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    A ROAD MAP FOR THE UNRECOGNIZED ONES;

    WPS Agency
    DEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
    June 30, 2008 Monday
    Russia

    The Foreign Ministry needs to master modern technologies for resolving
    of international conflicts
    It Is Impossible To Resolve The Frozen Conflicts On The Territory
    OF THE CIS BY OLD METHODS; Participants of the European Union-Russia
    summit that opens today in Khanty-Mansiysk will discuss the situation
    in all former hot spots on the territory of the CIS in Abkhazia,
    South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Trans-Dniester Republic. The
    initiative of the hearings belongs to Brussels and is explained by
    the attitude of the European Union to the frozen conflicts in the
    post-Soviet space. The European Union was not an outside observer
    of what was happening to the unrecognized republics in the CIS even
    in the past but grew noticeably more active in this area after the
    events in Kosovo. Today, the matter is about changing all formats of
    negotiations on resolving conflicts and peacekeeping formats in favor
    of European intermediaries. Moreover so that in each of the certain
    cases, one of the parties of the conflict requests Europe about this
    and it turns out that the second party already does not object.

    Participants of the European Union-Russia summit that opens today in
    Khanty-Mansiysk will discuss the situation in all former hot spots on
    the territory of the CIS in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh
    and Trans-Dniester Republic. The initiative of the hearings belongs
    to Brussels and is explained by the attitude of the European Union
    to the frozen conflicts in the post-Soviet space. The European Union
    was not an outside observer of what was happening to the unrecognized
    republics in the CIS even in the past but grew noticeably more active
    in this area after the events in Kosovo. Today, the matter is about
    changing all formats of negotiations on resolving conflicts and
    peacekeeping formats in favor of European intermediaries. Moreover so
    that in each of the certain cases, one of the parties of the conflict
    requests Europe about this and it turns out that the second party
    already does not object.

    Moldova was the first to turn to Brussels with a request about
    internationalization of the conflict. This was almost ten years
    ago but only in 2005 did the European Union become the official
    fourth intermediary in negotiations between Chisinau and Tiraspol
    and the US became the fifth. To date, Russia was the main guarantor
    and intermediary in the Trans-Dniester regulation after the Russian
    peacekeepers stopped the war on the Dniester River in 1992. A lot of
    time passed since then, the situation changed and a new agreement
    determining the functional duties of the peacekeepers was needed
    because the task set for them in the past was fulfilled. However, there
    was no such agreement. The negotiation process staled and observers
    started accusing Russia of lobbying the interests of one of the parties
    of the conflict, namely the Trans-Dniester Republic. Such accusations
    addressed to Moscow sound from Tbilisi now. Georgia accuses the
    Russian peacekeepers saying that in the conflicts in South Caucasus,
    they support the Abkhaz and the South Ossetian parties. According
    to the example of Moldova, Georgia also insists on the inclusion of
    the European Union into the format of negotiations. Tbilisi is also
    struggling for the insertion of "alternative" peacekeepers into the
    security zones in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. At any rate, this is
    already the second stage of internationalization of conflicts. It
    has not started even in Moldova yet.

    However, the experience of intermediary interaction of Russia and
    European Union was successful there. Before the beginning of the summit
    in Khanty-Mansiysk, President of Moldova Vladimir Voronin pointed at
    this in a conversation with Javier Solana, high representative of the
    European Union for security. Voronin also praised the activeness of
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in this process. It is unknown if
    the combined efforts of Russia and European Union will be crowned
    with quick victories in the Trans-Dniester conflict. Another thing
    is interesting. The second party of the conflict, the Trans-Dniester
    Republic, does not object to European mediation for the first time
    in many years of the conflict. The same situation is registered in
    other conflict zones too.

    The main positive aspect is the fact that inclusion of the
    European Union into the negotiation processes brings them out of
    stagnation. Along with this, Russia is losing the leading positions in
    the space of traditional Russian influence including the peacekeeping
    positions. To retain them it is necessary to offer certain programs for
    getting out of stalemate situations to the parties of the conflicts,
    a kind of "road map." Russia needs to master modern technologies for
    solving difficult international problems. It is the technology that
    provides the most accurate description of the process and answers the
    questions of how and when. In the last decade, the entire foreign
    policy technology was actually confined to the use of Russian
    presidents on the highest level. Sometimes this provides a result
    and sometimes it does not.

    Another factor is the most important. Already at the stage of
    composition, "road maps" register the national and strategic
    interests of the parties of the conflict. The task of diplomats is
    made much easier after this registration. It becomes specifically
    professional. It is not necessary to lay poetical problems on the
    Foreign Ministry. Other people should do politics including those
    who can afford non-diplomatic language.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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