VLADIMIR KAZIMIROV: THE ATTEMPTS TO SETTLE THE KARABAKH CONFLICT WITHOUT ITS PARTICIPATION ARE AWKWARD

Arminfo
2007-10-22 12:55:00

‘It is absolutely clear that no party will get everything it wants. But
the community does not want to understand it. It lives in a dope of
high illusions, and the leaders don’t have enough will and courage
to help people assure themselves in it’, – the former co-chairs of
the OSCE Minsk Group on Karabakh conflict settlement, envoy Vladimir
Kazimirov told ArmInfo correspondent.

Asked if he noticed readiness of the Armenian and Azerbaijani
authorities to show political will, and can societies of the two
parties accept necessity of compromises at this stage, Kazimirov
replied that at present there is shortage of the culture of
compromises. He also added that journalists could do much in this
context, but they don’t dare. As a result, radicals and demagogues
deceive both nations. ‘The attempts to settle the Karabakh conflict
without its participation are awkward. Sooner or later they should
involve it in the talks, meanwhile they will lose several years’, –
the former co-chair of the OSCE MG said.

Asked if the negotiating process entered deadlock at present, and if
active talks are possible before ending of the presidential elections
in Armenia and Azerbaijan, Vladimir Kazimirov replied: ‘You question
itself contains the answer, to which I fully agree. We have to wait
for two years, but this does not promise progress either’.