View from Moscow: Ilham Aliev mindset to turn Karabakh settlement into just and only Armenian Army draw down is not feasible.
ArmInfo.The mindset to to turn Karabakh settlement into just and only Armenian Army draw down, claimed by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, is not feasible, Ambassador Vladimir Kazimirov, Russian Foreign Minsitry veterans says.
"Meanwhile, it becomes more and more obvious that the forces draw down could be implemented just and only under the reliable cease fire agreement and adjudication of new status of Nagorno Karabakh. The stubborn position of Baku to understand this obvious fact makes the position of Azerbaijan vulnerable. And, after all, Aliev's position is absolutely unacceptable from the point of Agreements on cease fire signed within Russia intermediation on April 15, 1994," diplomat reminded.
At the same time, within Baku blocking OSCE Minsk Group proposals to draw down snipers, setting tools of incidents investigations and implementing other tools of trust recovery, Kaziimirov estimates Azerbaijani position as destructive. Meanwhile, according to Kazimirov, these arrangements could support the normalization of the situation at the contact line and continuation of peace talks.
As an example of such destructive position, Kazimirov states the intention of Baku to accept the incident investigation tools setting only from the point of Armenian forces draw down. In this respect Kazimirov thinks, that other incidents are not accepted by Azerbaijan at all.