ARMENIAN ANALYST: AZERBAIJANIS’ STATEMENTS THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE MORE PLEASANT UNDER KOCHARYAN ARE POSITIVE

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June 3 2009
Azerbaijan

"No breakthrough decision will be adopted at tomorrow’s meeting of
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan", said analyst Stepan Grigoryan
today.

"Azerbaijanis’ statements that negotiations were more pleasant under
Kocharyan are positive", noted Grigoryan.

Commenting on the interest of superpowers in the soonest resolution
of the conflict, he voiced opinion that Russia’s and US approaches
to this issue are different.

"The United States and EU are for the soonest resolution of the
conflict as the South Caucasus is a very important alternative transit
region", noted Grigoryan, adding that Russia is not interested in it.

According to the analyst, for Russia it is more profitable to keep
the conflict frozen, thus influencing both Armenia and Azerbaijan.

On statements of the OSCE MG co-chairs, the analyst announced that
officials always tend to justify the money, they earn.

"OSCE MG co-chairs seem to believe that the problem solution depends
on the frequency of their visits to the region", concluded the analyst.