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    The government authorities are closing the topic of installation of a
    customs checkpoint between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh

    October 18 2014


    Mediators are getting prepared for the next Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting On
    October 27, the meeting of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan
    initiated by the French side is planned on October 27, in Paris. A few
    days ago, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to
    Armenia, Henri Reynaud, confirming this earlier published information
    on the media, added that France is seeking for the peaceful settlement
    of the Karabakh conflict. "The parties should decide themselves on how
    the agreement should be. Mediators assist them, but they cannot decide
    instead of them." At a briefing with journalists on October 15,
    Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan
    expects major shift from the tripartite meeting of presidents planned
    in Paris. He mentioned that Azerbaijan is for "intensive preparations"
    of the great peace treaty for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement.
    Later, Mammadyarov informed that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs have
    made a couple of questions involving recommendations. "We came to the
    decision that we can pass to drafting the peace agreement based on
    structural recommendations, which also include liberation of the lands
    and the return of refugees. We are fully prepared to a new stage and
    expect a similar move from Armenia, too," announced Azerbaijani
    Foreign Minister, according to agencies of Azerbaijan, adding,
    "Azerbaijan is ready to start such negotiations on the level of
    experts." OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are in the region since October
    15. To what extent Mammadyarov's statement are accurate with regard to
    the recommendations made by the co-chairs, perhaps it will be clear to
    them after the visit to Armenia. Pertaining to the "great peace
    treaty", the official Baku is speaking not for the first time. At
    times, Azerbaijan government officials voice that they are ready for
    drafting the "great peace treaty", whereas it is obvious that they
    just are not ready for any concessions, even respecting the agreements
    reached during the on-going negotiations. While the preparation of
    Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is underway, the issue of installation of the
    customs checkpoint between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh remains open
    after Armenia's accession to the Eurasian Union. First, everything
    started with the statement of the President of Kazakhstan months ago,
    when in the Astana summit, he voiced Aliyev's letter addressed to the
    EaEU member countries leaders. Now, Nazarbayev himself made it clear
    that everything is settled. Official Yerevan is trying to put an end
    to this issue. Recently, by "R-Evolution" TV broadcast, the deputy FM
    of Armenia, Shavarsh Kocharyan, emphasized that the issue of
    installing a customs checkpoint has not been a subject of
    negotiations. "Moreover, there is nothing about it in the agreement. I
    am surprised at when there are analysis saying that such a thing is
    derived from the agreement. It just states a very logical formulation
    that the customs territory is their territory. In other words, the
    customs territory falls under the territory of the state. This is what
    is fixed, and it applies to all member states. The Republic of
    Armenia, naturally, could not accept a selective approach to itself to
    have a tougher statement. They do not have it." But with regard to the
    remark made by Nazarbayev recently, Sh. Kocharyan mentioned, "The
    problem is as follows. The matter here is not about mutual concession.
    We have just reconfirmed the approach that Armenia had initially,
    since the days of independence. This means that Karabakh is not a part
    of Armenia. We have built our relations with Karabakh as a de facto
    established state, recognizing de jure, and our relations are
    horizontal." The Minister of Economy of Armenia, Karen Chshmarityan,
    in his turn, stated that there is no clause in the agreement of
    Armenia's accession to the EaEU saying about installation of the
    customs checkpoint between Armenia and Karabakh, and that in all
    agreements of Armenia it reads, "RA borders". Meanwhile, Russian
    experts continue voicing views that there will be customs checkpoints.
    Russian expert, also former editor-in-chief of the "Regnum" agency,
    also currently editor-in-chief of the REX news agency, Modest Kolerov,
    for example, believes that there will be customs checkpoints between
    Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. "Also, there will be a Customs Service
    representative on already existing border between Armenia and
    Karabakh." He, however, added that it is also obvious that the
    Karabakh production, today, comes out to the European market under the
    name of the Armenian product, and so it will continue. "If the product
    reads that it is made in Armenia, no problem will arise." In the
    interview with 1in.am, the Russian political scientist, also
    publicist, also Russian President Vladimir Putin's opponent Andrey
    Piontkovsky also expressed an opinion that a customs checkpoint will
    be installed between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. "Formally, it will
    be installed, perhaps, the custom rules will not function there, but
    it will be formally installed. This is going to have a political
    importance rather than economic. Kazakhstan and Belarus would not go
    for exclusion of the customs checkpoint. They cannot subordinate their
    relations with Azerbaijan. Whereas Russia is playing a double game in
    the South Caucasus, so it is also advantageous to Russia." As to which
    allegations on existence or non-existence of the customs checkpoint
    are close to reality, time will tell. However, it should also be noted
    that in those days, there were also publications in the Russian press
    that Moscow seeks to smooth the relations with Azerbaijan after
    Armenia's accession to the EaEU, therefore, Russia's Defense Minister
    Sergei Shoygu left for Baku. Such information was reported by
    "Kommersant", the military source standing close to the Kremlin. The
    military and technical cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan
    gaining a new impetus, as well as some information that in 5 years
    Azerbaijan will receive from Russia another 5 billion dollars arm, as
    to why it should be considered an equivalent "comfort" in terms of
    easing down Azerbaijan, to put it mildly, is not clear.


    Emma GABRIELYAN
    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/10/18/167384/


    From: Baghdasarian
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