Friday, March 24 2017 13:57

ArmInfo.Recognition of other options available   for Karabakh confict settlement  ( and such Expert: Recognition of other options available  for Karabakh confict  settlement  is a political suicide for those who stands for giving up  territories to get the peace.options do exist, of course)  is a political suicide for those who  stands for giving up territories to get the peace. Such an opinion  was stated by independent expert Arman Melikyan, the Ex-Foreign  Minister of NKR. 

Recently in his interview to the First Public channel Levon  Ter-Petrosyan, the First President of Armenia, voiced the provisions  of Karabakh conflict settlement similar to those declared by actual  authorities  in the negotiations  process  held within the framework  of Madrid Principles. Meanwhile Baku never voices such a readiness  for compromises even  at the level of secondary politicians, needless  to say about the authorities.

"Stating that Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities are unable to  affect the approaches of co-chair countries, and nothing depends on  those two, Ter-Petrosyan obviously tries to cancel all the offenses  in respect to former and actual authorities blamed for inactivity,  including himself. Meanwhile, the capsulation of the negotiations   agenda  excluding the one-hand abatements of Artsakh was pretty  possible, " the expert is sure. 

Acoording to the expert estimates, Ter-Petrosyan  has never developed   any optional concept  of Armenian state policies in respect to  Artsakh assuming the protection of all its territories. And, to me  personally  the insistence of  First Armenian President and his  followers stating that their position has no any optional approaches   could be estimated only as counterproductive and for that very   reason - very dangerous.  In time, having an option to communicate to  Minsk Group co-chairs within the framework of settlement process, I  could say that all the co-chairs pay serious attention to advices of  both parties . And  it is very big mistake to accuse them in the  vulnerability of own positions in the negotiations. I am sure that  now is also not late to make corrections to the negotiations process,  proceeding of Artsakh and Armenia interests.  There are all the  possibilities for that existing now, just as those existed before, "  the expert summarized.  

The Karabakh conflict settlement is conducted by OSCE Minsk Group   from 1992. The group is represented by Russian, Frecnch and US  co-chairs. Currently the settlement negotiations process is being  conducted based on the principles proposed by co-chairs in Madrid in  2007 and modified in 2009, assuming  also the  peace forces  mobilization in the zone of the conflict.