"THEY CAN DO NOTHING ELSE"

A1+
[06:49 pm] 03 June, 2008

The first meeting between Serzh Sargssian and Ilham Aliyev is to be
held in Saint Petersburg on 6 June in the framework of the non-official
summit of the CIS countries. Politicians Alexander Iskandarian and
Aghasi Yenokian do not expect much from the meeting.

"Serzh Sargssian must get involved in the process as he has never
been direct participant in the process of the negotiations. In
this respect demonstrating a tough position will not sound
natural. Wait-and-see policy should be adopted now", Politician
Aghasi Yenokian told "A1+". According to him, Aliyev has received
dividends in connection with the inner political situation in Armenia,
as Armenia’s international rating seriously suffered as a result of
the post-election events. Besides Aliyev is getting ready for his
campaign and will adopt an aggressive position in this respect.

"Will Serzh Sargssian stick to Robert Kocharian’s achievements or will
he give a new start to the negotiations?" asked "A1+". "Kocharian’s
team, which includes Serzh Sargssian, has never been able to work out
an alternative policy. They can do nothing else and have to stick to
it no matter they like it or not", declared Yenokian.

Concerning the restitution of liberated lands Yenokian notices: "It is
early to speak over the issue and it has objective reasons. Armenia is
not ready to restitute the lands; Azerbaijan is not ready to sacrifice
anything in return."

"I cannot see any reason for progress in the negotiation processes",
declared Alexander Iskandarian. "One or two meetings are not enough
for a progress. How can we expect developments in such a short period
if nothing has been changed for the past half year?" Iskandarian
concluded.