June 30, 2007 - 15:27 AMT
Russian analyst: "Does Azerbaijan need Karabakh? No"
"Karabakh. Does Azerbaijan need it? Certainly, no," said Ramil Latypov, director of the center of terror threats analysis and minor intensity conflicts. "The Azeri people don't need and have never needed the territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Moreover, there have been no preconditions for it," he told Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia.

"The Azerbaijani government has taken an unswerving stance - war till victory, victory that can't be. This stance is a synthesized catalyst of an artificial process. It promises destabilization in the region for many years. It's pregnant with destabilization, weakening of economy, deterioration of living conditions, atmosphere of fear and diffidence, hysteria, waves of internal protests in Azerbaijan, Karabakh and Armenia," the expert said.

All this is beneficial for those, who wish to take control over the world energy resources in a long-term outlook, according to him.

"It's time to stop and resolve the problem, guiding by historical justice, reason and interests of ordinary citizens, who carry the load of this theater of absurdity where the director and stage manage is Mister X." Ramil Latypov said.