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    KIRO MANOYAN: OSCE SUMMIT IN ASTANA DID NOT LEAD TO ANY PROGRESS IN KARABAKH PROCESS

    ArmInfo
    2010-12-03 17:36:00

    ArmInfo. The OSCE Summit in Astana did not lead to any progress in
    the Karabakh process. However, it did not lead the process to final
    deadlock either. It is already a positive fact that a document was
    signed which implies that the parties will continue negotiations,
    Kiro Manoyan, Director of the ARFD Bureau's Central Office for Hay
    Dat and Political Affairs, told media on Friday.

    "We had serious concerns that in Astana Turkey will make another
    attempt to use the Armenian- Turkish protocols as a mechanism of
    pressure and insist on adoption of a document on Karabakh unfavorable
    for Armenia allegedly to speed up ratification of the protocols.
    Something like this was mentioned in the cables classified by
    Wikileaks. Fortunately, we avoided such scenario. Azerbaijan, in its
    turn, seriously relied on signing of a road map on Karabakh, but no
    progress is possible in the negotiations as long as Azerbaijan rules
    out independence of Karabakh," he said.

    Manoyan also said that despite their interests in resolution of the
    Karabakh conflicy, the OSCE co-chair-countries are actually not ready
    to exert pressure just on one of the parties to the conflict as Turkey
    and Azerbaijan demand. When they resort to pressure they press both
    the parties to prevent a new war. In addition, the statement adopted
    in Astana once again confirmed the Madrid Principles which does
    not reckon with the Karabakh people's will. "The Madrid Principles
    return the process to the situation of 1988 for they neglect the two
    referendums held in Karabakh in 1991 and 2006. The only positive fact
    is that the parties commit to further negotiate, which reduces the
    risks of war. Reference to the UN Charter is also an important fact,
    but not a big achievement," he said.

    The OSCE Summit in Astana on December 1 - 2 was the first summit
    over the last 11 years. Leaders of 28 OSCE member-states attended the
    Summit and discussed the Karabakh process alongside with other issues.
    On the occasion of the OSCE Summit in Astana, a Joint Statement by
    the Heads of Delegation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair Countries
    and the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia was adopted. The three
    OSCE Co-Chair countries pledged their support for the Presidents of
    Azerbaijan and Armenia as they make the necessary decisions to reach a
    peaceful settlement. They urged the leaders ofArmenia and Azerbaijan
    to focus with renewed energy on the issues that still remain in the
    Basic Principles, and instructed their Co-Chairs to continue to work
    with the parties to the conflict to assist in these efforts.




    From: A. Papazian
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