ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Sept 28 2005

KARABAKH SPECIALIST IN POLITICAL STUDIES CALLS REPORTS OF
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP ONE-SIDED

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 28. ARMINFO. A well-known Karabakhi specialist
in political studies David Babayan thinks one-sided the report of the
International Crisis Group “Nagorny Karabakh: on the spot of the
conflict.”

He emphasized that the references to Azerbaijani sources (officials,
refugees, resettled-people, publications etc..) in the report trice
exceeded similar sources from Nagorny Karabakh and Armenia. The
report presents the conflict as a territorial dispute between Armenia
and Azerbaijan. Moreover, Nagorny Karabakh is presented here as a
fully militarized formation depending on Armenia. Meanwhile,
Azerbaijan is presented as a victim. The number of Armenian refugees
is reduced and that of the Azerbaijani refugees is stressed. All
these approaches are the official position of Baku. Babayan thinks
senseless mentioning all the other one-sided provision of the report.

“While in NKR, the representatives of the International Crisis Group
spoke of quite another philosophy of the report,” Babayan says. The
specialist thinks the greatest part of the provisions were included
in the report as a result of a strong pressure on the group after it
had visited Azerbaijan.

For conclusion, David Babayan calls it naive thinking such an
approach a diplomatic victory of Azerbaijan. “It could only “comfort”
official Baku, making no contribution to settlement of the conflict.”