Talks on liberation of occupied Azerbaijani territories have been held for long, Azerbaijani political expert Rasim Agayev said commenting on Armenian media report that Russia has submitted Armenia liberation scheme of Azerbaijan’s occupied lands and possible liberation of lands in 2010.
“These are more important elements of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. This (liberation of occupied Azerbaijani lands) is stipulated in both original and updated versions of the Madrid principles,” the expert said.
“The whole issue is about consent of the parties to agree to settle the conflict on basis of some compromises. The Armenian side has announced on numerous occasions that it has agreed, but when it comes to liberation of territories, it say that it agrees to exchange lands for the independence of the self-proclaimed “Nagorno Karabakh Republic”. Azerbaijan will never agree to this,” the expert added.
“It makes one to conclude that the Armenian side does not want to change the status quo and simply pulls the rubber. But the Azerbaijani side believes that the territorial integrity can not be a matter of exchange,” Agayev noted.
“I think all three co-chairs of OSCE Minsk Group wants stability in the region, they want Russian retain its position in relation to both Armenia and in Azerbaijan and want the U.S. receive the appropriate space for their geopolitical moves in the South Caucasus and further in the East. But the U.S. must explain to Armenia that it is high time to end imitating negotiations,” he said.
“So, I think that the news that flashed in the Armenian press is not groundless. Probably, there is something like this. We have seen see enhanced diplomatic activity in the Ankara-Moscow-South Caucasus triangle lately, and all talks are about how to induce the parties to the settlement,” the political expert said.
“But I do not think it can happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It all requires a great deal of preparatory work. I think that it will require much time to coordinate the road map,” Agayev added.
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