Issue of resuming military action in Karabahe still topical

PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of renewed hostilities in the territories of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains topical, Academician Ara Sargsyan , member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems, told journalists today in Yerevan.



"At present, there are two possible scenarios of the Karabakh conflict resolution. The first scenario is conditioned by the Russian-Azerbaijani cooperation, while the second one is linked to the Azerbaijani-UK ties," the academician stressed.



According to Mr. Sargsyan, under the first scenario, all actions are dictated by the interests of the Russian Gazprom company related to the Nabucco project. Ara Sargsyan believes, that the agreement on this scenario has been achieved in the tripartite meeting of Dmitry Medvedev - Shimon Peres - Ilham Aliyev, recently held in Baku.



"That meeting resulted in the following: getting support of certain Russian circles, including the General Staff of Russia, to resume hostilities in Nagorno Karabakh," Ara Sargsyan said. He justified his view by Russia's desire to undermine the implementation of Nabucco and to prevent Azerbaijan gas from participation in this project.



According to Mr.Sargsyan, all beneficial to Gazprom is not necessarily to benefit of the Russian people. " The possibility of resumption of the war in Nagorno Karabakh is 90 per cent until Russia does not clearly adopt it foreign policy doctrine ," he said.



The second the Azerbaijan-UK scenario, according to the academician, is conditioned by the interests of British Petroleum, oil and gas giant. "It was not a coincidence that on the date of signing the agreement on Nabucco in Ankara, the President of Azerbaijan was in London, where he made a statement about possibility of resuming the war, "Ara Sargsyan said. He also added that if under the first scenario the war is inevitable, in the second case we are dealing with blackmail.



The Madrid principles are favorable for Armenia, Ara Sargsyan stressed. "In the coming years in the South Caucasus and the Middle East certain processes resulting in change of state borders will take place, the existing status quos will be violated and new ethnic states will be created, " Ara Sargsyan said.