RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN: EVEN THROUGH FORTIFYING THE ARMY, AZERBAIJAN WILL NOT COME OUT VICTOR
ArmRadio.am
02.11.2006 12:41
Even through fortifying the army, Azerbaijan will not come out victor
from the Karabakh conflict, since official Baku is not inclined to
make concessions, said political analyst Richard Giragosian, who
has been invited to Armenia to participate in the international on
"New Threats and Global Challenges in the 21st Century" organized by
the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
In his words, in ten years Azerbaijan’s strategy on reinforcement
of its own army will make the world face the fact that the balance
of military forces in the region will change. "In the future it
will become clear for everyone that the break of balance comes from
Azerbaijan, not Armenia, and this factor is a good reason for Armenia
to undertake corresponding steps today," the expert noted.
Richard Giragosian mentioned also that one of the failures of Baku
in the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict is the attempt
to transfer the discussion of the issue from the OSCE to the UN. The
analyst welcomed the resumption of negotiations in the OSCE Minsk Group
framework, noting that through freezing the process, the Azeri side is
trying to focus on everything that exceeds the negotiation framework.