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"DEJA VU" AT SOCHI PRESIDENTIAL MEETING
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 26, 2012 - 11:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 23, Sochi hosted yet another meeting
between Armenian and Azeri presidents mediated by Russia. As usual,
the three presidents issued one of their neutral statements, with
mediators noting progress in positions of conflicting parties, while
the experts on each side went on to stress the diplomatic success of
their countries' leadership.
Recent Sochi-hosted meeting strikes one as a deja vu, with the
joint presidential statement once again urging for investigation of
incidents at contact line. However, the continued deaths and injuries
over Azeri ceasefire violation and retaliation of Armenian forces
came as a proof of the inconsistency of the statement.
According to January 2012 statement, "Presidents of Azerbaijan,
Armenia, and Russia took into consideration the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs report on investigation of incidents at contact line and
instructed relevant bodies to continue working in this direction."
Thus, until the co-chairs pressure Baku into pulling Azeri snipers
from contact line and abandon subversion attempts, losses on both
sides are inevitable.
OSCE MG and the international community as well show remarkable
restraint towards Azerbaijan. The official Baku being the only party
keeping up the military rhetoric, while continuing to violate the
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the mediators,
curiously enough, call on both parties to abandon bellicose statements
and promote peaceful settlement. (Any example of Armenian official
threatening to start a war?)
Taking the connivance of mediators as silent approval, Baku continues
preparing the Azeri society for a war.
PanARMENIAN.Net
January 26, 2012 - 11:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On January 23, Sochi hosted yet another meeting
between Armenian and Azeri presidents mediated by Russia. As usual,
the three presidents issued one of their neutral statements, with
mediators noting progress in positions of conflicting parties, while
the experts on each side went on to stress the diplomatic success of
their countries' leadership.
Recent Sochi-hosted meeting strikes one as a deja vu, with the
joint presidential statement once again urging for investigation of
incidents at contact line. However, the continued deaths and injuries
over Azeri ceasefire violation and retaliation of Armenian forces
came as a proof of the inconsistency of the statement.
According to January 2012 statement, "Presidents of Azerbaijan,
Armenia, and Russia took into consideration the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairs report on investigation of incidents at contact line and
instructed relevant bodies to continue working in this direction."
Thus, until the co-chairs pressure Baku into pulling Azeri snipers
from contact line and abandon subversion attempts, losses on both
sides are inevitable.
OSCE MG and the international community as well show remarkable
restraint towards Azerbaijan. The official Baku being the only party
keeping up the military rhetoric, while continuing to violate the
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), the mediators,
curiously enough, call on both parties to abandon bellicose statements
and promote peaceful settlement. (Any example of Armenian official
threatening to start a war?)
Taking the connivance of mediators as silent approval, Baku continues
preparing the Azeri society for a war.