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KARABAKH PEACE PROCESS ENTERS STAGNATION STAGE - RUSSIAN EXPERT
news.am
Aug 22, 2011
Armenia
MOSCOW. - The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is likely to enter
stagnation stage, Russian political expert Andrei Areshev told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, it is conditioned by election campaign both in the
countries involved in the conflict and the mediating states.
"The election campaign is not the best time for foreign policy
processes," said Areshev.
After a relatively unsuccessful meeting between the presidents of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia in Kazan, one should not hope for
positive development in the foreseeable future.
The expert is skeptic about Azerbaijani side's calls to draft a peace
treaty in the near future.
"If a peace treaty is drafted today, it would most likely contain items
and provisions that are unacceptable to one or both sides. The parties
have yet to solve several problems before moving to the drafting of
a peace treaty," he said.
The active military buildup is one of the fundamental factors that
can transform into negative scenarios, Areshev believes.
"If mediators are really interested in settling the conflict, the
parties have to offer new, effective mechanisms. Much is said about
the European collective security, and the Karabakh conflict may become
a convenient model for working out this system on the regional level,"
he concluded.
news.am
Aug 22, 2011
Armenia
MOSCOW. - The Nagorno-Karabakh peace process is likely to enter
stagnation stage, Russian political expert Andrei Areshev told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to him, it is conditioned by election campaign both in the
countries involved in the conflict and the mediating states.
"The election campaign is not the best time for foreign policy
processes," said Areshev.
After a relatively unsuccessful meeting between the presidents of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia in Kazan, one should not hope for
positive development in the foreseeable future.
The expert is skeptic about Azerbaijani side's calls to draft a peace
treaty in the near future.
"If a peace treaty is drafted today, it would most likely contain items
and provisions that are unacceptable to one or both sides. The parties
have yet to solve several problems before moving to the drafting of
a peace treaty," he said.
The active military buildup is one of the fundamental factors that
can transform into negative scenarios, Areshev believes.
"If mediators are really interested in settling the conflict, the
parties have to offer new, effective mechanisms. Much is said about
the European collective security, and the Karabakh conflict may become
a convenient model for working out this system on the regional level,"
he concluded.