ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN SHOULD COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT KARABAKH CONFLICT HARMS ALL SIDES

PanARMENIAN.Net
11.09.2007 12:40 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Karabakh problem is not being resolved in Moscow
or Armenia. The main task is to wean Armenians and Azeris from looking
at each other like enemies, said Sergei Markedonov, the Head of the
Interethnic Relations Department at the Institute for Political and
Military Analysis.

"The Armenian and Azeri publics should come to understand that the
conflict is harmful for all sides.

Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are in blockade. Moscow will not resolve
the problem instead of them," he said.

"What can Russia and U.S. suggest? Formulas of compromise, efficient
moderation… Let’s imagine that Azerbaijan quits GUAM. Will it help
Baku to resolve the conflict in its favor? No. Having lost territories,
Azerbaijan thought that if Russia can’t settle the problem it’s
time to turn to West and the United States," Mr Markedonov said,
Day.az reports.