"PARTIES SHOULD BE READY FOR NEGOTIATIONS"

Ïðaâî Âûaîða, Azerbaijan
Democratic Azerbaijan
Aug. 24, 2006

Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group for peace settlement of
Nagorno-Garabagh conflict are expected to make address to both
parties. The Co-Chairmen are expected to make new proposals to parties
for continuation of peace negotiations.

Azerbaijan has not any confidence in positive progress, albeit the
Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group do not lose hope for certain
progress in next stage of talks. Experts also assume that currently
no changes are expected in this point. As Rustam Mammadov, the
political scientist considers, to date it is a little difficult to
bring two parties to consensus. The political scientist touched upon
the situation arising after regional visit of Matthew Bryza, the U.S.
Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group: "I think that Matthew Bryza tried
to bring parties to the process of peace negotiations. But he failed
because he could not put forward any successful project."

According to R. Mammadov, despite of conflicting parties agree
to conduct negotiation, actually, none of them makes any special
efforts for that: "The parties should prepare for negotiations
which continuation requires a serious project. Without that the
continuation of talks is out of the question." He does not also
deny that lately the OSCE Minsk Group initiates to join Armenian
community of Nagorno-Garabagh to the talks. According to him, for
all the time of efforts to regulate Nagorno-Garabagh conflict the
same situation arose very often: "The Co-Chairmen resorted to such
actions in order to activate Armenians. But elimination of Armenia
from the negotiation process is as impossible as joining of Armenian
community of Nagorno-Garabagh to that." As the political scientist
notes, International law principles do not allow interference of
Nagorno-Garabagh to this process.

Moreover, R. Mammadov expressed his distrust concerning the settlement
of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict. As the political scientist considers
currently when it is impossible to make any changes the international
community does not attach significant importance to elimination of
this problem. According to R. Mammadov, to date international community
focus on the Middle East developments: "We have no choice but hope that
the recent developments in the Middle East will not keep a secret the
matter concerning settlement of Nagorno-Garabagh conflict. Perhaps,
in connection with conflict elimination in the mentioned region,
this process begins progressing.

Today I do not believe a radical turn in solution of the mentioned
question, regardless of negotiations."

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress