OSCE MG TO CHOOSE STEPWISE SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH PROBLEM, BAKU SAYS

PanARMENIAN.Net
09.06.2006 14:50 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “The Bucharest talks proved that Armenia is
not ready for the stepwise settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
problem. International organizations including the OSCE Minsk Group
come to understand that only the stepwise settlement can lead to
conclusion of a peaceful agreement,” Azeri political scientist Eldar
Namazov stated in an interview with Real Azerbaijan newspaper. In his
words, the possibility of signing a peaceful agreement will appear
after 2008 only.

“Sooner or later Azerbaijan will liberate all its lands by force. There
is no third variant. The longer the problem lasts the more Armenia
loses. It fell aside all the economic projects in the region. If
Armenians chose a correct position they would actively participate
in all the regional projects referring to oil, gas and railway
communications,” he remarked.

Namazov considers that the OSCE MG Co-chairs will choose the stepwise
settlement. The Co-chairs understand that not Nagorno Karabakh’s
status but the problem of territories should be discussed at the first
stage. It’s known that Armenia tries to exclude Lachin and Kelbajar
from the list of territories, but this position is inadmissible for
Azerbaijan,” he said.