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NO WAR IN KARABAKH THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF EUROVISION: SAFARYAN
epress.am
06.28.2011
No matter how much the mediators had expressed optimism regarding
conflict settlement, the internal contradictions among the Minsk
Group co-chairs were evident during the meeting in Kazan and it's very
important to understand that similarity in position is not similarity
in interests, said head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction
Stepan (Styopa) Safaryan, speaking to journalists in Yerevan today
and referring to the Jun. 24-25 meeting of the presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
"Under similar positions were very different interests, and in this
sense, the Kazan meeting was doomed to fail from the start - not only
because of the difference in the Minsk Group co-chairs' interests,
but also for one simple reason: the fact of Azerbaijan giving room
to maneuver," he said.
According to the MP, the projection by the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) that at the meeting Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will
stand before two facts - either sign the document and have problems
back home or, in order to gain time, be forced to come to Armenia
and organize early elections - was too simple.
"In this case too the [Armenian National] Congress would declare that
its pressure yielded outcomes, that its projections have come true.
They simply don't take into account that there is also a third path:
the Armenian side took advantage of all the emergency exits and now
the responsibility falls on Azerbaijan," said Safaryan, adding he
arrived at such a conclusion after recent statements by HAK members.
However, he did not explain who or which statements he was referring
to.
The opposition MP stated that it's not worth waiting for major shifts
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - even the possibility of war doesn't
seem real to him.
He explained, with a smile: "In any case, there can't be a war this
year at least because Azerbaijan, with great fanfare, is preparing
for Eurovision, and probably one of the smartest moves by the Armenian
side will be to appeal to the international community with the proposal
to declare Baku the Eurovision capital once and for all."
From: Baghdasarian
epress.am
06.28.2011
No matter how much the mediators had expressed optimism regarding
conflict settlement, the internal contradictions among the Minsk
Group co-chairs were evident during the meeting in Kazan and it's very
important to understand that similarity in position is not similarity
in interests, said head of the Heritage Party parliamentary faction
Stepan (Styopa) Safaryan, speaking to journalists in Yerevan today
and referring to the Jun. 24-25 meeting of the presidents of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Russia in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
"Under similar positions were very different interests, and in this
sense, the Kazan meeting was doomed to fail from the start - not only
because of the difference in the Minsk Group co-chairs' interests,
but also for one simple reason: the fact of Azerbaijan giving room
to maneuver," he said.
According to the MP, the projection by the Armenian National Congress
(HAK) that at the meeting Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will
stand before two facts - either sign the document and have problems
back home or, in order to gain time, be forced to come to Armenia
and organize early elections - was too simple.
"In this case too the [Armenian National] Congress would declare that
its pressure yielded outcomes, that its projections have come true.
They simply don't take into account that there is also a third path:
the Armenian side took advantage of all the emergency exits and now
the responsibility falls on Azerbaijan," said Safaryan, adding he
arrived at such a conclusion after recent statements by HAK members.
However, he did not explain who or which statements he was referring
to.
The opposition MP stated that it's not worth waiting for major shifts
in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict - even the possibility of war doesn't
seem real to him.
He explained, with a smile: "In any case, there can't be a war this
year at least because Azerbaijan, with great fanfare, is preparing
for Eurovision, and probably one of the smartest moves by the Armenian
side will be to appeal to the international community with the proposal
to declare Baku the Eurovision capital once and for all."
From: Baghdasarian