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    DIALOGUE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES TO HELP KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT

    news.az
    Dec 1 2011
    Azerbaijan

    News.Az interviews Milli Majlis deputy, political scientist Rasim
    Musabayov.

    Berlin has hosted discussion of issues, related to the resolution of
    the Karabakh conflict. What do you, as a participant of this event,
    think were the results of this event?

    Armenian community members, who did not attend the forum
    'Dialogue-Nagorno Karabakh' in Berlin have in fact harmed themselves.

    Everyone could see that Karabakh consists of not only Armenians. It
    again showed that the statement of non-acceptance by Azerbaijanis of
    co-existence with Armenians in a myth. In other words, Armenian side
    avoided communication at that time when Azerbaijani side could voice
    its position. During the forum, we proved again that Azerbaijanis are
    ready for co-existence in Karabakh, while Armenians are not. I have
    to say that this factor is treated seriously in Europe. This could
    be noticed among German organizers of the event, who regretted that
    the Armenian community did not attend.

    The matter is that Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh benefit from
    monopolizing the right to speak on behalf of this region. For this
    reason, Armenian side avoided the meeting with the Azerbaijani
    community of Karabakh. However, the meeting was attended by
    representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of
    Germany, but representatives of the Armenian community of Karabakh
    have so far avoided the meeting, though, as I have already noted,
    Europeans are negative on such evasions.

    Can such meetings change position of the hostile parties in the
    negotiation process?

    Over the past years, the world community has developed an opinion that
    only the Armenian community has the right to live in Nagorno Karabakh.

    In fact, the role of the Azerbaijani community of Karabakh was not
    perceived on the due level in the world. However, if we look into
    the root of the problem, it will be clear that Armenians of Nagorno
    Karabakh make just 1.5% of the whole population of Azerbaijan.

    Meanwhile, the share of Azerbaijanis of Nagorno Karabakh topped 25%
    even by official Soviet statistics. In this case, why shouldn't their
    opinion be taken into account. This issue must be viewed in context
    of security and definition of the status of Nagorno Karabakh. In this
    case, the mechanical dictation of the minority's will to the majority
    is out of the question. If such dictating is perceived as a basis,
    then the question is why not take into account the will of the whole
    Azerbaijan. In the end, the matter comes not only to security or
    granting the highest or lowest status to Nagorno Karabakh but also
    to the fact that Azerbaijanis of Karabakh are deprived of the basic
    right of living in the native lands.

    Do you consider that if the two communities of Karabakh develop
    trustful relations, there will be no need to deploy international
    peacekeepers in the conflict area?

    It is now early to speak about this. Now we can speak only about
    restoration of a dialogue so that to push the peace process forward.

    Unless the official status of Nagorno Karabakh is defined,
    Azerbaijanis of the region must get an opportunity to return home
    in safe conditions. In addition, I believe that the community will
    attain a common denominator on the status of Nagorno Karabakh in
    conditions off the dialogue between communities. Anyway, it is time
    to launch such a dialogue between Azerbaijani and Armenian communities
    of Nagorno Karabakh.

    Which proposals of the Azerbaijani authorities can be attractive for
    the Armenian community of Nagorno Karabakh so that they could renounce
    their separatist sentiments?

    Certainly, these issues can be discussed after the territories
    around Nagorno Karabakh are liberated, since cost of oil products,
    electric power, natural gas for population is much lower than in
    Armenia. These preferences can be available for Azerbaijanis and
    Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh.

    It should be taken into account that the budget of Nagorno Karabakh,
    even with respect to subsidies from Armenia, does not top $185m.

    Meanwhile, the figure in reality can be even lower than the declared
    amount. Meanwhile, the budget of Nakhchivan reaches $450m. In other
    words, the budget of Nakhchivan exceeds the budget of Nagorno Karabakh
    by 2.5 times. Thus, this budget of Nakhchivan is attained through
    subsidies made by the budget of Azerbaijan. I want to say that the
    population of Nagorno Karabakh could enjoy the same preferences. In
    the future, the government of Azerbaijan will provide a greater part
    of the population of Nagorno Karabakh from both the Azerbaijani and
    Armenian community of the region, with an opportunity to use the same
    preferences as the whole population of the country. Self-government
    and security can also be attributed to these preferences.

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