By Trend
After the meeting of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the harsh rhetoric and
statements voiced by the Armenian side on the settlement of the
Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were put to an end at
the CIS summit in Dushanbe city, Bahruz Guliyev, editor-in-chief of
the Azerbaijani newspaper “Ses”, political expert, told Trend.
He noted that the claims of the Armenian side about changing the
format of the negotiation process, that is, about participation in
these negotiations of the illegal regime established in the
occupied Azerbaijani territories, were removed from the agenda of
the settlement.
“This once again confirmed that Armenia is a party to the
conflict, and further negotiations will be conducted with this
country,” said Guliyev. “Only in this way a procedure for normal
negotiations can be established and it is possible to achieve
results.”
Touching upon another important outcome of the meeting, he said
that the decision made to create additional operational
communication mechanisms to curb incidents on the contact line of
troops and at the borders will play a role in resolving the
conflict.
“Undoubtedly, this agreement is an indicator of diplomatic
policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev, and the next decisions to
be made between the parties may contribute to the peaceful
settlement of the conflict,” Guliyev said. “That’s because it is
obvious that the Armenian side is already willing to return to the
previous format of the negotiations.”
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in
1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. As a
result of the ensuing war, in 1992 Armenian armed forces occupied
20 percent of Azerbaijan, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and
seven surrounding districts.
The 1994 ceasefire agreement was followed by peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented four UN Security Council
resolutions on withdrawal of its armed forces from the
Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding districts.
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