SOONER OR LATER AZERBAIJAN WILL HAVE TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH NKR

PanARMENIAN.Net
25.08.2009 17:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Reluctance of Azerbaijan to recognize Nagorno
Karabakh as a party of the Karabakh conflict can be explained by
unwillingness of official Baku to solve the Karabakh problem in the
light of objective reality, Masis Mailyan, chairman of the Public
Council on Foreign Policy and Security, former deputy foreign minister
of NKR told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, commenting on the statement
by the representative of the Azerbaijani presidential administration
that there is no third party in the talks.

"The status of Nagorno Karabakh as party to the conflict is recognized
and recorded in the OSCE documents, as well as in the famous UN
Security Council resolutions on Nagorno Karabakh, " Masis Mayilyan
said.

According to the expert, in the archives of Azerbaijan’s foreign
ministry, defense ministry and the Parliament of 1993 joint communique
issued by the official representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh and
Azerbaijan, correspondence between defense ministers of NKR and
Azerbaijan, as well as other interesting documents can be found
displaying the recognition of Nagorno Karabakh Republic as the
party to the conflict by Azerbaijan and bilateral (without Armenia)
negotiations.

"I have no doubt that the administration of the Azerbaijani president
is familiar with this documents. Sooner or later Azerbaijan will have
a dialogue and establish civilized relations with all neighboring
countries, including Nagorno Karabakh. I do not think it will happen
in 100 years," M. Mailyan concluded.