Sabina Freizer: "Leadership of Azerbaijan should stop convincing its people of possible victory in the war and return of Nagorno Garabagh in the result of blitzkrieg"

"If Armenia and Azerbaijan wish to avoid the war, the leaders of these two countries will have to undertake the responsibility to convince their peoples of the advantages of compromise. The leadership of Azerbaijan should stop convincing its people of possible victory in the war and return of Nagorno Garabagh in the result of blitzkrieg. Armenian powers, in turn, should stop celebrating victory and insisting that preservation of occupied territories around Nagorno garabagh is a key necessity for provision of state security", Sabina Freizer, manager of program of International Crisis Group for Europe, said.

She considers that the real resolution of Nagorno Garabagh conflict will be possible only if Armenian troops are withdrawn from all the occupied regions, surrounding Nagorno Garabagh, Azerbaijani IDPs are back to their homes, and Garabagh Armenians and Azerbaijanis are able to live together peacefully. Only then will mutual trust and reconciliation allow the two nations to find solution for their common problems and to restore multinational civil society.

"It will take time, but it is important that the governments of Armenkia and Azerbaijan be able to start striving for breakthrough in the negotiation process right now", she noted.

/Day.Az/