THE MOST SORROWFUL IN THOSE INSTIGATIONS ARE HUMAN LOSSES
Azat Artsakh Daily
23 June 10
Republic of Nagorno Karabakh [NKR]
It seemed, that the current week has not prepared any substantial
surprise. Within a week on the eve of international economic forum
taken place in St. Petersburg a tripartite meeting of Armenia, Russia
and Azerbaijan has been foreseen. Politicians and analysts have not
expected surprises from this meeting. Dominating opinion was that
it would be simply next meeting. In the end of the week, though,
some opinions, nevertheless, were corrected. Let’s begin from that
the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan left for St. Petersburg on
the purpose of participating in international economic forum: the
tripartite meeting has been foreseen essentially just for using the
opportunity. On June 17th, also ministers of foreign affairs joined
later to the meeting started by participation of the 3 presidents.
Apropos of the meeting the sides later gave rather common estimations.
According to the minister of RA Foreign Affairs, it has been
established what it has been acquired till today in negotiating
process, later on with perspective of going on the negotiations on
those bases. Just after getting rid of azeri formulations we see
almost the same estimations in the statement of the representative of
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. “We regard, that any meeting
at a level of leaders of states, especially by participation of the
head of RF is important in the work of finding ways of solution of
NK conflict”.- it is particularly said in the statement of official
representative of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Elhan
Polukhov. Press secretary of Russian president Natalia Timakova has
announced, that ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan during the meeting
asserted their readiness to continue the dialogue in the direction of
Karabakh problem regulation, agreement of Madrid’s principles. “Round
a number of disputable theses of the main principles of regulation
about approach of the sides’ position was underlined at the meeting”,
– it was said in the statement of the press secretary of Russia.
So, they met 6 times, in the presence of journalists they spoke only
about the weather: after the meeting they assured of their readiness
of going on the process of peaceful settlement within the circles of
Minsk group. It was what analysts had foreseen the days before.
Co-chairs of OSCE Minsk group were also in St. Petersburg – personal
representative of OSCE chairman-in-office. On the eve of international
economic forum they had separate meetings with the presidents of
Armenia and Azerbaijan: according to notifications they discussed
questions concerning present stage of Karabakh conflict settlement.
It seemed everything is going in its usual way. But in spite of the
sides’ diplomatic estimations many of the experts had an opinion,
that the meetings in Petersburg spoiled Aliev’s mood. Without
serious reasons, the president of Azerbaijan, not participating
in international economic forum, left Petersburg. But everything
has not ended by it. Reasons of urgent departure of the president
of Azerbaijan became clear later: according to the reports of RA
and NKR Ministries of Defense. On June 18th, at 23:30 detachments
of special significance of armed forces of Azerbaijan crossing the
north-eastern part of the contact line attacked one of the positions
of Defense Army. For the purpose of rendering harmless of diversion
group of the opponent consisted of about two tens soldiers, in the
result of the operative actions undertaken by subdivisions of the
mentioned direction of NKR Armed forces, azeri detachments suffering
losses took to flight. According to the notification of the department
of information and preaching of NKR Defense Army, during defensive
actions Karabakh side had also losses. It is characteristic, that the
next serious incident unleashed by azeri armed forces in the contact
line took place in a day from the tripartite meeting carried out by
the initiative of RF President Dmitry Medvedev, where the president
of Azerbaijan had expressed readiness to continue the peaceful way of
the conflict settlement. The most sorrowful in those instigations are
human losses, from St. Petersburg RA President began his speech with
condoling word directed to the relatives of the victims. The minister
of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has also responded to the instigator
actions of Azerbaijan. “Before each meeting of high level, Baku has
tried by dint of instigator statements, threat of war to ruin the
negotiations, – Edward Nalbandyan has announced,- treacherous attack
under the cover of night is typical to Azerbaijan. It has been done
not for the first time. It is obvious, that it is planned action. It
once again shows the real face of Baku, who does everything for failing
the negotiating process, – minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia has
underlined. Anyhow, Armenia has no problem for reviewing its position,
all the more – yielding to azeri instigations, – RA President Serzh
Sargsyan has assured. The ways certainly become clear, the purpose is
one: achieving of NKR recognition is the problem in the agenda. In the
end this step of Azerbaijan has been directed not only to Armenia,
but also to Russia, by whose initiative the tripartite meeting has
been organized. What did Azerbaijan want to prove by this step, or
what estimations the international community will give, or how Russia
will accept this bearing of the same Azerbaijan, the time will show.
Irrespective of everything – Armenian soldier fell victim on border,
and this is irreplaceable loss for us. And till the international
community will weigh against, we should infer conclusions for us.
From: A. Papazian