians", says
Minasyan. He adds that the OSCE Minsk Group can make diplomatic
formulations only.
Minasyan stresses that the Co-Chairs are trying to continue the
Karabakh peace process. In this context, the consensus stance of the
U.S., Russian, and French Co-Chairs is very important amid the global
processes.
When asked how realistic the high-level meeting is on the margins of
the UN General Assembly in New York, Minasyan points out that
everything depends on whether the mediators will be able to exert
pressure on Azerbaijan and to lobby that meeting. The expert says that
the Co-Chairs are doing their best to continue the peace process but
one should expect no breakthrough in the foreseeable future.
To remind, on July 23 the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
(Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of
the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France) released a
statement. "The Co-Chairs expressed their serious concern about the
increase in tensions and violence, including the targeted killings of
civilians, along the Line of Contact and the Armenian-Azerbaijani
border. They urged the parties to commit themselves to avoiding
casualties and rejected the deliberate targeting of villages and the
civilian population. They called on the Foreign Ministers to defuse
tensions and adhere to the terms of the ceasefire. The Co-Chairs and
Foreign Ministers also discussed possible agenda items for a
presidential summit, underscoring the importance of a meeting between
the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan for achieving progress in
peace negotiations. They also discussed meetings which could take
place in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly", says the
statement.
To note, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic has brought criminal charges against the Azeri raiders
detained near Karvachar in early July. The press service of the Office
reports that two Azeris were detained while attempting to cross the
border last week: Gulin Shahbaz Jalaloglu, who had a silenced
Kalashnikov assault rifle, a Makarov pistol and two frag grenades, and
Dilham Gardashhan, a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a Makarov pistol.
The third Azeri showed resistance and was killed. Both Jalaloglu and
Gardashhan have been arrested and are facing the charge of illegal
crossing of state border. A special investigation group is inquiring
into the case. The Armenian side also suffered losses: Major Sargis
Abrahamyan (born in 1972) was killed, a woman, Karina Davtyan (born in
1977) was wounded, and 17-year-old Smbat Tsakanyan was kidnapped and
killed.