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    NAGORNO-KARABAKH NEGOTIATIONS FOCUS ON RETURN OF PART OF OCCUPIED LANDS AT CURRENT STAGE: AZERBAIJANI MP

    Today
    Nov 30 2009
    Azerbaijan

    Day.Az interview with member of ruling New Azerbaijan Party Political
    Council, deputy chairman of Parliamentary Committee for Security and
    Defense Aydin Mirzazade.

    Day.Az: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan voiced a number of
    statements at the 12th congress of the ruling Republican Party of
    Armenia (RPA). How do you comment on his words: "I have no reason
    to vindicate myself. Let those who had a goal to cede Karabakh to
    vindicate themselves" ?

    Aydin Mirzazade: This is another statement by the Armenian president
    meant solely for domestic audience. The reason for such statements
    is that Serge Sargsyan feels a strong pressure from various Armenian
    opposition parties and movements.

    His attempts to position himself as a confident politician is not
    effective, because not only citizens of this country, but also people
    outside the country is aware of the real state of affairs in Armenia.

    The Armenian president does not enjoy support of overwhelming
    majority of the country's citizens. He took power through blood and
    falsifications. Now he is trying to "whitewash" himself in front of
    the West in all possible ways.

    Sargsyan's position is also understandable. Armenia lives in
    self-imposed isolation because of the occupation of 20 percent of
    Azerbaijani territories that has led to collapse of the country's
    economy. These problems are growing very rapidly threatening loss of
    statehood. But the most interesting and sad for Armenia is that those
    who criticize President Sargsyan and to whom the Armenian president
    addressed his statement have no real program to address the problems
    facing the country.

    This most clearly indicates that there is no alternative to liberating
    Armenian-occupied territories of Azerbaijan as the only possible way
    out of that terrible crisis whatever statements various political
    figures in Armenia make.

    Q: The Armenian leader said his RPA party has three tasks: to
    develop Armenia, to normalize Armenia-Turkey ties and resolve the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Do the first two tasks suggest that the
    Armenian parliament will ratify the protocols?

    A: I think Armenia faces a task comparable to looking for squaring the
    circle. Most likely, Armenia will wait until the Turkish parliament
    ratifies the protocol. I believe Armenian has already understood that
    Turkish parliament will not ratify protocols without a just resolution
    to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    The development of Armenia about which Sargsyan so beautifully
    reasoned will remain only desire and slogan. The Armenian government
    needs to switch from slogans to concrete steps to fairly resolve the
    Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in order save Armenia from self-imposed
    isolation.

    Q: Do you believe Armenian may take such a step during the next round
    of talks between Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents?

    A: Whatever the Armenian leadership says, return of at least part of
    the occupied territories of Azerbaijan are already being negotiated at
    current stage. Furthermore, despite Armenia's constant unconstructive
    position, the negotiations have seen some progress. In other words, if
    Armenia demonstrates a constructive and common sense, the negotiations
    on a just settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict may bear results soon.

    I think that the very reality (deepening economic crisis, regular
    tension in Armenia's relations with all its neighbors against backdrop
    of increasing economic growth and geopolitical influence of Azerbaijan)
    makes even the most radical ultranationalist forces in Armenia to
    take a sober view of things.
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