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RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CEASE-FIRE
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 12 2014
12 May 2014 - 1:09pm
20 years have passed since the Bishkek Protocol on a cease-fire came
into force on May 12, 1994. Armenia signed the protocol on May 8.
Russia and the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly mediated in the process.
Professor Fikret Sadykhov of the Western University reminded that
the need for a truce had been especially evident in the past 20
years. He said that the truce had become a reality with the help
of Heydar Aliyev. Sadykhov added that progress in the OSCE Minsk
Group, a constructive position of Armenia and realization of UNSC
resolutions had not lived up to expectations. The expert pointed out
that declarations on recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity
and the need for peaceful negotiations had made no progress.
Sergey Minasyan, deputy director of the Kavkaz Institute, said that
all the events in the past 20 years had encouraged the truce, in a
situation when all sides of the conflict had different approaches. He
noted that the actualized Madrid Principles mentioned by U.S. Co-Chair
James Warlick demonstrated a commitment to old approaches to the
problem.
Asim Mollazadeh, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, called the
negotiation process of the past 20 years an imitation at the OSCE
Minsk Group. He explained that members of the Group had mandates of
the UNSC, but they had not included withdrawal of Armenian forces from
the occupied territories in the agenda. The MP added that the EU and
the U.S. had been imposing sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, yet no
such actions had been taken against the aggressor in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The lawmaker emphasized that Azerbaijan wanted a peaceful solution
based on international law.
Alexander Markarov, the director of the Armenian branch of the
Institute for CIS Countries, said that there had been ups and
downs during the 20 years of the cease-fire. In his words, there
had been many violations of the cease-fire and the mediators had
not accomplished their objective. The analyst considers the latest
declarations of the co-chairs positive but unrealizable due to the
lack of mechanism and procedures. He called America's differentiation
of talks on Nagorno-Karabakh and its occupied districts unacceptable
for the Karabakh side.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/55040.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
May 12 2014
12 May 2014 - 1:09pm
20 years have passed since the Bishkek Protocol on a cease-fire came
into force on May 12, 1994. Armenia signed the protocol on May 8.
Russia and the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly mediated in the process.
Professor Fikret Sadykhov of the Western University reminded that
the need for a truce had been especially evident in the past 20
years. He said that the truce had become a reality with the help
of Heydar Aliyev. Sadykhov added that progress in the OSCE Minsk
Group, a constructive position of Armenia and realization of UNSC
resolutions had not lived up to expectations. The expert pointed out
that declarations on recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity
and the need for peaceful negotiations had made no progress.
Sergey Minasyan, deputy director of the Kavkaz Institute, said that
all the events in the past 20 years had encouraged the truce, in a
situation when all sides of the conflict had different approaches. He
noted that the actualized Madrid Principles mentioned by U.S. Co-Chair
James Warlick demonstrated a commitment to old approaches to the
problem.
Asim Mollazadeh, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, called the
negotiation process of the past 20 years an imitation at the OSCE
Minsk Group. He explained that members of the Group had mandates of
the UNSC, but they had not included withdrawal of Armenian forces from
the occupied territories in the agenda. The MP added that the EU and
the U.S. had been imposing sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, yet no
such actions had been taken against the aggressor in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The lawmaker emphasized that Azerbaijan wanted a peaceful solution
based on international law.
Alexander Markarov, the director of the Armenian branch of the
Institute for CIS Countries, said that there had been ups and
downs during the 20 years of the cease-fire. In his words, there
had been many violations of the cease-fire and the mediators had
not accomplished their objective. The analyst considers the latest
declarations of the co-chairs positive but unrealizable due to the
lack of mechanism and procedures. He called America's differentiation
of talks on Nagorno-Karabakh and its occupied districts unacceptable
for the Karabakh side.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/55040.html