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    ARMENIA LOST MUCH BY DELAYING KARABAKH CONFLICT RESOLUTION - EXPERT

    news.az
    April 20 2011
    Azerbaijan

    Expert Rasim Musabeyov has commented on Armenian ex-President Levon
    Ter-Petrosyan's remarks he has made in an interview with BBC Russian
    service.

    Musabeyov, also non-partisan member of the Azerbaijani Parliament,
    the Milli Majlis, said Armenian ex-president was right when he noted
    that Nagorno-Karabakh parties were closest to the full resolution of
    the problem back in1997.

    In his interview, Petrosyan said "the problem could be solved by giving
    some territory to Azerbaijan. A truce could be concluded creating an
    interim status for Nagorno-Karabakh in order to determine the final
    status of Karabakh later."

    He said the plan failed as "Karabakh people demonstrated the maximalist
    approach, and decided that this is not enough and they can still wait
    and get more."

    "And this is not only about Karabakh people. There were people in
    Yerevan, in my inner circles who were thinking the same way and refused
    to accept the plan," Petrosyan underscored. "I said at that time:
    once you believe that there is a better solution, I can't undermine
    it. Give it a try. Maybe it will work."

    Musabeyov said the Karabakh clan and field commanders did not allow
    Ter-Petrosyan to conclude a truce in 1997.

    "Today many factors prove that an option to drag out Karabakh conflict
    resolution was a mistake for Armenia. First and foremost, more 500,000
    Armenians have left Armenia over the last 12 years. Secondly, several
    huge regional energy transit projects which could enrich the country
    and its people have bypassed Armenia," Musabeyov added.

    "As a result, the Karabakh clan emerged winners while Armenian
    population was losers. "Karabakh thugs" seized themost important
    posts in Armenia and became billionaires by delaying the resolution
    of Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "So that the Karabakh clan does not care that the people of Armenia
    are poor, and Armenia is deprived of a development. The main thing
    for Karabakh people is to secure comfortable life and power for
    themselves."

    "But in the end, all this is bound to impact them. After all, Armenia
    is in deplorable state: no development, no prospects, the people are
    leaving the country with the country heading towards abyss."

    "Anyway, sooner or later, Armenia will be obliged to agree to resolve
    the conflict, but even now it will not get those favorableconditions
    of 1997. It has wasted 12 years of socio-economic development,"
    he expert noted.

    "As a result, Armenia lost in terms of development and failed to
    influence the position of Azerbaijan and the international community
    on the Karabakh conflict. After all, today there is a package of
    proposals at the negotiating table, not much different from what it
    was in 1997, which means that Armenia has gained nothing by delaying
    the resolution of the conflict," Musabeyov said.




    From: A. Papazian
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