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A Military Adventure Was Prevented In Artsakh
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 16:28
`A full day session with the Co-Chairs concluded in Warsaw. We are
committed to working together for NK peace,' twitted the American
co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick after the meeting of
the co-chairs in Warsaw.
Minsk Group's collaboration and NK peace are urgent and have been on
the agenda since the Ukrainian developments. In this respect Warlick
has expressed concerns several times, holding out hope that the
Ukrainian developments will not lead to change or make the Group
altogether obsolete.
Azerbaijan and Turkey have never really liked the Minsk Group format.
Ankara has always aspired to co-chairmanship, not only in order to
support Azerbaijan but also being clearly aware that the Minsk Group
has been a peculiar club of geopolitics where issues beyond the
Artsakh settlement are being discussed.
It should be noted that Russia is dissatisfied with the Minsk Group
format. This format does not allow singlehanded resolution of issues.
As to Turkey and Azerbaijan, Russia has an eminent historical
experience of arrangements with them unlike the statistics of
arrangements with the United States or France. Russia knows how to
agree with Turkey and Azerbaijan. They know how Russia will agree with
them.
It happens at the expense of life, territories and interests of
Armenians in the Caucasus, which is the price of strengthening of
Russia's foothold in the Caucasus. Collecting territories, Russia
needs to establish its military presence in Artsakh before NATO
appears in Georgia and balances the situation.
The crisis in Ukraine accelerated the developments, making the future
of the Minsk Group a topical issue and causing concerns in the United
States. Notably, Azerbaijan has been expressing dissatisfaction with
the group's inefficiency more frequently and has been up for causing
tension in the framework of the big case of `Armenian spy network'.
At the same time, the West continues to toughen sanctions against
Russia with respect to the crisis in Ukraine. At the same time, a
surge of pressure on Turkey with respect to the Armenian cause has
been noticed.
In this context, Warlick's twit following the Warsaw meeting of the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is evidence to agreement to maintain the
format. Interestingly, two days ago the United States and the EU
announced their new decisions on sanctions against Russia.
It is not ruled out that agreement to continue to keep peace in the
Caucasus through the Minsk Group protecting Artsakh from Russia's
singlehanded decisions fraught with military provocations has been
achieved thanks to this.
There is no need to be surprised that the West's steps may be aimed at
forcing Russia into an agreement. The point is that Ukraine is not the
only issue for the West because obviously there is risk of Russian
military adventures in other directions, including the Caucasus where
there is Artsakh and Georgia.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator
Comments - Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 16:28
`A full day session with the Co-Chairs concluded in Warsaw. We are
committed to working together for NK peace,' twitted the American
co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group James Warlick after the meeting of
the co-chairs in Warsaw.
Minsk Group's collaboration and NK peace are urgent and have been on
the agenda since the Ukrainian developments. In this respect Warlick
has expressed concerns several times, holding out hope that the
Ukrainian developments will not lead to change or make the Group
altogether obsolete.
Azerbaijan and Turkey have never really liked the Minsk Group format.
Ankara has always aspired to co-chairmanship, not only in order to
support Azerbaijan but also being clearly aware that the Minsk Group
has been a peculiar club of geopolitics where issues beyond the
Artsakh settlement are being discussed.
It should be noted that Russia is dissatisfied with the Minsk Group
format. This format does not allow singlehanded resolution of issues.
As to Turkey and Azerbaijan, Russia has an eminent historical
experience of arrangements with them unlike the statistics of
arrangements with the United States or France. Russia knows how to
agree with Turkey and Azerbaijan. They know how Russia will agree with
them.
It happens at the expense of life, territories and interests of
Armenians in the Caucasus, which is the price of strengthening of
Russia's foothold in the Caucasus. Collecting territories, Russia
needs to establish its military presence in Artsakh before NATO
appears in Georgia and balances the situation.
The crisis in Ukraine accelerated the developments, making the future
of the Minsk Group a topical issue and causing concerns in the United
States. Notably, Azerbaijan has been expressing dissatisfaction with
the group's inefficiency more frequently and has been up for causing
tension in the framework of the big case of `Armenian spy network'.
At the same time, the West continues to toughen sanctions against
Russia with respect to the crisis in Ukraine. At the same time, a
surge of pressure on Turkey with respect to the Armenian cause has
been noticed.
In this context, Warlick's twit following the Warsaw meeting of the
OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs is evidence to agreement to maintain the
format. Interestingly, two days ago the United States and the EU
announced their new decisions on sanctions against Russia.
It is not ruled out that agreement to continue to keep peace in the
Caucasus through the Minsk Group protecting Artsakh from Russia's
singlehanded decisions fraught with military provocations has been
achieved thanks to this.
There is no need to be surprised that the West's steps may be aimed at
forcing Russia into an agreement. The point is that Ukraine is not the
only issue for the West because obviously there is risk of Russian
military adventures in other directions, including the Caucasus where
there is Artsakh and Georgia.
- See more at: http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/32364#sthash.rvmjiLXJ.dpuf
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress