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ON WHAT THE INTERMEDIARIES SET THEIR HOPES
Leonid Martirosyan
Azat Artsakh Daily
July 07, 2010
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
If Baku's regime is not able to conduct peace talks? Last Friday
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA) and Igor Popov
(Russia) arrived with the next visit in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Visit of the international intermediaries to Stepanakert took place
after two weeks after an attack of diversionary group of Azerbaijan on
the Karabakh positions therefore there were killed and wounded from
both parties. Therefore it is not surprising, that the main theme of
conversation of co-chairs with the NKR president was peace and if it is
more exactly - not having alternative of a peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict. As the press-service of the NKR head has informed,
the parties have underlined, that the power variant of settlement of
the conflict is absolutely unacceptable. However inveterate illness of
moderators of negotiating process again attracts attention, namely -
unequivocally parity character of the estimation of the happened. As
a matter of fact, during their visit to Stepanakert co-chairs of
the Minsk group have repeated an essence of the maintenance of
the recent statement accepted in connection with incident in which
appeals to restraint and ascertaining of a circumstance of not being
alternative of a peaceful settlement have found a place. Differently,
the same attempts to put an identity sign between the Azerbaijan and
Karabakh party that is to balance responsibility of Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh in a situation, when the originator of the tragedy
is well-known to everyone. It is necessary to tell, that the NKR
president paid attention of co-chairs of the Minsk group to the fact,
that recent cases of infringement by Azerbaijan of cease-fire regime
have not received a corresponding estimation of the international
community. The question on responsibility of official Baku for
constant escalation of intensity in a zone of the Karabakh conflict
has been risen repeatedly by the NKR authorities, that, however, and
has not become a subject of serious discussion in the international
structures which are responsible for destiny of peace-making process,
and, first of all, in the OSCE. Whether intermediaries understand,
what absence of proper response to provocative actions of Azerbaijan,
and, hence, its impunity, transform into a farce, in an empty phrase
all their appeals to the world? Already not speaking of non-use of
sanctions concerning the obvious infringer of cease-fire regime
creates serious threat to this peace. Let's recollect. In March
of 2008 the Azerbaijan party initiated diversionary attack to the
Karabakh positions which gave also human victims. Alas, then actions
of Azerbaijan which broke very coarsely cease-fire regime, have not
received an objective estimation of the international structures, that,
as we see, has led still to more coarsening of its position and present
June relapse. But let's return especially to process of settlement
of the conflict. Co-chairs of the Minsk group of OSCE have mentioned
also a theme of future political status of the NKR. As Russian co-chair
Igor Popov has told, status of the Nagorno-Karabakh should be defined
by democratic way, by means of free will of its people. Thus he has
made a reservation, that the mechanism of definition of the status
should be discussed still.
However the diplomat has not specified, with whom and in what
format intermediaries are going to discuss the given question. If
with Azerbaijan, it will be time waste as all previous stages of
settlement of the conflict have shown that Baku's regime is not
able to conduct peace talks. The conflict parties speak absolutely
in different languages. How in these conditions intermediaries can
hope for efficiency of negotiating process and an establishment of the
definitive peace in the region? With that obvious true, that Azerbaijan
refuses the Nagorno-Karabakh even in the right of existence, confirms
infinite threats of its destroying by military way. Last armed incident
has shown, who actually is not interested in stability of the region,
who is not intended to refuse revanchist plans. In this situation to
impose the Nagorno-Karabakh any doubtful guarantees of safety and to
demand from it concessions, is simply not a serious thing. People of
the Nagorno-Karabakh have defined the status of the native land and a
guarantee of its safety for a long time, here already almost twenty
years ago, and it will hardly probable allow anybody to change them
to the detriment of own interests. The life has shown justice of this
historical choice. Here and at a Friday meeting with co-chairs of
the Minsk group of OSCE the NKR president has reminded again, that
"independence and safety of Artsakh are not liable to the auction,
and any attempt to return the past is fraught with unpredictable
consequences". In these words - expression of will of people of the
republic, and will of the people which are the true owner of the earth,
should be respected.
