SERGEY SHAKARYANTS: THE RECENT TALKS IN MOSCOW WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT
Marianna Gyurjyan

"Radiolur"
22.07.2009 15:55

Political scientist Sergey Shakaryants considers that the latest
meeting in Moscow was the most important, because this time Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev aspired to meet the Armenian and Azerbaijan
Presidents without witnesses. "In a quiet atmosphere they discussed
not only the Karabakh issue, but also the urgent regional questions,"
the political scientist said and added that Presidents Serzh Sargsyan
and Ilham Aliyev discussed the most serious issues, but there was
no breakthrough.

"Since none of the Presidents made any statements following the talks,
we have to judge from the statements of the Minsk Group Co-Chairs,"
political scientist Sergey Shakaryants says.

Which was the position of Armenia in the last talks? "I agree with
Russian experts who say Serzh Sargsyan was leaving the negotiation
room more self-confidently both in Moocow and St. Petersburg," the
political scientist said.

Russia is playing a quite different game in the region, which will
not allow anyone to reconfirm its interests in the South Caucasus
through Turkey. The US has received an alarm that Russia does not
agree to any US program in the given region.

As for the publication of the Madrid Principles, Sergey Shakaryants
considers that the great powers are losing patience. This is not
because of Armenia or Azerbaijan. This is because they do not
understand which direction is more acceptable to Armenians or
Azerbaijanis."