EXPERT: TURKISH DISPOSITION DOESN’T COME OUT FROM OBJECTIVE REALITY

Panorama.am
19/10/2012 ” Interviews

Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu stated during his official visit to Baku
that opening of the airport of Stepanakert will negatively affect
the peaceful settlement of the NKR conflict.

Panorama.am interviewed expert Tigran Abrahamyan over the issue.

-Can airport construction negatively affect the peaceful settlement
of the NKR conflict?

-“It was clear that construction and opening of an airport in Artsakh
would not be welcomed by Baku and Ankara. Even more, any progress in
Artsakh, be it in economy or social sphere, would naturally bring
to such reaction in that country. Whatever, the main reason of the
clamor our eastern and western neighbors raised about the airport
construction was its military significance, which will, surely,
make the Artsakh grow more dynamically.

Turkey is a leader in overthrowing the political processes and
interfering others problems. Surely, the disposition of Turkey is not
based on objective reality but is one of the Turkish – Azerbaijani
propaganda theses. Artsakh people just like any other people (it
doesn’t matter whether it is recognized republic or not) has the
right to live a dignified life and to realize its rights completely.

-The official representative of the Azerbaijani MFA stated that
withdrawal of the Armenian troops from the “occupied territories”
will herald the beginning of the settlement of NKR conflict. How
would you comment on this statement?

-The principles and elements that are at the base of the NKR
conflict settlement process are one entity and concentration on one
of those principles or elements will leave a negative effect on the
negotiation process of the conflict settlement. From that point of
view the statements made by the representative of the Azerbaijani
MFA are not perceptible.

-In the final resolution adopted by the International Organization of
La Francophonie was specifically mentioned about the inadmissibility of
the use of force or the threat of using it. What is it conditioned by?

-Azerbaijan continually states that he will solve the issue by
military means if needed, even more, the official Baku doesn’t save
money for buying weapons. The solution through military means does
not correspond to the interests of the mediatory countries and is
not perceptible by the international community. The xenophobic policy
implemented by the Azerbaijani against the Armenians is a threat for
the security of the people of Artsakh. From this point of view, the
international organization reminds and warns about its perceptions
of peaceful settlement of the conflict.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress