OPTIMISM OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP SEEMS GROUNDLESS
On January 28, the third meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents was held in Zurich (Switzerland). OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs Matthew Bryza (USA), Yuri Merzlyakov (Russia) and Bernard Fassier (France), the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk also participated in the meeting. The meeting was preceded by the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers' meeting. In essence, the meeting of the Presidents also took place in the presence of the FMs of the two countries.
Before the Zurich meeting, it was mentioned, especially at the level of the OSCE MG Co-chairs, that there is a progress in the settlement of . More concretely, the Co-chairs mentioned that there is an agreement on some of Madrid principles.
It is noteworthy that after the Zurich meeting Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers answering the questions of the Armenian journalists cautiously spoke of the comprehension of some of the principles and not the agreed ones.
Moreover, both the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers underlined that comprehension of some of the principles did not mean that they were agreed.
Though the responses to the meeting are not clear yet, the sides have already made some announcements that are not in the nature of a compromise. It's worth to mention that for the present the Azerbaijani announcements don't have their warlike notes.
Mainly, the Azerbaijani President a few days after the January 28 meeting in an interview to the Wall Street Journal announced that the should be settled "based on the UN resolution of withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan".
According to Interfax-Azerbaijan news agency, this attitude of Aliyev is explained by the fact that the process of settlement should be based on the UN resolution - a normative of the international law. But they forget of a fact that just a few days before it the meeting of the Presidents was held in the Minsk Group format, and in general, the negotiation process is observed and conducted in the Minsk Group format and not in the framework of the UN.
According to Aliyev, recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Russia cannot be a precedent for Karabakh issue.
Armenian President Serge Sargsian in its turn announced that Armenian position on settlement is clear and unequivocal - international recognition of Nagorno Karabakh people's right to self-determination. According to RA President's press service, the above-mentioned announcement was made during Serzh Sargsian's meeting with the representatives of the Armenian community in Zurich.
"The stories that some people try to tell that we will make unilateral concessions to Karabakh issue for this or that purpose or acting under this or that pressure do not correspond to reality", Armenian President underlined adding that Armenia cannot sacrifice its national aim, the general issue in order to solve certain secondary issue.
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