From: A. Papazian
Leonid Martirosyan
Azat Artsakh Daily
July 07, 2010
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
If Baku's regime is not able to conduct peace talks? Last Friday
co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group Robert Bradtke (USA) and Igor Popov
(Russia) arrived with the next visit in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Visit of the international intermediaries to Stepanakert took place
after two weeks after an attack of diversionary group of Azerbaijan on
the Karabakh positions therefore there were killed and wounded from
both parties. Therefore it is not surprising, that the main theme of
conversation of co-chairs with the NKR president was peace and if it is
more exactly - not having alternative of a peaceful settlement of the
Karabakh conflict. As the press-service of the NKR head has informed,
the parties have underlined, that the power variant of settlement of
the conflict is absolutely unacceptable. However inveterate illness of
moderators of negotiating process again attracts attention, namely -
unequivocally parity character of the estimation of the happened. As
a matter of fact, during their visit to Stepanakert co-chairs of
the Minsk group have repeated an essence of the maintenance of
the recent statement accepted in connection with incident in which
appeals to restraint and ascertaining of a circumstance of not being
alternative of a peaceful settlement have found a place. Differently,
the same attempts to put an identity sign between the Azerbaijan and
Karabakh party that is to balance responsibility of Azerbaijan and
Nagorno-Karabakh in a situation, when the originator of the tragedy
is well-known to everyone. It is necessary to tell, that the NKR
president paid attention of co-chairs of the Minsk group to the fact,
that recent cases of infringement by Azerbaijan of cease-fire regime
have not received a corresponding estimation of the international
community. The question on responsibility of official Baku for
constant escalation of intensity in a zone of the Karabakh conflict
has been risen repeatedly by the NKR authorities, that, however, and
has not become a subject of serious discussion in the international
structures which are responsible for destiny of peace-making process,
and, first of all, in the OSCE. Whether intermediaries understand,
what absence of proper response to provocative actions of Azerbaijan,
and, hence, its impunity, transform into a farce, in an empty phrase
all their appeals to the world? Already not speaking of non-use of
sanctions concerning the obvious infringer of cease-fire regime
creates serious threat to this peace. Let's recollect. In March
of 2008 the Azerbaijan party initiated diversionary attack to the
Karabakh positions which gave also human victims. Alas, then actions
of Azerbaijan which broke very coarsely cease-fire regime, have not
received an objective estimation of the international structures, that,
as we see, has led still to more coarsening of its position and present
June relapse. But let's return especially to process of settlement
of the conflict. Co-chairs of the Minsk group of OSCE have mentioned
also a theme of future political status of the NKR. As Russian co-chair
Igor Popov has told, status of the Nagorno-Karabakh should be defined
by democratic way, by means of free will of its people. Thus he has
made a reservation, that the mechanism of definition of the status
should be discussed still.
However the diplomat has not specified, with whom and in what
format intermediaries are going to discuss the given question. If
with Azerbaijan, it will be time waste as all previous stages of
settlement of the conflict have shown that Baku's regime is not
able to conduct peace talks. The conflict parties speak absolutely
in different languages. How in these conditions intermediaries can
hope for efficiency of negotiating process and an establishment of the
definitive peace in the region? With that obvious true, that Azerbaijan
refuses the Nagorno-Karabakh even in the right of existence, confirms
infinite threats of its destroying by military way. Last armed incident
has shown, who actually is not interested in stability of the region,
who is not intended to refuse revanchist plans. In this situation to
impose the Nagorno-Karabakh any doubtful guarantees of safety and to
demand from it concessions, is simply not a serious thing. People of
the Nagorno-Karabakh have defined the status of the native land and a
guarantee of its safety for a long time, here already almost twenty
years ago, and it will hardly probable allow anybody to change them
to the detriment of own interests. The life has shown justice of this
historical choice. Here and at a Friday meeting with co-chairs of
the Minsk group of OSCE the NKR president has reminded again, that
"independence and safety of Artsakh are not liable to the auction,
and any attempt to return the past is fraught with unpredictable
consequences". In these words - expression of will of people of the
republic, and will of the people which are the true owner of the earth,
should be respected.
From: A. Papazian