Karabakh to become party to talks, sooner or later; expert says
04.06.2015,
21:01
Sooner or later Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will become a party to talks within the OSCE Minsk Group format on the final solution of the conflict, expert Anjela Elibegova said in an interview with Sputnik-Armenia radio station.
YEREVAN, June 4. / ARKA /. Sooner or later Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will become a party to talks within the OSCE Minsk Group format on the final solution of the conflict, expert Anjela Elibegova said in an interview with Sputnik-Armenia radio station.
She said in spite of Azerbaijan’s great desire to change the format of the Minsk Group, all its efforts are vain.
"To date, there are no options for changing the current format of the OSCE Minsk Group and there is no need for it," said Elibegova.
"Azerbaijan is trying to show that it is displeased with the OSCE Minsk Group, because the process continues for many years without no progress," she added.
According to Elibegova, absence of progress is to be blamed on the Azerbaijani side, because when time comes to summarize an issue, Baku either comes up with a new approach, boycotts decisions or changes its position.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.-0-
She said in spite of Azerbaijan’s great desire to change the format of the Minsk Group, all its efforts are vain.
"To date, there are no options for changing the current format of the OSCE Minsk Group and there is no need for it," said Elibegova.
"Azerbaijan is trying to show that it is displeased with the OSCE Minsk Group, because the process continues for many years without no progress," she added.
According to Elibegova, absence of progress is to be blamed on the Azerbaijani side, because when time comes to summarize an issue, Baku either comes up with a new approach, boycotts decisions or changes its position.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by a successful referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with snipers causing tens of deaths a year.-0-
