MUBARIZ AHMEDOGHLU: "STABILITY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS IS IMPOSSIBLE UNLESS THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT IS SETTLED"

Today.Az
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Sept 4 2008
Azerbaijan

Currently, the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is the most easily settled
in the region, said head of the center of political innovations and
technologies Mubariz Ahmedoghlu at a press conference on the political
results of August.

He noted that Armenians always said that Nagorno Karabakh is a
formation, which is the most prepared to independence among all the
self-declared republics.

"However, the Kosovo issue emerged following Nagorno Karabakh,
but this region has also been recognized, while Armenia, fearing
Russia and drawing parallels with Kosovo, did not dare to recognize
independence of the so called "Nagorno Karabakh Republic". Then
Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia but this time Armenia
again did not recognize independence of Nagorno Karabakh, unwilling
to put "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" on the list of these separatist
formations", said the political scientist.

He considers that all these moments allow Azerbaijan to settle the
conflict easily.

At the same time, according to Ahmedoghlu, stability in the South
Caucasus is impossible unless the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is settled.

"No country can calmly implement its project there unless Nagorno
Karabakh conflict is settled", said he.