FIRST CONCILIATORY GESTURE SHOULD BE MADE BY MOST ACTIVE CONFLICTING PARTY, VLADIMIR KAZIMIROV CONSIDERS

PanARMENIAN.Net - "The emotional factors, indeed, play some role. In that respect, Armenians should not boast about their victory. Especially that all the sides have suffered and continue to suffer from the conflict. I would like to believe that both nations are looking ahead to a leader who would have enough courage to openly advocate for a historic reconciliation of Armenians and Azeris", Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group in 1992-1996 Vladimir Kazimirov said in his interview placed on Yerkir.am website. "I have many times told Armenians that the first gesture of good will should be made by the party, which assumed the most active position. However a favorable atmosphere id needed for it", the diplomat noted. When commenting on the ways a high rank diplomat should abide by when settling a conflict like the Karabakh one, he also noted that any diplomat engaged in mediatorial mission should first of all strive for transmission of the conflict from the battle field to the bargaining table (what was achieved in 1994) and then lead the debates in the real and moderate phase because no agreement can be achieved without mutual concessions. At the same time special attention should be paid to the attempts to revert to hostilities, he stressed.