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WORLD POWERS INTENSIFY EFFORTS ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 28 2014
28 October 2014, 18:35 (GMT+04:00)
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva
The lull in the Nagorno-Karabakh process in connection with
the difficult political crisis in Ukraine has come to a logical
conclusion. The Azerbaijan, France and Armenia president's meeting
in Paris was another step towards the stabilization of the situation
around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The world players' paying attention to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement saw this meeting preceded by several bloody incidents on
the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops this summer
that claimed many lives. However, immediately after the practical
resumption of hostilities between the two republics, the leaders of
the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries made efforts to return
the sides of the territorial dispute to the negotiating table.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may not remain a 'frozen' territorial
dispute as the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia that
have lasted for more than 20 years can not continue forever. The OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairmen realize that it is necessary to impress upon
Yerevan as the aggressor country to move the conflict off dead center.
Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a trilateral meeting over
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents
Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan in Sochi last August.
Prior to that, the Russian president held bilateral meetings with
the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents. Afterwards, another co-chair
country of the OSCE Minsk Group, the US took the initiative. On this
occasion, the leaders of the two countries met on the sidelines of
the NATO summit in Newport with participation of US Secretary of
State John Kerry.
Today, French President Francois Hollande held bilateral and
trilateral meetings with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts
at the Elysee Palace.
Although it is unlikely that another meeting of the two opposing sides
will lead to any cardinal breakthrough in the process of settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the attention of the leaders of
world powers to this process may be assessed as a positive trend.
The main result of the meeting was that the president of France,
the country where the Armenian diaspora is strong and influential
enough, reiterated the unalterable point in the settlement of the
territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan: the status quo
which satisfies Armenia is unacceptable. And this is one of the main
messages the leaders of the three powers need to send to Armenia.
Meanwhile, the mediators should realize that everlasting protocol
meetings, which do not bring any noticeable results, will eventually
become completely useless and unable to stabilize the situation
between the conflicting sides.
So, each leader must realize one thing: the image of a mediator is an
important diplomatic step. However, in order to deserve to be called
a peacekeeper, one needs to carry out really fruitful mediation work.
http://www.azernews.az/analysis/72506.html
AzerNews, Azerbaijan
Oct 28 2014
28 October 2014, 18:35 (GMT+04:00)
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva
The lull in the Nagorno-Karabakh process in connection with
the difficult political crisis in Ukraine has come to a logical
conclusion. The Azerbaijan, France and Armenia president's meeting
in Paris was another step towards the stabilization of the situation
around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The world players' paying attention to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement saw this meeting preceded by several bloody incidents on
the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops this summer
that claimed many lives. However, immediately after the practical
resumption of hostilities between the two republics, the leaders of
the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries made efforts to return
the sides of the territorial dispute to the negotiating table.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict may not remain a 'frozen' territorial
dispute as the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia that
have lasted for more than 20 years can not continue forever. The OSCE
Minsk Group co-chairmen realize that it is necessary to impress upon
Yerevan as the aggressor country to move the conflict off dead center.
Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated a trilateral meeting over
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijani and Armenian Presidents
Ilham Aliyev and Serzh Sargsyan in Sochi last August.
Prior to that, the Russian president held bilateral meetings with
the Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents. Afterwards, another co-chair
country of the OSCE Minsk Group, the US took the initiative. On this
occasion, the leaders of the two countries met on the sidelines of
the NATO summit in Newport with participation of US Secretary of
State John Kerry.
Today, French President Francois Hollande held bilateral and
trilateral meetings with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts
at the Elysee Palace.
Although it is unlikely that another meeting of the two opposing sides
will lead to any cardinal breakthrough in the process of settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the attention of the leaders of
world powers to this process may be assessed as a positive trend.
The main result of the meeting was that the president of France,
the country where the Armenian diaspora is strong and influential
enough, reiterated the unalterable point in the settlement of the
territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan: the status quo
which satisfies Armenia is unacceptable. And this is one of the main
messages the leaders of the three powers need to send to Armenia.
Meanwhile, the mediators should realize that everlasting protocol
meetings, which do not bring any noticeable results, will eventually
become completely useless and unable to stabilize the situation
between the conflicting sides.
So, each leader must realize one thing: the image of a mediator is an
important diplomatic step. However, in order to deserve to be called
a peacekeeper, one needs to carry out really fruitful mediation work.
http://www.azernews.az/analysis/72506.html