BAKU DOMINATING TALKS WITH ARMENIA – AZERI EXPERT

Trend news agency
6 Jun 07

Baku, 6 June: Losing out to Azerbaijan in the diplomatic arena,
the Armenians are preparing to demonstrate their power resources,
the head of the Centre for Political Research and Innovations,
political expert Mubariz Ahmadoglu, has said.

In his opinion, only similar steps by Azerbaijan will put an end
to this.

The political expert thinks that the negotiations between the
presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the settlement of the Nagornyy
Karabakh conflict maintain stability in Armenian society. That Armenia
is interrupting the negotiating process due to the population’s
discontent with the possible return of the seven occupied districts
is of benefit to our country.

"Azerbaijan will make use of discontent and hysteria in Armenia,"
the political expert said.

Ahmadoglu said that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has disclosed
details of the negotiations. The head of state said that the latest
talks discussed immediate withdrawal from the seven occupied districts
of Azerbaijan. The president said that the Armenian leadership has
agreed with this, while the deployment of a peacekeeping force in
the region is the desire of the Armenian side. Lacin can be used as a
land corridor only after the status of Nagornyy Karabakh is determined
and refugees return to their homes.

Azerbaijan is dominant in military and economic-political issues,
Ahmadoglu said.

"The president’s statement caused alarm in Armenia and Nagornyy
Karabakh. It is interesting that the statements by the French and
Russian co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group during their regional visit
confirmed the position of President Aliyev. Moreover, they stressed
that Nagornyy Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan. We can say that the
negotiating process is continuing in a direction that was shown in
the Azerbaijani president’s statement," the political expert said.