What happens if Azerbaijan takes control over Nagorno Karabakh security belt?

01/14/2006
Regnum

“Settlement of the conflicts, such as in Karabakh, is a serious process, and no Santa Claus can magically make any document signed,” said Karabakh political expert David Babayan, commenting the opinion that 2006 can be crucial in Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement (stated for example by current OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht) in an interview to REGNUM.

[...] First, the conflict can be only settled by direct negotiations between Stepanakert and Baku, second, not only governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan must take part the so-called “risk for peace”, but also the public opinion of both countries must demand peace, and currently there is no relevant work in societies of both countries, especially in Azerbaijan.[...].

[...] Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh long for the settlement, but have different ideas about it [...] no groups {exist} that share a same image of conflict settlement.[...]. [...] destruction of the Armenian monuments in Julfa, only demonstrate its hostility not only to Nagorno Karabakh, but to Armenians on the whole. “They are destroying stones. What happens if they take control over Nagorno Karabakh security belt? They will bombard Karabakh cities, poison our water, block our roads. So all opinions, that Karabakh must return some of its territories and attempts to mystify the status of Karabakh are useless [...].

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