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Political scientist: Just before the meeting Armenia has turned out to be unable to accept the share of compromises the mediators recommended it to take

03 June 2009 [12:06] - TODAY.AZ
"My opinion about the contacts of presidents, despite the large number of meetings, has not changed", said political scientist Rasim Agayev, commenting on the upcoming St. Petersburg meeting of Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
According to him, those contacts in fact do not give anything without a preliminary work, except for the fact that the sides voice their positions and if they have any new proposals, they voice them.

"A historical experience in general and in conflict situations, particularly in the Middle East, shows that a breakthrough can be expected only in the event like it was in Camp David when Americans, while reconciling Egypt and Israel, brought them together and demanded to strike a peace agreement. At that moment Americans had political figures, who were flexible and ready for due compromises, at hand", said Agayev.

"In this case, a particularly optimistic outcome is not expected, because just before this meeting it became clear that Armenia was not ready to digest a dose-offs that are recommended by the mediators, specifically Matthew Bryza. And this is the matter.

And after the actual statements disavowing the entire preceding stage by Ankara, Moscow and Baku, and after the de facto recognition by Mammadyarov (Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan - from author) that the peace process has stalled and stopped on half way, not reaching to its ultimate station, it must be admitted that no breakthrough is possible", noted he.

/Day.Az/ 
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