Armenian political scientist: "The Minsk Group tends to settle the conflict by its own script"

"This declaration is neither positive nor negative. There have been lots of more serious documents, which Azerbaijan rejected to sign", said Manasyan.

He noted that the declaration is among the first documents on the Karabakh problem, corresponding to international law.

"Beginning since 1992 the negotiation table of the OSCE Minsk Group has not contained any legal document, directly related to the conflict", added he.

According to the political scientist, the fact that the declaration envisions resolution on the basis of principles and norms of international law and decisions and documents, adopted in these frameworks, lays new accents in the said problem.

Manasyan also added that Russia's role as an initiator of the declaration may breed differences in the Minsk Group.

"The Minsk group tends to settle the conflict by its own script while the signed declaration caused a sort of a jealousy among the rest of the co-chairs", added the political scientist.

/Novosti-Armenia/