AZERBAIJANI EXPERT: DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES IN CONFLICT ZONE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR AZERBAIJAN
Today.Az
28 January 2010 [14:00]
"War is the only way to return Azerbaijan’s occupied lands,"
Azerbaijani political expert Araz Alizade said.
"President Barack Obama made it clear to the Turkish PM Recep Tayyip
Erdogan during his visit to Washington that America does not want
to link resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with opening the
Armenian-Turkish border," the political expert said.
"If this is stated by Washington, it means that other OSCE Minsk
Group co-chairs will not support Ankara’s condition."
"It is worth noting that the choice of the countries co-chairing the
OSCE Minsk Group is not favorable for Azerbaijan. All three states
have extremely strong Armenian diaspora. A Western government will
hardly neglect voices of Armenian voters, especially since they play
an important role in the socio-economic life of the country. Given
all this, I think that there is almost no prospects for a peaceful
resolution of the Karabakh problem. In this situation, Azerbaijan is
forced to negotiate to avoid strong external pressure," the expert
added.
"Even if the West favors Azerbaijan’s position on the Karabakh
conflict, the process of resolving this issue would still encounter
opposition in Yerevan, because military leadership of the Karabakh war,
which came to power after the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan,
rules there. Serzh Sargsyan is just Armenian field commander whose
hands have been stained with blood of killed Azerbaijanis. If he
signs an agreement returning occupied lands to Azerbaijan, he will
be immediately swept away. Therefore, Sargsyan would never do it,"
the expert noted.
"In this situation, delaying resolution of the Karabakh conflict may
make this conflict eternal," he said.
"It is extremely dangerous for Azerbaijan to give consent to deployment
of international peacekeeping forces in the conflict zone.
Such actions have been committed in Kosovo and Georgia, and we all
are aware what consequences it had. This indicates that war is the
only way to return the occupied lands. For this purpose, Azerbaijan’s
army needs be more professional," Alizade added.
Z. Ahmadov Day.Az
From: Baghdasarian