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  • BAKU: Armenian Denial Of Karabakh Progress 'Slap In The Face' For Me

    ARMENIAN DENIAL OF KARABAKH PROGRESS 'SLAP IN THE FACE' FOR MEDVEDEV
    Akper Hasanov News.Az

    news.az
    Feb 28 2011
    Azerbaijan

    News.Az interviews Asim Mollazade, chairman of the Party for Democratic
    Reforms and a Milli Majlis deputy.

    Can we expect a breakthrough in resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani
    conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh at the meeting of the presidents of
    Azerbaijan and Armenia in Sochi on 5 March?

    We want to believe that Yerevan will take definite steps to resolve
    the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh at the Sochi
    meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Unfortunately,
    all talks between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the
    resolution of this conflict conducted by the OSCE Minsk Group, as
    well as at the initiative of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev,
    have not led to movement towards peace, towards a resolution of the
    Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Karabakh. It was clearly seen at
    the OSCE summit in Astana, where Armenia cynically and impudently
    denied all agreements reached earlier on resolution of the conflict.

    This was a slap in the face for Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev,
    who hoped that definite agreements on resolution of the conflict
    would be reached in Astana.

    Does Russia not have any mechanisms to put pressure on Armenia?

    Of course Russia has mechanisms to influence Armenia. As we are aware
    of this, we hope that Russia, which has seized the initiative as a
    mediator on the Karabakh conflict, will use all its levers to influence
    Armenia to achieve a result. Otherwise, serious damage will be done to
    the influence of Russia and to that of its president, Dmitriy Medvedev.

    Does the United States, as the only country to allocate annual
    financial assistance to the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic,
    put any pressure on Yerevan to solve the conflict?

    I think the Minsk Group co-chairing states, including the US and
    Russia, have no principal differences on resolution of the Karabakh
    conflict. As for the US allocation of financial assistance to
    separatists from the unrecognized "NKR", it is mostly the result
    of the work of the Armenian lobby in the United States. But here
    it should be mentioned that interesting news has come out of the
    United States recently. For example, an influential and well known
    gang, Armenian Power, was smashed in California on 16 February and
    its members charged with blackmail, kidnapping, money laundering
    and drug trafficking. A little earlier, the head of the Armenian
    mafia in the United States, kingpin Armen Kazaryan, known as Pzo,
    was arrested for numerous crimes. Both these cases prove that the
    money, which the Armenian lobby uses to seek financial aid from
    the United States for the so-called "NKR", is of obviously criminal
    origin. This allows us to think that the US leadership will start to
    realize the criminal activity of the Armenian diaspora in the United
    States, the threat of the actions of the US Armenian lobby to this
    superpower's national interests. Indirect proof could be the fact
    that US President Barack Obama confirmed Matthew Bryza in the post
    of US ambassador to Azerbaijan, though the Armenian lobby in the
    States was doing its best to stop this. We hope the United States
    will continue its policy of responding to its national interests,
    rather than the interests of the Armenian diaspora, which is closely
    linked with the world of crime and terrorism.

    How will the deepening socioeconomic crisis in Armenia influence
    Yerevan's position on a resolution?

    I don't think the deepening domestic political and socioeconomic
    problems in Armenia will be able to influence Yerevan's position
    on resolution of the Karabakh conflict. On the contrary, unable to
    tackle the socioeconomic problems of their citizens, the Armenian
    authorities may show greater obstinacy in the negotiating process,
    in this way trying to "respond" to criticism from the opposition.




    From: A. Papazian
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