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Dismissed spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry: "We are dealing with a different Azerbaijan"

15 April 2008 [17:12] - TODAY.AZ
Former spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry Vladimir Karapetyan released an article, expressing serious concern about the negotiation process on the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
He said the recent tendencies are frustrating and turning into a serious problem, facing the Armenian authorities. The article says that Armenia has never been in such a hard situation in the negotiation process.

Noting the progress in the negotiation process within the past few years, which was favorable for Armenia, he said that the situation in the mid 2006 was quite promising, considering Armenia's stable position in the negotiation process, as well as the careful
He reminds that in June of 2006 Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan stressed the strict formation of the future status of Lachin -"a corridor, connecting Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia"

The Minister noted that the status of Lachin corridor should be similar to the status of Nagorno Karabakh and Kelbajar will be returned only after the referendum and definition of the status of Nagorno Karabakh.

According to Karapetyan, the situation changed after a resolution was adopted by the UN General Assembly on March 14, which became possible owing to the deterioration of the international image of Armenia after events of March 1 and Armenia's reaction on the announcements of international structures.

In this connection Karapetyan considers the announcements that the resolution of the UN General Assembly is an ordinary event to be senseless, as Azerbaijan will try to influence the negotiation process making use of the UN resolution.

"Today, they do not hesitate to propose the "joint use of Lachin provided that it is an integral part of Azerbaijan", which was inadmissible earlier", says the former spokesman for Armenian Foreign Ministry.

He stressed that Armenia has to deal with a different Azerbaijan, which has become stronger and can now resist super-states. as Russia in the gas issue and United States in the issue of relations with Iran.

"Azerbaijan is aware of its importance in the sense of EU energy security and makes use of it, which does not exclude the blackmail by BakU", says he.

In such a situation, the effective participation of authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the negotiation process is becoming impossible, said he and added that as in the next 2-3 years Azerbaijan will undertake the construction of Baku-Tbilisi-Kars, Armenia will have to use the chance for a diplomatic breakthrough.

"Otherwise, following the completion of the project, Baku will seek reasons for initiation of military actions in a pretense of restoring the territorial integrity. It will continue striving for adoption of resolutions in different international instances. To stop this, Armenian diplomacy and Armenian parliament should join efforts, which requires stability in Armenia, first of all".

He sees the way out in the democratic reformation of the society, in inner solidarity and consolidation and calls on the diplomacy to inform the world society about principles, approaches and position of Armenian side in the issue of the resolution of Nagorno Karabakh conflict.

It should be noted that Karapetyan was dismissed from Armenian Foreign Minister, along with a number of other diplomats after they all voiced concern about the domestic situation in the country in the post election period.

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