THE OSCE MINKS GROUP TRIED TO EXERT PSYCHOLOGICAL PRESSURE, SAYS
OPPOSITION DEPUTY
Yerevan, July 18. ArmInfo. The statement by American Co-Chair
Matthew Bryza about Minsk Group resigning mediation between Armenia
and Azerbaijan was a mere attempt to exert psychological pressure
upon the conflict sides, says Vazgen Manukian, leader of the
‘National-Democratic Union’ party.
To the opinion of the party leader, Armenian politicians usually
exaggerate the influence of the OSCE Minks Group on the authorities
of Armenia and Azerbaijan. He said that there was only once in the
history when the international structures forced a state to cede
territories to another: Adolf Hitler was given the Sudet region of
Czechoslovakia so as to prevent the war, but nevertheless it broke out
a year after. He added that even if ex-President Levon Ter-Petrosian
had ceded the security zone territories, still Azerbaijan would not
stop claiming Karabakh for its own, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil
line would still go round Armenia.
Vazgen Manukian admitted that the new suggestions by the Minsk Group
are more profitable for Armenia than the previous ones, about to be
signed by President Ter-Petrosian. He assured that in any case none of
the project could insure peace in Karabakh, as they do not provide for
the determination of the status of Nagorno Karabakh, the cornerstone
of the conflict. The new project contains another dangerous term –
return of Azeri refugees to Karabakh, which can promote new skirmish
among the population.