POLITICAL SCIENTIST STEPAN GRIGORIAN: MINSK GROUP’S POLICY SHOULD UNDERGO A NUMBER OF CHANGES
Noyan Tapan
Jan 20, 2009
YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. OSCE Minsk Group’s format is
efficient and beneficial for the Armenian people, but its policy
should undergo some changes. Political scientist Stepan Grigorian,
the Head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional
Development, expressed such an opinion at the January 20 press
conference. According to him, first of all Minsk Group Co-chairs’
visits to the region should be reduced, as frequent visits at first
call forth belief and expectations and then disappointment.
The second thing S. Grigorian would like to change in Co-chairs’
policy is giving up optimistic statements, as they also call forth
expectations and despair in both Armenian and Azeri society. According
to the political scientist, Co-chairs’ individual visits to the region
also hinder the Nagorno Karabakh settlement negotiations process:
they give an occasion for conclusions that the U.S., Russia, and
France have different approaches over the settlement. S. Grigorian
also said that Nagorno Karabakh settlement variants should not be
called by geographic names (for instance, "Madrid principles").
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
