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March 4 2011
Armenia is a real village against the developing Azerbaijan
Fri 04 March 2011 08:16 GMT | 10:16 Local Time
News.Az interviews Fikrat Sadikhov, political scientist.
Is the Russian side sincere in its intentions in the issue of
settlement of Karabakh conflict considering the fact that it
frequently organized the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and
Armenia and proposed the initiative to hold the next meeting on 5
March?
First of all, I would like to note that politics and sincerity are
opposite concepts. In fact, there is no sincerity in policy, policy is
fully based on the real correlation of powers, national interests and
Russia is no exception in this situation and this country remains the
strategic ally of Armenia. But all the same Russia already has
pragmatic forces, by the way, in the Kremlin too, which wanted to
settle this issue, since they are sick and tired of the rigidness of
Armenian politicians, official Yerevan.
Russia benefits from building mutually profitable partner relations
with developing Azerbaijan, maintaining multilateral, partner
relations in many ties. Russia benefits from dealing with Azerbaijan
which has done all for its development rather than supporting Armenia,
which does not make any compromises. This has caused the Russian
initiatives on holding the meetings of the presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia.
Which position does Baku expect from Moscow in settling the Karabakh
conflict and what can be the results of the new meeting of the
presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia?
The economic potential, military strength of Azerbaijan allow this
country to use the forced way to restore its territorial integrity
without any assistance. However, despite this Azerbaijan continues to
bring Armenia to reason though the latter ignores the norms of
international law.
Azerbaijan wants superpowers, primarily Russia, which geographically
and historically understands the essence of the problem, to put the
due pressure on Armenia to complete solve the Karabakh conflict.
Can the parties give any proposals to settle the Karabakh conflict and
do the parties have such a potential?
There can not be any initiatives from the Azerbaijani side, whose
lands are occupied. Azerbaijan should not be expected to make any
initiatives also in the sense that this country continues peace talks
though the occupation of its lands continues despite a number of
resolutions were passed by international organizations in its favor.
As for Armenia, this country has exhausted its limit of trust to the
world community. In addition, it should be noted that the world
community offers different variants of solving the Karabakh conflict,
in particular, the renewed variant of Madrid principles and one of the
sides, Armenia, does not even respond to them. Which additional
initiatives are being spoken of?
Azerbaijan's ambassador in Ukraine Eynulla Madatli said Baku may quit
the format of the Prague process if Armenia protracts or gives a
negative response to the proposals of the Minsk Group co-chairs based
on the renewed Madrid principles. What has caused the stiffening of
official Baku's position which, according to Madatli, is considering
`different variants' to restore the territorial integrity of the
country?
By the way the same position was expressed by Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev. He repeatedly said that if negotiation process is
deadlocked, Azerbaijan will think of different variants to settle the
Karabakh conflict. All the same, the head of the state has never
excluded the forced way to solve the Karabakh conflict. All the same,
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev also made similar
statements. In addition, Azerbaijan has never concealed that it will
never allow the eternal continuation of the negotiation process and
there is nothing extraordinary in that Azerbaijan took this stance.
Azerbaijan is able to settle the Karabakh conflict, since all events
in the region, the geopolitical configuration currently established in
the region, in particular, Turkey and Armenia's attempts to reconcile,
Iran's attempts to play an active mediating role in Karabakh conflict,
give no positive effect in the resolution of the Azerbaijani-Armenian
conflict.
The only way to settle the problem is to liberate the occupied lands
of Azerbaijan and further restore the previous status of Karabakh
especially because the Azerbaijani side has repeatedly stated that the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not the subject of discussion
and this reality must be taken into account in Yerevan.
Do you think a new war is the only alternative to the Prague process
that is the peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict?
The failure to settle the Karabakh conflict is caused by the fact that
superpowers continue putting the aggressor country on the same level
with the country that suffered aggression. In the result of this
attempt to create a balance between countries Armenia does not fulfill
the basic norms and principles of international law reflected in
numerous resolutions and decisions of international organizations, as
well as the statements of superpowers. This makes a new war
inevitable.
All the same, there is one more alternative variant of the conflict
settlement which is the repetition of the events in Arab world in
Armenia. Sooner or later these events will occur in Armenia, the
people will overthrow powers in Yerevan, since the current
famine-stricken Armenia will not stand these tensions for long.
Armenia is a real village on the background of developing Azerbaijan
and the events inside it cause its complete impoverishment.
If in this case the events in Armenia develop by the Egyptian script,
the country may lose everything, even more than it occupied.
Lala B.
