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    OSCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATHS

    Lragir.am
    11/02/2011

    Co-Chairs, who arrived in the zone of the Karabakh issue, but did not
    visit Karabakh, refused talking to reporters in Armenia and
    Azerbaijan. However, judging by their meeting with the Minister of
    Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan, they did not talk about the basic
    principles but about the prevention of possible hostilities.

    Seyran Ohanyan complained that Azerbaijan is not withdrawing its
    snipers from the first line, but uses them for provocations. One day
    before this meeting, Tert.am, citing a source from the Defense
    Ministry, informed that Azerbaijan bought a big batch of sniper
    weapons and that in response, Armenia is getting ready for an
    operation to neutralize the snipers.

    On February 8, a report by the International Crisis Group was
    released, in which, instead of the basic principles of the settlement,
    the termination of escalation in the conflict zone was stressed.

    ICG called on Russia, as a leading mediator, to stop arming the sides,
    and `other superpowers should follow the limitations on arm supplies
    recommended by OSCE and UN. OSCE should achieve enlargement of its
    competences and number of its observers on the frontline'.

    EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby called
    on February 10 in Wien to strengthen the ceasefire regime as well as
    that the EU and other international organizations could actively
    interact with Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

    Former adviser of the first president of Armenia on security issues
    Ashot Manucharyan thinks that no war will start if the sponsors of the
    Minsk Group do not want. According to Armenian experts, the guilt for
    the preservation and escalation of the current situation is on the
    Minsk group co-chairing countries.

    Dwelling on the possibilities of resumption of hostilities, these
    countries do not undertake logical steps for prevention. Such steps
    may be, above all, tough sanctions against Azerbaijan, which violates
    not only the treaty on arms limitation, but also the fundamental
    principle of international law - the use of force or threat of force.
    If the international community imposes sanctions against Azerbaijan,
    Baku militancy could be affected negatively.

    But the main lever, which in the past 2 years was used more than once,
    can be the recognition by the international community of the NKR
    independence. The refusal to recognize gives hope to Azerbaijan and
    provokes it to militant action. Why the mediator countries do not
    recognize Nagorno-Karabakh, if they believe that `the status of
    Karabakh should be determined during negotiations' and, therefore,
    they recognize its divisiveness from the territorial integrity of
    Azerbaijan?

    It is noteworthy that in the ICG report, as a tool of instruction for
    prevention of escalation of the conflict, is an appeal to Armenia to
    `soften its position in negotiations, particularly in terms of the
    issue of determining the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh'. This means
    that the international mediators have not only failed to take
    sanctions against Azerbaijan, but also not willing even to persuade
    Azerbaijan to go to the only `concession' in respect of Karabakh -
    agreement to a referendum. Moreover, they urged Armenia to yield in
    this too.

    The aforementioned position of the OSCE and other world superpowers
    promotes military moods of Azerbaijan and leads to the growth of
    number of victims from snipers shots. And the whole responsibility for
    the death of these people is on the mediator countries.

    NAIRA HAYRUMYAN




    From: A. Papazian
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