OFFICE CLOSED?
The mediating mission of OSCE Minsk Group in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has a history of long years, but it may come to end because of the position of official Baku, which considers the OSCE format ineffective.
When in late November 2007, Madrid, the "updated document" on the main terms of peace settlement was officially handed to the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the OSCE expressed hope that the idea of Minsk Group Co-Chair Bernard Fassier to "build the wall of peace agreement brick by brick" would be easier achieved in that way.
The time showed that Azerbaijan, unwilling to go for compromise, is quite eager for other things. The administration of Aliev Junior, continuously making warlike statements in connection with NKR conflict settlement and being encouraged by impunity of such statements, openly rejected any opportunity of the independence of Karabakh from Baku.
The refusal of Azerbaijan to work with the Minsk Group can be also considered in context with the warlike declarations. In the meanwhile OSCE Minsk Group Official Windbag Matthew Bryza tries to explain it differently. In an interview to "Azeripress" he stated that the "basic principles" of NKR conflict settlement are nothing else than preservation of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, demilitarization of Karabakh and adjacent regions, return of the refugees, deployment of international peacemaking forces, establishment of communication with Armenia and determination of the status of NKR.
According to Bryza, who usually speaks too much and then says his words were misinterpreted and misunderstood, reason for Bakus' refusal to cooperate with the Minsk Group is the fact that it considers the idea of Karabakh-Armenia communication extremely pro-Armenian. Moreover, Azerbaijan is against settling the question of Nagorno-Karabakh status internationally.
From Aliev's interview to Interfax it comes out that the NKR is to agree to the first four articles, while the question of its status is not to be observed at all.
The chances of dissolving the Minsk Group would grow in case Armenia refuses to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic a part of Azerbaijan. Besides, if Azerbaijan deems the establishment of Armenia-Karabakh communication a great concession on its part, what cessations Armenia may speak about?
On the other hand the OSCE Minsk Group is neither Bryza, nor Merzliakov or Fassier. The there are governments that stand behind the Minsk Group and they are drawn by their own geopolitical interests. Under certain circumstances, their relationships both with Armenia and Azerbaijan may rapidly change and the mediation efforts of Minsk Group representatives turn to nothing. And if even Bryza speaks about insensibility of negotiating on Karabakh conflict in case Azerbaijan refuses to discuss the NKR status openly, the "window of opportunities" is really shut now... And it was shut right at the nose of the Minsk Group.
- By A. Haroutiunian, translated by A.M.
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