KARABAKH CONFLICT SETTLEMENT IN HANDS OF GREAT POWERS
PanARMENIAN.Net
19.05.2006 18:26 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “I exclude the possibility of presence of NATO
contingent in the region and resumption of hostilities, political
scientist Andranik Mihranyan stated in Yerevan. In his words, under
the current circumstances, the “settlement is in the hands of great
powers but not of Armenia or Azerbaijan. “I think the promotion of
the settlement process can be conditioned by the U.S. concern in the
region. Azerbaijan will never agree on Karabakh’s independence while
Armenia will never agree on Karabakh’s joining Azerbaijan. In this
case a decision that will make Yerevan and Baku agree with a certain
formula is essential,” he remarked bringing the example of the “road
maps” advanced by each U.S. administration.
When touching upon the Kosovo precedent Mihranyan reminded that the
Russia Foreign Minister and President bound the possibility of Kosovo
independence with the Transdnestrian, Abkhazian and South Ossetian
problems.
“The task of the Armenian diplomacy is to expand this list. It would be
good if some states, for instance Upper Volta, San Marino or Andorra,
recognized the independence of Nagorno Karabakh immediately after
the recognition of Kosovo’s independence,” Mihranyan underscored.