Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution not depends only on conflict sides: Former Special Assistant to US president
11:48 / 18.11.2009 Former Special Assistant to US president Mark Medish belives the adjustment of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict doesn’t depend only on the conflict sides.
"As somebody who worked on the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations during the Clinton Administration, I have long believed that a mutually acceptable settlement is within reach, but unfortunately opportunistic political calculations in various capitals have blocked it" former Senior Director for Eurasian Affairs on the US National Security Council 200-2002, who currently is a senior adviser at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said in an interview.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan lost all of Nagorno-Karabakh except Shusha and Khocali in December 1991. In 1992-93, Armenian armed forces occupied Shusha, Khocali and seven districts surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group-Russia, France, and the US. Are currently holding peace negotiations.
Speaking about the stability conditions in South Caucasus former US president’s assistant stressed that, “Basically all conflicts sides have understood that the path of confrontation is extremely dangerous and in nobody’ s interest.
He also noticed that “the scars are deep and anxiety remains high. The consequences of recklessly unfreezing a frozen conflict, as Georgia and Russia did last year, could be like Pandora’s Box. Therefore efforts must be re-doubled for negotiated, peaceful resolution of all regional disputes, with the help of international mediators as much as needed”.Bu yazı ( 299 ) - dəfə oxunmuşdur
