AZERBAIJANI POLITICAL EXPERT: MINEDORF DECLARATION IS PERCEIVED IN AZERBAIJAN AS A DOCUMENT SAYING ABOUT WORSENING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST

ArmInfo
2009-04-28 16:04:00

The Minedorf Declaration is perceived in Azerbaijan as a document
saying about worsening of relations between Russia and the West,
representative of Azerbaijani Peace and Democracy Institute, Arif
Yunusov, said at today’s scientific conference ‘Caucasus-2008’ held
in Yerevan.

‘Not a simple attitude to the Minedorf Declaration has been established
in Azerbaijan. On the one hand, there were pluses for Azerbaijan
in the document. But the fact, that only peaceful settlement of the
conflict was emphasized in the document, is minus for Azerbaijan, as
despite statements sounding in Armenia that the military rhetoric of
Azerbaijan fell after the August war, the first shock disappeared by
the end of September in Azerbaijan and the bellicose rhetoric resumed’,
– Yunusov said.

He also added the Azerbaijani society does not much believe that the
Karabakh negotiations will lead to the concrete result. ‘There is a
view that our diplomates simply meet, negotiate, discuss something,
but this will not have a concrete result’, – Yunusov said.

To recall, the Minedorf Declaration on Nagornyy Karabakh was signed
by presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan on 2 November 2008.