Expert comments on German ambassador’s statement

In an interview of German Ambassador to Armenia Hans-Jochen Schmidt with the Armenian press, there are moments that clarify the EU position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict's resolution, the director of the Center of Political Innovations and Technologies, political analyst Mubariz Ahmedoglu told Trend on Thursday.

The political scientist said that it is difficult at present to say anything about the specific activities in support of the public in the territory of Karabakh. He also noted that the use by the Ambassador of the term "territory of Karabakh" in an interview is suspicious.

"The EU which has not included in the document a dialogue of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh as an event that causes the greatest confidence, requires from the parties easy access to the region of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu said.

He noted that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh need such steps of the EU to implement their projects. It is their political, economic and humanitarian assistance.

The analyst said that before entering the region of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the EU should take two steps.

"First, to prepare a thorough plan and to submit it to Azerbaijan and Armenia. Secondly, submission of the important parts of the plan or project, adopted by Azerbaijan and Armenia should be implemented outside the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

It may be Brussels, Baku, Yerevan, or any other city. Only after these items the EU can carry out effective work in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Other options will lead to the opposite effect and may help to increase the tension in the region of conflict, or the Armenians could create the additional conditions for imitation," Ahmedoglu said.

He said the EU exactly tomorrow can begin a dialogue of representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani communities of Nagorno-Karabakh outside its territory. And it will become clear who is actually against the peaceful settlement.

"It should be noted also that in 2010 then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has included to the agenda of relations between the EU and Russia an issue of a joint activity on the Nagorno-Karabakh and the Transnistrian conflicts settlement. Despite the fact that the EU adopted a proposal for cooperation in resolving the Transnistrian conflict it refused to cooperate in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict," Ahmedoglu said.

He noted that the EU officials must determine their position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement and there is no need for the second Minsk group of the OSCE.

"The position of the EU makes Armenia even more aggressive. A strange picture happens: the EU, fearing to enter into a document the terms "dialogue of Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh" or "Azerbaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh" advises us not to take into account the mutual interests with Russia and to supply gas and deal with the transit of gas to the EU," Ahmedoglu said.


/Trend/