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PARIS MEETING SOURCE OF BOTH HOPES AND PESSIMISM - KAREN BEKARYAN
14:16 * 30.10.14
Chairman of the European Integration NGO Karen Bekaryan pointed out
positive and negative aspects of the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani-French
presidential meeting in Paris, France, at a meeting with reporters
on Thursday.
The negative aspects of the meeting is that Nagorno-Karabakh was not
represented at the meeting.
"I have always been supportive of this thesis: the negotiations will
not produce any results without Nagorno-Karabakh representatives,
and Paris will not attach any importance to that," Mr Bekaryan said.
On the other hand, the negative aspect of the Paris meeting for
Azerbaijan concerned its attempts to justify the acts of present
sabotage.
"President Hollande's aim is to launch a framework agreement as soon
as possible. I consider it a negative aspect as well because it is
unclear," he said.
The positive is that poor talks are always better that fire.
"It inspires hope that there will not be any further escalation. I
said on one occasion that monopolizing the peace process by one of
the mediators poses a threat. But in this case we can witness the
opposite: the three mediators have, one after another, organized
Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meetings," Mr Bekaryan said.
In any case, the French leader's initiative was aimed at creating
confidence-building mechanisms because the two societies need to be
prepared for peace.
The Paris meeting inspires hopes for further contacts. On the other
hand, there is some pessimism because the process is not showing
any progress.
"A rather low level of confidence should be noted as well," Mr
Bekaryan said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
14:16 * 30.10.14
Chairman of the European Integration NGO Karen Bekaryan pointed out
positive and negative aspects of the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani-French
presidential meeting in Paris, France, at a meeting with reporters
on Thursday.
The negative aspects of the meeting is that Nagorno-Karabakh was not
represented at the meeting.
"I have always been supportive of this thesis: the negotiations will
not produce any results without Nagorno-Karabakh representatives,
and Paris will not attach any importance to that," Mr Bekaryan said.
On the other hand, the negative aspect of the Paris meeting for
Azerbaijan concerned its attempts to justify the acts of present
sabotage.
"President Hollande's aim is to launch a framework agreement as soon
as possible. I consider it a negative aspect as well because it is
unclear," he said.
The positive is that poor talks are always better that fire.
"It inspires hope that there will not be any further escalation. I
said on one occasion that monopolizing the peace process by one of
the mediators poses a threat. But in this case we can witness the
opposite: the three mediators have, one after another, organized
Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meetings," Mr Bekaryan said.
In any case, the French leader's initiative was aimed at creating
confidence-building mechanisms because the two societies need to be
prepared for peace.
The Paris meeting inspires hopes for further contacts. On the other
hand, there is some pessimism because the process is not showing
any progress.
"A rather low level of confidence should be noted as well," Mr
Bekaryan said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian