Politicians of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia discussed the first meeting of Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President, Serj Sarkisian held in Saint-Petersburg on June 6 in the framework of unofficial Summit of the CIS heads of states.
Participants of Baku-Yerevan-Moscow video-bridge – political scientists Alexander Isgandarian, Shavarsh Kocharian, Asim Mollazade, Fikrat Sadigov and historian Eldar Ismayilov came to the conclusion that “if two nations have fighting spirit against each other”, meeting of Presidents cannot settle the problems around Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to Asim Mollazade, chairman of Democratic Reforms Party of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani and Armenian representatives of different professions met before as well, but they couldn’t come to a common denominator.
Isgandarian considers that while Azerbaijan and Armenian nations don’t demand peaceful solution to Karabakh conflict from their leaders, it is useless to expect any progress in this issue.
“There cannot be any exact timetable in the solution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This situation may get aggravated under the influence of foreign forces”, political scientist, Fikrat Sadiqov stated.
He emphasized that Armenian nation got tired of the situation connected with Nagorno-Karabakh. “March events and crisis of Armenian authority proved this once again”, the political scientist added.
“If the two sides don’t make a compromise and settle the problem once and for all, solution to this conflict may last for decades”, Armenian politician, Isgandarian emphasized.
The conflict between the two countries of South Caucasia started in 1988 over territorial claims raised by Armenia against Azerbaijan. 20 percent of the Azerbaijan territory – Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding districts are under Armenian occupation. In 1994, the parties signed the ceasefire agreement and since then, the co-chairs to the OSCE Minsk Group – Russia, France, and the USA are holding unsuccessful peaceful negotiations.
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