THE ARMENIAN AND AZERI PRESIDENTS WERE GIVEN A DEADLINE
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[03:16 pm] 14 April, 2006
Politician Stepan Safaryan, head of the Armenian Center for National
and International Studies commented on the words of the OSCE Minsk
group French co-chair Bernard Fassier. The latter represented the
events in Rambouillet as a half-full cup and highly appreciated the
fact that the cup was not broken.
Safaryan said, “This means that the previous arrangements are still
in power. After the Rambouillet meeting it was announced that they
sides agreed upon seven principles of nine, and the Armenian side
mentioned that the sides disagreed only upon one point”.
During the press conference Mr. Fassier also mentioned that if the
co-chairs manage to organize meeting of the two Presidents during June
or July, it will mean that the process has not exhausted itself. Stepan
Safaryan is convinced that the negotiation process with this format
has already failed and the co-chairs realize it well enough.
“The process of failing must be represented to the international
community, after which the serious conclusions will be made about the
fate of the two Presidents. The international community feels that the
Presidents do not mean to settle the conflict but are merely making
statements. The co-chairs are just trying to give another chance
to the sides. The stipulation of the issue of settlement within the
framework of the EU Neighborhood Program means that the sides cannot
avoid the settlement of the conflict wherever they go”.
Mr. Safaryan thinks that the year 2006 is not the deadline of the
settlement of the conflict but that of the Presidents of the two
countries.