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  • NKR Prez: Azerbaijan Blackmailing Intl Community by Creating Tension

    ARKADI GHUKASIAN: AZERBAIJAN TRIES TO BLACKMAIL INTERNATIONAL
    COMMUNITY BY CREATING TENSION IN CONTACT BORDERS

    YEREVAN, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN. Contacts between the Presidents of
    Armenia and Azerbaijan are necessary, but they cannot replace the
    process of negotiations dedicated to the Nagorno Karabakh settlement,
    which "is lacking at present". Arkadi Ghukasian, the NKR President
    stated about this at the end of his March 30 meeting in Yerevan, with
    Dimitriy Rupel, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office. That process must take
    place within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group, as decided by the
    OSCE 1994 Budapest Summit, according to which there are three parties
    on the conflict, including Nagorno Karabakh. In reply to the idea
    expressed by D.Rupel, that from now and till the late spring or early
    summer, there is a "window of opportunies" for the settlement of the
    Karabakh conflict, the NKR President mentioned that there is very
    little time till the summer, and this time must be used to create
    atmosphere of mutual confidence among the conflicting parties.

    A.Ghukasian again emphasized the necessity of Karabakh's
    representation as a party of negotiations: Nagorno Karabakh has
    participated in the process of negotiations since 1992. According to
    Ghukasian, negotiating only with Armenia, Azerbaijan tries to assure
    the international community that Armenia is an aggressor and sanctions
    must be imposed on it. "We try to settle, to solve the problem,
    Azerbaijan tries to charge Armenia. Azerbaijan is busy with
    propaganda, we really try to solve the problem," he emphasized. At the
    same time he expressed confidence that Azerbaijan will at last
    negotiate with Karabakh: "I have a formula: if Azerbeijan does not
    negotiate with Nagorno Karabakh, then Azerbaijan does not want to
    settle the problem," Arkadi Ghukasian mentioned. According to the NKR
    President, it is meaningless to speak about concessions today,
    especially that there is no active process of negotiations. He also
    added that the NKR concessions are hanged on Azerbaijani concessions,
    that process cannot be of one party. According to Ghukasian, at the
    meeting the OSCE Chairman-in-Office also expressed concern about the
    strained situation on the border. According to the NKR President, by
    increasing tension on the border, Azerbaijan follows two goals: the
    first, to solve an home political problem, trying to persuade to the
    opposition that it is ready for the war; and the second, by means of
    blackmail, to try to persuade to the international community to solve
    the problem by Azerbaijani scenario, otherwise Azerbaijan will
    re-start the war. The reason of the last exchanges of fire on the
    border, according to the NKR President, was that Azerbaijan was trying
    to move its positions closer to the positions of Armenian forces, in
    some cases as close as 70 m. The NKR President had suggested the OSCE
    Chairman to fix the countact borders and re-control the processes
    taking place there. The NKR President excluded the possibility of
    signing of any document within the framework of Aliev-Kocharian
    meeting in May.
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