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BAKU WANTS TO RESUME FULL-FLEDGED NEGOTIATIONS
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 12 2015
12 March 2015 - 5:43pm
Azerbaijan said at a session of the OSCE Permanent Council that the
OSCE Minsk Group should resume regular meetings in Vienna, serving
as a dialogue platform to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
peacefully. Besides the co-chairs of Russia, the U.S. and France,
the OSCE Minsk Group includes permanent representatives from Belarus,
Germany, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, Finland, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan asked Armenia to start integral and structured
negotiations. Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Khikmet
Hajiyev said that Armenia should comply with the agreements to
exchange information about missing persons under the auspices of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, as agreed by the presidents
in Paris. He added that Armenia should immediately release prisoners
Dilgham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliyev, Report.az reports.
Sergey Markov, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, said in an
interview with Vestnik Kavkaza that the efficiency of the Minsk format
was very dubious, despite the readiness of the countries to negotiate.
He blamed the U.S. for blocking the settlement process, France for
lacking the power and authority to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Andrey Petrov, deputy head of the M.V. Lomonosov MSU Information
and Analysis Center, believes that Azerbaijan wants to hold an
international conference or regular negotiating rounds with Armenia,
under the mediation of the OSCE MG. He reminded that not a single
agreement had been reached since Azerbaijan had shot down an Armenian
combat helicopter.
Rasim Musabekov, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, a political
analyst, said that the negotiating process was at a stalemate and
needed a boost. Monopolization of the negotiations by the co-chairs
could not guarantee a breakthrough. Musabekov agreed that regular
meetings even in the format of the OSCE MG would still be fruitful
for the process.
Alexander Markarov, the director of the Armenian branch of the
Institute of CIS Countries, insists that switching the negotiation
process to any new format or structure would only be a waste of
time because all the people involved will need to get to know each
other from the very beginning. The question is not what format the
negotiatinf process will choose, it is about the content offered
for talks and consideration, the expert explains. Dragging the
negotiating process only makes the resolution of the conflict slower,
assures Markarov.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/67752.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 12 2015
12 March 2015 - 5:43pm
Azerbaijan said at a session of the OSCE Permanent Council that the
OSCE Minsk Group should resume regular meetings in Vienna, serving
as a dialogue platform to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
peacefully. Besides the co-chairs of Russia, the U.S. and France,
the OSCE Minsk Group includes permanent representatives from Belarus,
Germany, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, Finland, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan asked Armenia to start integral and structured
negotiations. Spokesman of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Khikmet
Hajiyev said that Armenia should comply with the agreements to
exchange information about missing persons under the auspices of the
International Committee of the Red Cross, as agreed by the presidents
in Paris. He added that Armenia should immediately release prisoners
Dilgham Askerov and Shakhbaz Guliyev, Report.az reports.
Sergey Markov, a member of the Russian Public Chamber, said in an
interview with Vestnik Kavkaza that the efficiency of the Minsk format
was very dubious, despite the readiness of the countries to negotiate.
He blamed the U.S. for blocking the settlement process, France for
lacking the power and authority to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict.
Andrey Petrov, deputy head of the M.V. Lomonosov MSU Information
and Analysis Center, believes that Azerbaijan wants to hold an
international conference or regular negotiating rounds with Armenia,
under the mediation of the OSCE MG. He reminded that not a single
agreement had been reached since Azerbaijan had shot down an Armenian
combat helicopter.
Rasim Musabekov, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, a political
analyst, said that the negotiating process was at a stalemate and
needed a boost. Monopolization of the negotiations by the co-chairs
could not guarantee a breakthrough. Musabekov agreed that regular
meetings even in the format of the OSCE MG would still be fruitful
for the process.
Alexander Markarov, the director of the Armenian branch of the
Institute of CIS Countries, insists that switching the negotiation
process to any new format or structure would only be a waste of
time because all the people involved will need to get to know each
other from the very beginning. The question is not what format the
negotiatinf process will choose, it is about the content offered
for talks and consideration, the expert explains. Dragging the
negotiating process only makes the resolution of the conflict slower,
assures Markarov.
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/politics/67752.html