Azerbaijani political expert: Azerbaijan must submit its own plan on settlement of Karabakh conflict

What action Azerbaijan should take to prevent Armenia to return to details of the conflict resolution that had already been agreed upon earlier?

Azerbaijan must submit its own a plan of settlement of the Karabakh conflict in talks with Armenia. Those plans that the OSCE Minsk Group have developed do not meet Azerbaijan’s interests. Azerbaijan should get plan of action which is advantageous to it to be discussed at the talks.

A few days ago Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that withdrawal of Armenian troops from occupied Azerbaijani territories has been negotiated. What are your views on this statement?

Indeed, withdrawal of Armenian forces from occupied Azerbaijani territories is imminent once a peace agreement is signed. But Armenia resists signing of the agreement because it requires Karabakh to be recognized as an independent or attached to the territory of Armenia. Such a stance impedes a peace treaty and negotiations on the return of Azerbaijani refugees to the occupied territories.

Why did the Armenian parliament decline to recognize independence of the break-away “Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”?

I think it was dictated by Russia, because it could affect world community’s attitude to Armenia. Armenia added separatist Nagorno-Karabakh to its territory with an internal act in Soviet times. But it is impossible to achieve international recognition of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh without Azerbaijan.

Can the OSCE MG be re-organized?

OSCE Minsk Group is "stillborn" organization. So, I think nothing will help it.

A few days ago Day.Az published photos which showed a cemetery destroyed by Armenians in the occupied Agdam region. How Azerbaijan can counteract these acts of vandalism?

Azerbaijan is a victim of occupation and the international community is doing nothing in our favor. There is a joke - when American gangster kills someone, he says  "I'm sorry, friend, this is not personal, it's just business." West therefore turns a blind eye to it because it is only their "business". For this reason, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and others turn a blind eye to the fact that Armenia is destroying our homes and burns our lands.


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