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June 16, 2011 Thursday 7:21 PM GMT +4
Political scientist: Armenia is not ready to sign basic principles of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in Kazan
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 16 /Trend/
Armenia is not ready to sign the basic principles for the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in Kazan, Azerbaijani political
scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend.
He said Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsyan stated several times,
including during a recent visit to London, that Armenia is ready to
sign the basic principles, i.e. for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.
"Prime minister's response to the question on normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations indicated the true essence of the position
now occupied by Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,"
said Ahmedoglu.
Ahmedoglu said according to Sargsyan, Armenia is prepared to normalize
relations with Turkey without preconditions, but due to the fact that
Turkey puts forward preconditions, relations are not normalized.
"Turkey's preconditions are the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. If the prime minister Sargsyan says in a few days that
Armenia will sign the document in Kazan, then a few days later, the
precondition put forward by Turkey will disappear," said Ahmedoglu.
According to Ahmedoglu, a comparative analysis of the current position
of Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and
Armenian-Turkish relations shows that Armenia does not intend to sign
the document on basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement in Kazan. Official statements of Armenia in this regard
only aim to confuse international public opinion.
"First, the de facto leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh at the instigation
of the Armenian government intends to put into operation an airport in
Khojali on June 26 (which Armenians call Stepanakert airport). The
purpose of this is to blackmail Azerbaijan and the international
community, so that Azerbaijan would shoot at the plane flying to
Khojaly airport from Yerevan, and thus would be charged as a party
that started the war," said Ahmedoglu.
"Secondly, the preparatory work is underway for the speech of Armenian
president in the PACE on June 22. The main motivation is that Serzh
Sargsyan's speech in PACE must be more radical in the context of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than the speech of ex-president Kocharian.
But there is another point here. With his radical and anti-Azerbaijani
speech in the PACE, Armenian president intends to cause a scandal,
irritating Azerbaijan and to some extent the Turkish delegation," said
the analyst.
"As a result, Serzh Sargsyan intends to justify the failure to sign
the document at Kazan meeting," said Ahmedoglu.
According to Ahmedoglu, during this period when Armenia provides such
preparation, the speeches of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairmen from
France and the United States in the European Parliament encourage
Armenia not to sign documents in Kazan.
"Following the statement by the French co-chairman Bernard Fassier on
development of a new concept, the Armenian leadership, we can tell,
has no possibility to sign the document. Because Fassier openly states
that if the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides do not sign the document in
Kazan, the co- chairmen seat for the preparation of a new concept.
Perhaps with their position Fassier and U.S. co-chairman Robert
Bradtke want to neutralize the priority position of Russia on the
conflict settlement. And for that, Kazan meeting should fail," said
Ahmedoglu.
"Because over the last years, the partnership between Azerbaijan and
Russia in the conflict settlement affected the West's interests in the
region in certain sense. And therefore, it is regrettable that France,
which plays a significant role in the current stage of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, wants to undermine all the
achievements made and return the relationship between the co-chairmen
to the that which existed 10 years ago. In any case, it needs to take
into account that the possibilities of partnership between Azerbaijan
and Russia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement are infinitely
wide. Azerbaijan-Russia cooperation in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict can cover even the questions of war," said Ahmedoglu.
From: A. Papazian
June 16, 2011 Thursday 7:21 PM GMT +4
Political scientist: Armenia is not ready to sign basic principles of
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in Kazan
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 16 /Trend/
Armenia is not ready to sign the basic principles for the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement in Kazan, Azerbaijani political
scientist Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend.
He said Armenian prime minister Tigran Sargsyan stated several times,
including during a recent visit to London, that Armenia is ready to
sign the basic principles, i.e. for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement.
"Prime minister's response to the question on normalization of
Armenian-Turkish relations indicated the true essence of the position
now occupied by Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,"
said Ahmedoglu.
Ahmedoglu said according to Sargsyan, Armenia is prepared to normalize
relations with Turkey without preconditions, but due to the fact that
Turkey puts forward preconditions, relations are not normalized.
"Turkey's preconditions are the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. If the prime minister Sargsyan says in a few days that
Armenia will sign the document in Kazan, then a few days later, the
precondition put forward by Turkey will disappear," said Ahmedoglu.
According to Ahmedoglu, a comparative analysis of the current position
of Armenia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and
Armenian-Turkish relations shows that Armenia does not intend to sign
the document on basic principles of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
settlement in Kazan. Official statements of Armenia in this regard
only aim to confuse international public opinion.
"First, the de facto leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh at the instigation
of the Armenian government intends to put into operation an airport in
Khojali on June 26 (which Armenians call Stepanakert airport). The
purpose of this is to blackmail Azerbaijan and the international
community, so that Azerbaijan would shoot at the plane flying to
Khojaly airport from Yerevan, and thus would be charged as a party
that started the war," said Ahmedoglu.
"Secondly, the preparatory work is underway for the speech of Armenian
president in the PACE on June 22. The main motivation is that Serzh
Sargsyan's speech in PACE must be more radical in the context of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than the speech of ex-president Kocharian.
But there is another point here. With his radical and anti-Azerbaijani
speech in the PACE, Armenian president intends to cause a scandal,
irritating Azerbaijan and to some extent the Turkish delegation," said
the analyst.
"As a result, Serzh Sargsyan intends to justify the failure to sign
the document at Kazan meeting," said Ahmedoglu.
According to Ahmedoglu, during this period when Armenia provides such
preparation, the speeches of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairmen from
France and the United States in the European Parliament encourage
Armenia not to sign documents in Kazan.
"Following the statement by the French co-chairman Bernard Fassier on
development of a new concept, the Armenian leadership, we can tell,
has no possibility to sign the document. Because Fassier openly states
that if the Azerbaijani and Armenian sides do not sign the document in
Kazan, the co- chairmen seat for the preparation of a new concept.
Perhaps with their position Fassier and U.S. co-chairman Robert
Bradtke want to neutralize the priority position of Russia on the
conflict settlement. And for that, Kazan meeting should fail," said
Ahmedoglu.
"Because over the last years, the partnership between Azerbaijan and
Russia in the conflict settlement affected the West's interests in the
region in certain sense. And therefore, it is regrettable that France,
which plays a significant role in the current stage of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, wants to undermine all the
achievements made and return the relationship between the co-chairmen
to the that which existed 10 years ago. In any case, it needs to take
into account that the possibilities of partnership between Azerbaijan
and Russia on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement are infinitely
wide. Azerbaijan-Russia cooperation in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict can cover even the questions of war," said Ahmedoglu.
From: A. Papazian