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ARF: Armenian soldiers forced Aliyev to sit down to negotiating table
17:10, 05.09.2014
YEREVAN. - The meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are
better than hostilities, and we always give positive assessments of
such meetings, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group head Armen
Rustamyan said.
However, one should not expect much, yet Azerbaijan has positioned
itself as "not negotiating party" on the principled issues.
"How can one negotiate with a party that does not realize what
concessions it should make? Azerbaijani side presents only unilateral
concessions for the Armenian side. As long as Azerbaijan does not
realize that they must respect the right of Karabakh people to
self-determination, the process will be delayed," Rustamyan told
reporters.
Asked ether there is a fault of the OSCE Minsk Group, Rustamyan noted
that it is impossible to equally blame the Armenian and Azerbaijani
side in relation to the violence at the contact line, when you know
exactly who is the initiator. He thinks it is time for international
community to say who is who.
Commenting on the trilateral meetings with the presidents, the MP
noted that the dynamics of meetings was forced by the Armenian side.
"In fact, it was a three-day war, the outcome of which forced
Azerbaijan to sit down at the negotiating table, just as it happened
in 1994. First of all our soldiers forced Aliyev to sit at negotiating
table," he added.
Armenia News - NEWS.am
17:10, 05.09.2014
YEREVAN. - The meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents are
better than hostilities, and we always give positive assessments of
such meetings, ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group head Armen
Rustamyan said.
However, one should not expect much, yet Azerbaijan has positioned
itself as "not negotiating party" on the principled issues.
"How can one negotiate with a party that does not realize what
concessions it should make? Azerbaijani side presents only unilateral
concessions for the Armenian side. As long as Azerbaijan does not
realize that they must respect the right of Karabakh people to
self-determination, the process will be delayed," Rustamyan told
reporters.
Asked ether there is a fault of the OSCE Minsk Group, Rustamyan noted
that it is impossible to equally blame the Armenian and Azerbaijani
side in relation to the violence at the contact line, when you know
exactly who is the initiator. He thinks it is time for international
community to say who is who.
Commenting on the trilateral meetings with the presidents, the MP
noted that the dynamics of meetings was forced by the Armenian side.
"In fact, it was a three-day war, the outcome of which forced
Azerbaijan to sit down at the negotiating table, just as it happened
in 1994. First of all our soldiers forced Aliyev to sit at negotiating
table," he added.
Armenia News - NEWS.am