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    KARABAKH TALKS SHOULD CONTINUE - AZERBAIJANI COMMENTATOR

    news.az
    July 13 2010
    Azerbaijan

    Rasim Musabeyov Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on Karabakh have to
    continue, even though they have yet to be productive, Azerbaijani
    analyst Rasim Musabeyov has said.

    He was responding to the view of Armenian analyst Stepan Grigoryan,
    expressed as part of public debates at the 1news.az Political
    Discussions Club.

    "I agree with my colleague Stepan Grigoryan that the talks, even
    though they have not been productive so far, should continue,"
    Musabeyov said. "Difficult talks are always better than no talks and
    especially better than war. But we must understand that unproductive
    talks undermine confidence in a possible peace settlement. After all,
    military capability is growing in parallel and in recent years has
    considerably strengthened.

    "Many people in Azerbaijan think that the Armenians are holding talks
    only to protract the process and make the world and Azerbaijan accept
    the new 'status quo'."

    "Stepan Grigoryan says that Azerbaijan's attempt to extract unilateral
    concessions from Armenia on the liberation of the occupied territories
    will fail. But this is a question of compromise, not unilateral
    concessions," Musabeyov said.

    He did not agree with Grigoryan that Azerbaijan is strongly
    exaggerating Armenians' dependence on Moscow as well as the importance
    of the Russian factor in the Karabakh conflict settlement.

    "I would like to draw attention to the fact that none of the Minsk
    Group co-chairs, even Armenia's ally Russia, delved into the details
    of which side was the initiator of the recent armed incident [on the
    contact line separating Armenian and Azerbaijani troops]. The Armenian
    public are told that this is a clear signal that the world will not
    allow Azerbaijan to restore its territorial integrity by force.

    "Whether this should be done now, whether the results will be
    commensurate with the expense and losses, is another question. These
    are the conditions, not international reaction, that make Baku seek
    a solution to the problem at the negotiating table. Unfortunately,
    there is an alternative to peace talks and it is a new war. This
    alternative is unacceptable to me, and to my colleague Mr Grigoryan,
    but as an analyst, I cannot rule out such a turn of events, especially
    if the talks do not emerge from the current blind alley."




    From: A. Papazian
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