“The European Union must leave the OSCE Minsk Group behind and demonstrate its positions on the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict”
“I am a professor of political sciences at the Paris University at the same time and reading lectures about the South Caucasian countries. I am taking great interest in Azerbaijan because it is one of the main actors in the geopolitical processes in the South Caucasus. I am working to make my students of a special study of the Caucasus”, former President of the Belgian Senate and Independent Senator Anne-Marie Lizin told European bureau in Brussels. She reminded about her activity as the Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. “While taking the office in this organization you must address the election issues of the member countries you like it or not. I was monitoring the presidential elections in Armenia n 2008 while working for the OSCE. I was in the observation mission during the Georgian elections, in the OSCE mission during the Georgian-Russian war and just therefore I know these countries and processes there well. I could see different aspects between those three countries and understood that how important country is Azerbaijan for us”.
Anne-Marie Lizin said in fact few Europeans thought about their dependence on the energy resources. “It is great mistake that they don’t know Azerbaijan closely today. Experts of some leading oil and gas companies really know this country, but most of the Europeans don’t have an idea about this region located between the two seas. Most of the talks are about the conflicts in the South Caucasus and I also express my ideas about this issue. I think that we have to note first of all the Russia’s role while speaking about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. But the European Union must also play its role in the peaceful solution to the conflict. I consider that EU must be more active and leave the OSCE Minsk Group behind and demonstrate its position discussing the problem with Russia to achieve serious progress”.
Anne-Marie Lizin said The European Union was attaching not so much importance to this conflict today. “We are indirectly playing any role in the process of solution to this conflict today, but it is seen clearly that this role is not in favor of Azerbaijan when we are specking about Turkey. For example, when we demand Turkey to normalize relations with Armenia, it has negative impact on Azerbaijan’s position. But other question is that UN Security Council passed resolutions in favor of Azerbaijan and this issue should be discussed with Russia at first. I consider that the possibility of the solution of this dossier should be just in this level”.
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