August 25, 2009 - 18:02 AMT
Sooner or later Azerbaijan will have to engage in dialogue with NKR
Reluctance of Azerbaijan to recognize Nagorno Karabakh as a party of the Karabakh conflict can be explained by unwillingness of official Baku to solve the Karabakh problem in the light of objective reality, Masis Mailyan, chairman of the Public Council on Foreign Policy and Security, former deputy foreign minister of NKR told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, commenting on the statement by the representative of the Azerbaijani presidential administration that there is no third party in the talks.
 
"The status of Nagorno Karabakh as party to the conflict is recognized and recorded in the OSCE documents, as well as in the famous UN Security Council resolutions on Nagorno Karabakh, " Masis Mayilyan said.

According to the expert, in the archives of Azerbaijan's foreign ministry, defense ministry and the Parliament of 1993 joint communiqué issued by the official representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, correspondence between defense ministers of NKR and Azerbaijan, as well as other interesting documents can be found displaying the recognition of Nagorno Karabakh Republic as the party to the conflict by Azerbaijan and bilateral (without Armenia) negotiations.

"I have no doubt that the administration of the Azerbaijani president is familiar with this documents. Sooner or later Azerbaijan will have a dialogue and establish civilized relations with all neighboring countries, including Nagorno Karabakh. I do not think it will happen in 100 years," M. Mailyan concluded.