News.Az
From: A. Papazian
March 4 2011
Armenia is a real village against the developing Azerbaijan
Fri 04 March 2011 08:16 GMT | 10:16 Local Time
News.Az interviews Fikrat Sadikhov, political scientist.
Is the Russian side sincere in its intentions in the issue of
settlement of Karabakh conflict considering the fact that it
frequently organized the meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan and
Armenia and proposed the initiative to hold the next meeting on 5
March?
First of all, I would like to note that politics and sincerity are
opposite concepts. In fact, there is no sincerity in policy, policy is
fully based on the real correlation of powers, national interests and
Russia is no exception in this situation and this country remains the
strategic ally of Armenia. But all the same Russia already has
pragmatic forces, by the way, in the Kremlin too, which wanted to
settle this issue, since they are sick and tired of the rigidness of
Armenian politicians, official Yerevan.
Russia benefits from building mutually profitable partner relations
with developing Azerbaijan, maintaining multilateral, partner
relations in many ties. Russia benefits from dealing with Azerbaijan
which has done all for its development rather than supporting Armenia,
which does not make any compromises. This has caused the Russian
initiatives on holding the meetings of the presidents of Azerbaijan
and Armenia.
Which position does Baku expect from Moscow in settling the Karabakh
conflict and what can be the results of the new meeting of the
presidents of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia?
The economic potential, military strength of Azerbaijan allow this
country to use the forced way to restore its territorial integrity
without any assistance. However, despite this Azerbaijan continues to
bring Armenia to reason though the latter ignores the norms of
international law.
Azerbaijan wants superpowers, primarily Russia, which geographically
and historically understands the essence of the problem, to put the
due pressure on Armenia to complete solve the Karabakh conflict.
Can the parties give any proposals to settle the Karabakh conflict and
do the parties have such a potential?
There can not be any initiatives from the Azerbaijani side, whose
lands are occupied. Azerbaijan should not be expected to make any
initiatives also in the sense that this country continues peace talks
though the occupation of its lands continues despite a number of
resolutions were passed by international organizations in its favor.
As for Armenia, this country has exhausted its limit of trust to the
world community. In addition, it should be noted that the world
community offers different variants of solving the Karabakh conflict,
in particular, the renewed variant of Madrid principles and one of the
sides, Armenia, does not even respond to them. Which additional
initiatives are being spoken of?
Azerbaijan's ambassador in Ukraine Eynulla Madatli said Baku may quit
the format of the Prague process if Armenia protracts or gives a
negative response to the proposals of the Minsk Group co-chairs based
on the renewed Madrid principles. What has caused the stiffening of
official Baku's position which, according to Madatli, is considering
`different variants' to restore the territorial integrity of the
country?
By the way the same position was expressed by Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev. He repeatedly said that if negotiation process is
deadlocked, Azerbaijan will think of different variants to settle the
Karabakh conflict. All the same, the head of the state has never
excluded the forced way to solve the Karabakh conflict. All the same,
Azerbaijan's Defense Minister Safar Abiyev also made similar
statements. In addition, Azerbaijan has never concealed that it will
never allow the eternal continuation of the negotiation process and
there is nothing extraordinary in that Azerbaijan took this stance.
Azerbaijan is able to settle the Karabakh conflict, since all events
in the region, the geopolitical configuration currently established in
the region, in particular, Turkey and Armenia's attempts to reconcile,
Iran's attempts to play an active mediating role in Karabakh conflict,
give no positive effect in the resolution of the Azerbaijani-Armenian
conflict.
The only way to settle the problem is to liberate the occupied lands
of Azerbaijan and further restore the previous status of Karabakh
especially because the Azerbaijani side has repeatedly stated that the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not the subject of discussion
and this reality must be taken into account in Yerevan.
Do you think a new war is the only alternative to the Prague process
that is the peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict?
The failure to settle the Karabakh conflict is caused by the fact that
superpowers continue putting the aggressor country on the same level
with the country that suffered aggression. In the result of this
attempt to create a balance between countries Armenia does not fulfill
the basic norms and principles of international law reflected in
numerous resolutions and decisions of international organizations, as
well as the statements of superpowers. This makes a new war
inevitable.
All the same, there is one more alternative variant of the conflict
settlement which is the repetition of the events in Arab world in
Armenia. Sooner or later these events will occur in Armenia, the
people will overthrow powers in Yerevan, since the current
famine-stricken Armenia will not stand these tensions for long.
Armenia is a real village on the background of developing Azerbaijan
and the events inside it cause its complete impoverishment.
If in this case the events in Armenia develop by the Egyptian script,
the country may lose everything, even more than it occupied.
Lala B.
News.Az
From: A. Papazian