“Unfortunately, years later NK issue is more probable to be settled militarily. Both the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides participated in negotiations, in fact, not being ready for the promised concessions. It’s another issue why the sides agreed on this negotiation format.”
Armenian soldier Gurgen Ayvazyan, 1996, received fatal injuries in the north-eastern direction of the contact line at about 17:00 as a result of the ceasefire violation by Azerbaijani forces.
During the meetings, the sides confirmed that the situation on the ground remains relatively calm. The Co-Chairs underscored that respect for the ceasefire provides a critical foundation for ongoing negotiations, and stressed the importance of fully implementing decisions taken in Vienna and St. Petersburg.
“Together with the co-chairs, the U.S. is ready to move forward towards the settlement through negotiations. If not now, then when? There are ideas, proposals on the table, and we can work around them. What do we want? We want to see political will by the presidents, I’m sure that through the political will we can have progress in the settlement process,” Warlick said.
“During the presidential meetings in Vienna and St. Petersburg there was a possibility to talk on a range of issues, and discussion between the presidents was recorded. During those meetings the issue of expansion of OSCE observation mission was discussed under incumbent Chairperson-in-Office Kasprzyk.”
James Warlick informed that the first stop of their visit was Baku, where they met Azerbaijani president and the FM, then headed for NK, where they met the de facto authorities, and arrived in Yerevan through Kelbajar today, for which Ambassador Warlick is ready. In his words, the co-chairs are waiting for their meeting with Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, new Defense Minister, as well as FM.
Zakharova said the military cooperation with Armenia is carried out within the framework of the national export control system taking into account Russia’s international obligations.
Last week, the New York Times ran a news story on inflatable jets and missile launchers being added to the Kremlin’s arsenal. Using balloons as weapons of war may sound strange and lead one to think Moscow has concocted a novel method of war. Upon deeper analysis, what the Russians are doing is nothing particularly new.
“I know, that Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev is ready to work around negotiations and proposals on the table, as well as he is ready for further discussions with Armenia’s leader. We’d like to follow responsibilities, assumed in Vienna and St. Petersburg, although some details are available towards which it’s necessary to continue the work. We’ll discuss it at the forthcoming presidential meeting,” he said.
“We see that the tension hasn’t been eliminated, state of affairs on the negotiation table have more sharpened,” the analyst said, not excluding though that new outbreak on Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact may be recorded.
