Armenian expert: Azerbaijan torpedoes Madrid principles on Karabakh settlementJuly 14, 2011 - 18:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian expert, head of European Integration NGO Karen Bekaryan sees a certain provocation in the recent statement by Azeri President Ilham Aliyev who ruled out provision of independence to Karabakh or the latter’s annexation to Armenia as an issue in negotiations. As the expert noted, to decide the fate of Karabakh people, direct negotiations are necessary, while speaking from the position of threats or force has no perspective. Commenting on Azeri Foreign Minister’s statement, suggesting an immediate passage to peace treaty development without confirming basic principles of conflict settlement, the expert said, “this way, Baku is attempting to indicate a line of retreat from current stage of negotiations, basically, torpedoing Madrid principles.” “Hard as it is to mention it, yet, in fear of the reaction of Azerbaijani people, should a deceit of many years be discovered, Aliyev clan is clinging harder to current status quo in Karabakh conflict settlement,” the expert said. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |