ArmInfo. During the years in which Ilham Aliyev was in power, there were no positive developments in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, instead, a whole series of overlays, up to a trial of power, as in April 2016.
The former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group from the Russian Federation, Vladimir, expressed this opinion in an interview with journalists. Kazimirov in the margins of the Lazarev Club meeting.According to him, Azerbaijan is trying to bring to the fore the liberation of the "occupied territories". "I use the lexicology of the UN Security Council resolution. But, it's impossible without concessions to the Armenian parties. Unfortunately, the current leadership of Azerbaijan is not capable of these concessions," Kazimirov said, adding that the current situation cannot achieve his goal, since he cannot make reciprocal concessions, and therefore it is Baku that benefits from the unresolved conflict."The ruling elite, and personally Ilham Aliyev and his first deputy, are actually deceiving their people with ostentatious patriotism, arranging incidents, trying out forces in April 2016, sabotaging various kinds of constructive proposals by intermediaries, from diverting snipers to incident investigation mechanisms. They find it necessary. And they breathe with former hostility instead of tune in to search for constructive compromises, "the diplomat said.Speaking about the territories that Azerbaijan lost in its time, Kazimirov recalled that this was a direct consequence of the fact that Baku in those years, unfortunately, brought its desire to resolve the conflict by force to absurdity. "After all, when the military conflict flared up, there were no occupied territories yet. They began to appear as Azerbaijan continued to violate the UN Security Council resolutions. The first point was to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities and hostile acts, various kinds of blockades. These are the first paragraphs of the resolution The UN Security Council didn't execute anyone?>, "Kazimirov asked.Responding to a question about the participation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiations, the former mediator emphasized that he personally had many questions in this matter for Artsakh to be recognized primarily as a party to the conflict. "The configuration of this conflict differs markedly from other conflicts on the post-Soviet territory. There is a classical configuration everywhere, there are two sides. You cannot fit in two sides. There were even cases of contradictions between Stepanakert and Yerevan. Therefore, of course, that Nagorno-Karabakh is a party to the conflict, consequently, it must be a participant, for me it is obvious. Another thing is that Baku does not want this at all. Another thing is that it has been around for the last 20 years that the negotiation process went at a rate of 2, not of all 3 parties. it is difficult to resume the participation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiation process, "he said, adding that he had a lot of evidence that the Azerbaijani side initially appealed specifically to Stepanakert - all calls, official appeals, and the cease-fire agreement was signed with Nagorno-Karabakh , and only then there was an appeal to Yerevan, and at the request of Heydar Aliyev.