Baky says it has action plan for Karabakh, and it is war?

May 5, 2011 - 20:39 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - Novruz Mammadov, the head of the international relations department at the Azerbaijani President’s Administration, said that Azerbaijan has a certain stance and action plan for the Karabakh conflict settlement.

According to him, Baku “wants” to reach it peacefully, but will “use its right to the lands return if necessary.”

Despite Mammadov’s words, all the actions and statements of the Azerbaijani leadership indicate that Baku aspires towards anything but for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

With its warlike statements, the Azerbaijani leadership kills two birds with one stone. First, it continues inciting hatred towards Armenians among the Azerbaijani population, while Aliyev is able to unleash a new war to maintain power. Second, it is rather possible that these very threats prevent mediators from the final settlement of the conflict and make them to delay the process.

On the other hand, the situation recalls a powder keg, which can explode any moment. The mediating superpowers, which currently are on the bit of Aliyev’s presidential ambitions, may become tired of them one day and get rid of the Azerbaijani incumbent president to solve the Karabakh conflict finally.

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out as result of the ethnic cleansing launched by the Azeri authorities in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 (when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic was proclaimed) to 1994 (when a ceasefire was sealed by Armenia, NKR and Azerbaijan). Most of Nagorno Karabakh and a security zone consisting of 7 regions are now under control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.