View from Baku: Geneva inspires hope for the dynamics in the negotiations on Karabakh
ArmInfo.Geneva gives hope for the dynamics in the negotiations on Karabakh. The head of the club of political scientists "South Caucasus" (Baku) Ilgar Velizade expressed similar opinion to ArmInfo.
"At the end of the meeting, Baku and Yerevan, of course, agreed to intensify the negotiation process, however, Geneva did not record radical changes in the positions of the parties, which is not evidence of the most promising prospects for future difficulties in the negotiation process, while the desire to prevent military actions around Karabakh or otherwise will always influence the positions of its parties, "Velizade stressed.
The Azerbaijani political scientist also noted the discrepancy between the negotiation process and Baku's expectations of the Armenian President's statements regarding the absence of alternative to Nagorno- Karabakh outside of Azerbaijan. According to his estimations, such statements are conditioned by the desire to influence the respective positions of Yerevan in the negotiations and creation of public opinion. On October 16, following the results of the Geneva meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced the absence of concrete agreements on the resolution of the conflict, underscoring the agreement on measures to reduce tension, in order to avoid victims on the front line.
"Both the President of Azerbaijan and I are deeply interested in this.He also understands the complexity problems, but the problem is that there will never be an easy solution. For us there is no solution, which in some measure can undermine security of Karabakh. For us, the only solution is that Karabakh should not be part of Azerbaijan. Never any Armenian leader can make such a decision and implement it, so we will do everything while developing Armenia, economically strengthening our country, "Sargsyan said.