Bekaryan: Breakthrough chances in talks make Aliyev scared to return home

PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the reasons of Kazan meeting failure is difference between external and domestic policy of Azerbaijan; domestic propaganda of Baku does not correspond to its participation in talks on Karabakh conflict settlement, according to Karen Bekaryan, chairman of European integration NGO.

“Azerbaijan threatens to settle the conflict by force despite it continues negotiations on peaceful settlement. As a result of it, all possible ties between internal and external conduct of Azerbaijani negotiators disappear,” Bekaryan told journalists commenting on the Kazan meeting outcome, adding that if Aliyev sign under the basic principles, it will mean that Azerbaijani authorities deceived its own people.

Besides, the Armenian expert noted that Azerbaijan has lost sense of reality in some way. “This is vividly proved by the recent interview of Aliyev to Euronews, lacking any sign of mutual cession. There is an impression that the time has stopped for Aliyev and he does not react adequately on reality. Any breakthrough chances in talks make Aliyev scared to return home,” Bekaryan said.

According to the expert, we expect a turning point in a different place; it is to be expected in Azerbaijan’s conduct rather than in negotiations process. In fact, not the Azerbaijani people but Aliyev refuses to cede.

The summit between Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Kazan on June 24 completed without an agreement on basic principles of Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. “The countries’ leaders registered mutual understanding on a range of problems, the resolution of which boosts creation of conditions for approving main principles. The meeting participants considered the course of works carried out with the aim of coordination of the project with basic principles,” according to the statement. The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan expressed gratitude to the Russian, French and U.S. leaders, the OSCE Minsk group co-chairs, for ‘their constant attention to Nagorno-Karabakh problem’ and highly praised personal efforts of the Russian President in support of agreements.

Later on Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbanian noted that the June 24 meeting was not a breakthrough, as Azerbaijan proved unready to accept the final version of the basic principles suggested by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. Instead, the Azerbaijani leader attempted to impose 10 new proposals, thus precluding the possibility of any agreement on the issue,” he added.