PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE

Hayots Ashkhar Daily
25 Oct 2008
Armenia

"We perfectly realize the fact that the settlement of the conflict
depends on the establishment of cooperation and the tools of acquiring
trust, but unfortunately, it is objectively impossible to do anything
with regard to this matter.

There have been a great number of initiatives in the region that
weren’t successful, and they were proposed not only by the OSCE
but also by international organization and separate countries such
as the United States and Russia. And the reason those initiatives
were unsuccessful was that some countries in the region consider
that it will be possible to develop the cooperation only after the
settlement of the conflict. That’s to say, they seem to be setting
some preconditions for cooperation. In my opinion, they are actually
putting the cart before the horse. "