ONLY PUTIN CAN CONVEY IMPULSE TO KOCHARIAN-ALIYEV TALKS

PanARMENIAN.Net
28.11.2006 13:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There is minimal probability for the meeting of
the Armenian and Azeri Presidents to end in signing of a document,
Azeri political scientist Rasim Musabekov believes. In his words,
"there is no hint for agreeing upon the language of such a document
by the FMs." "To the contrary, the statements of I.

Aliyev and R. Kocharian on the eve of the Minsk meeting are not
optimistic, as they evidence that it will be hard to bring the
positions of the parties to a common point," he remarked. "Thus, it
would be good if upon completion of the meeting the Presidents come out
together in order to join journalists and state that the talks were
productive. While statements that it was managed to make positions
of the parties over disputed elements closer and that the two FMs
are later commissioned to hold an additional round of talks, taking
into account the progress made during the meeting of state leaders –
this should be considered success," Musabekov said. He also remarked
that "though Belarus President Lukashenko hosts the CIS Summit, while
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev is the Chair of the Council of
CIS Heads at present, only Russian President Vladimir Putin is capable
to convey certain impulse to Aliyev-Kocharian talks." "Another point
is whether he would like to do it and to whose benefit he will direct
his influence and what he will demand in exchange," the political
scientist stated, reports Day.az.

The meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents within the settlement
process of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict will be held in Minsk within
the Summit of the CIS Heads November 28.