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    SERGEY MARKEDONOV: KARABAKH IS A REAL SIDE OF CONFLICT

    ARKA News Agency
    Sept 1 2005

    MOSCOW, September1. /ARKA/. Karabakh is a real side of the conflict
    regardless of whether Azerbaijan admits this or not, ARKA News
    Agency's correspondent reports from Moscow quoting Sergey Markedonov,
    Chief of Political and Military Analysis Institute's Department for
    International Relations, as saying at his meeting with journalists.

    "This fact admission absolutely doesn't mean that Baku must recognize
    Karabakh as a subject of international law or automatically give
    up Karabakh", Markedonov said. In his opinion, the key problem in
    Karabakh conflict settlement is to restore the sides' trust toward
    each other, and neither Russia nor Turkey and OSCE Minsk Group can
    do it. Markedonov thinks some contacts are needed between the two
    conflicting sides as well as discussion of some new models, because
    today package and stage-by-stage scheme of the conflict settlement
    collided "as two sheep on a bridge" and no move is seen. The Russian
    expert is bilateral activity should be more intensive the sides
    should stop waiting a miracle from the Minsk Group. The Group can
    work out any plans, but if these plans are not accepted they will
    produce little effect, Markedonov said. In his opinion, both sides
    should make some move to give the start to this conflict settlement.

    "Maybe third, fifth, twenty fifth way should be found, as present
    schemes are uncompromising", the political analyst said. In his words,
    compromise means mutual concessions but not "the demand to accept my
    truth". "This is dictatorship, not compromise", he said.

    Speaking about possibility of some new initiatives, Markedonov said
    clear Caucasian strategy is needed for that, but it is still missing.

    "There is no acknowledgement of the idea that either Armenia or
    Azerbaijan needs Russia", Markedonov said. In his words, Armenia is
    traditional ally to Russia and in Azerbaijan, pro-Russian sentiments
    are strong and the country has common borders with Russia and Russia
    interested in normal relations wit Azerbaijan. Taking into account the
    fact that there are powerful Armenian and Azerbaijani communities in
    Russia, the country can establish contacts between the two communities'
    representatives. This experience can be applied also to Armenian-Azeri
    relations in South Caucasus. He sees the problem in "the very narrow
    corridor of the U.S. Russia and OSCE Minsk Group proposals. "We
    understand that neither package nor stage-by-stage package is perfect
    and it is very difficult to propose something new. But the problem is
    need attention", Markedonnov said. "I'd like to put special emphasis on
    Diaspora. This is a very rich resource regarding all aspects. Taking
    into consideration Armenian and Azerbaijani offshore communities'
    political and financial influence on these countries, this can be used
    as resource for not formal reconciliation", Markedonov said. M.V. -0--
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