VLADIMIR SOCOR: "U.S. SHOULD LIFT DAMAGES ON TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS"
APA
Nov 20 2009
Azerbaijan
Baku. Lachin Sultanova – APA. "Non-solution of Nagorno Karabakh
problem for 20 years is a result of indifference by the West", said
Vladimir Socor, Senior Research Fellow of Jamestown Foundation, at the
international conference "Security challenges in the South Caucasus:
realities and prospects of the regional development" in Baku, APA
reports. The expert said the South Caucasian conflicts were inherited
from USSR and the West pursued unsuccessful policy to solve them. "The
conflicts between the communities turned into the conflicts between
the countries", said Socor. He thinks that the international law is
not implemented in the South Caucasus. Speaking about the role of
peacemaking forces in the solution to the conflicts, the expert said
NATO didn’t play its role in the South Caucasus correctly. He reminded
about the former Georgian president Edward Shevardnadze’s summons for
humanist interference in Georgia like Balkans and said NATO and U.S.
rejected this idea in 2002.
The American expert said OSCE was no able to solve the conflicts. He
also mentioned the Turkey’s initiative to restore stability
and security in the region. Speaking about the normalization of
Turkish-Armenian relations, Socor said U.S president Barack Obama
made mistake promising to Armenian Diaspora to recognize "Armenian
genocide" during his election campaign. "As the president, he can’t
keep this promise because it will ruin the relations with Turkey.
Obama looks at the calendar and sees April there and he is trying
to satisfy his Armenian voters with the opening of borders between
Turkey and Armenia to create positive dynamic".
The expert says that if the borders were opened in parallel with the
withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagornmo Karabakh, these parallel
processes would lead to some progress. He said the processes should
be developed equal and synchronically. "The conflict solution is not
possible in a short time. If the United States uses it cards correctly,
there can be a progress. It has few cards. U.S. needs in Turkey more
than Turkey needs in it. The United States should lift the damages
on Turkey-Azerbaijan relations to restore previous relations".
The expert said this issue was expected to bring results during
Erdogan’s visit to the United States.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
