The recent assertions by the Armenian Prime Minister to involve the illegal puppet regime established in the seized lands of Azerbaijan, in the Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations, can only paralyse the whole process, writes Hikmat Hajiev. Puppet policy won’t solve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Russian agency TASS quoted Aliyev as saying that the most important decision was that the format of the talks remains unchanged, marking a failure of the efforts by the Armenian side to include in the talks the internationally unrecognised “Republic of Artsakh”, as Yerevan calls it. They also recommitted to strengthening the ceasefire and improving the mechanism for direct communication, including direct dialogue at the highest level. Since Pashinyan became Armenia’s prime minister, a thaw in relations between the two countries has become visible.Īccording to a joint communiqué, Aliyev and Pashinyan “underlined the importance of building up an environment conducive to peace and taking further concrete and tangible steps in the negotiation process to find a peaceful solution to the conflict”. The Vienna meeting illustrates the positive momentum in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict. This proposition reportedly forms the basis for negotiations between the parties.Ī ceasefire was called in 1994, but decades of internationally mediated negotiations with the involvement of the OSCE’s Minsk Group have failed to result in a resolution. The so-called Prague Process of 2002 saw the return of five of the seven districts to Azerbaijan. The website ArmeniaWeekly reminds that every round of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan has included proposals for some form of land-for-status arrangement. Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions are internationally recognised territories of Azerbaijan but have been occupied by Armenia following a 1988-94 war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The formula of the talks was described by insiders as “territories for peace”. Positive momentum in the search for a peaceful solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been confirmed in recent days, with fresh meetings and more shuttle diplomacy in the region.
France, Russia and US ‘working closely together’ on Nagorno-Karabakh
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