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14:00 09/06/06

AZERBAIJAN’S BLACKMAIL DOES NOT FRIGHTEN US

Prolongation of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict cannot be in the interest of
conflicting parties, Seiran Avagyan, president’s adviser told a
discussion with professor Alexander Manasyan today.

Avagyan mentioned that Armenia seeks to settle the issue via peaceful
methods and to sustain stability in the region. `In our region
military solutions have found their end. They will not be repeated any
more,’ he said. In his opinion, any element of postponing the
resolution will affect negatively especially the party that postpones
it.

His opponent Alexander Manasyan did not agree and said that Azerbaijan
purposefully postpones the conflict resolution meanwhile engaging in
large-scale propaganda. `Azerbaijan changes the nature of the problem
based on his own considerations,’ he noted.

S. Avagyan said that lead-time is a method of covering the
incapability to solve an issue. `Obviously, Azerbaijan takes his time
waiting for more favorable situation for it. But the blackmail of
Azerbaijan does not frighten the Armenian authorities,’ he
concluded./Panorama.am/