POLITICAL EXPERT: CRITICAL STAGE HAS COME IN THE KARABAKH NEGOTIATING PROCESS BECAUSE OF RAMIL SAFAROV’S PARDONING

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Wednesday, September 5, 15:36

Critical stage has come in the Karabakh negotiating process because
of Ramil Safarov’s pardoning, political expert, Stepan Grigoryan,
said at today’s press-conference.

He said that after such an action of the Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev the world community has clearly understood that official Baku
is demonstrating its indifference to all the instances of EU and NATO,
and the OSCE MG co-chairmen expressed true concern on the occasion.

“The negotiating process is developing on the basis of the Madrid
principles which may offer million options for the Karabakh conflict
settlement. But after the Armenophobia demonstrated by Baku, the
option about an administrative subordination of the NKR to Azerbaijan
is ruled out. It is clear to everybody that killing of an Armenian
is not a crime for Baku and cannot be punished. For this reason,
it is simply inadmissible to give the Armenian populated Nagornyy
Karabakh to Azerbaijan”, – he said.

Grigorian thinks it is not expedient if the Armenian party leaves
the negotiating process. He said that the Armenian parties have to
gain from the created situation and demand from the OSCE MG co-chair
states strict statements about their stance on the matter. He also
added that Armenia should demand strict position from the European
Parliament too. “Although High Representative of the European Union for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, came forward
with a statement, however, it was practically vapouring, since the
stance of the EU was not fixed there and an anti-human behaviour of
Azerbaijani authorities was not condemned in any way”, – he said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress