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RUSSIAN ANALYST DREW PARALLEL BETWEEN KARABAKH AND PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI
CONFLICTS

25.05.2005 04:36

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The situation with the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement is very complicated and the resolution of the problem is possible
only by means of mutual concessions, President of Strategy Saint Petersburg
Center for Humanitarian and Political Studies Alexander Sungurovstated, IA
Regnum reports. In his words, this principle is applicable to any critical
situation. `I have been to Baku several times and met with different
politicians. I was greatly surprised that the opposition that calls itself
democratic subjected to sharp criticism President Aliyev accusing him of
excess tolerance and liberality. There was an opinion that the interests of
democratic Azerbaijan should be defended with resumption of war. I have also
heard simple Azeri people say that they do not want to fight but it is
necessary to take back the seized territories. As result of the crisis of
the 90-ies a number of Azeri regions were left beyond Azerbaijan’s borders.
There are really hundreds of thousands of refugees. The way-out of the
critical situation is very complicated and the issue should be settled by
the leaders of the states, public figures and the society itself’, he said.
`I think there is another problem here as well. Politicians even realizing
the necessity of compromise the politicians know that if they make
concessions they will lose their posts, since the people of both states can
be categorically against any concessions. I would draw a parallel, may be a
risky one, between the Karabakh and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. My
Armenian colleagues call the seized Azeri region the security belt around
Nagorno Karabakh. The Israelis bring almost the same motives and build
settlements on these territories. However neighboring nations should sooner
or later make mutual concessions.