RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE OVER IN NOVEMBER
Anna Nazaryan

"Radiolur"
21.07.2009 14:50

"The performance will be over in November after the football match
between the national teams of Armenia and Turkey and the meeting of the
Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev,
Richard Giragosian, Director of the Armenian Center for National and
International Studies (ACNIS), told a press conference today.

Richard Giragosian considers that the meetings between the Armenian and
Azerbaijani Presidents have revealed something very important: there
is pressure from Russia, EU and the United States, but a pressure to
establish Armenian-Turkish relations. Although these are two different
processes, they are interconnected.

What developments are expected after the football match in October
preceded by another meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and
Azerbaijan?

According to Richard Giragosian, Turkey does not know what it wants,
but there will be certain pressures. Therefore, "there is a great
possibility that the relations will be normalized, but it will bring
no relief." "Even if the borders are not opened, it doesn’t matter.

The borders of mind are already open," Richard Giragosian said.

(ACNIS) Director considers that Karabakh’s participation in the
talks is the only way for resolution of the Karabakh issue. As for
the Madrid Principles, some provisions ar e good for Armenia, others
are not. "However, we should not neglect the danger," he said.

One should expect real threats from Moscow in case of Russia-US
rapprochement, the analyst considers, adding that the treachery of
friend sis the most dangerous.

Richard Giragosian assessed Ilham Aliyev’s threat to resume war as
an alarm to the whole world, since the statement was made in London,
not Baku.