President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will arrive in Armenia on an official visit on October 13 at the invitation of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
“It seemed there was no process, the sides are alienated form one another, however, recent statements make suppose there were active negotiations in this period, during which substantive issues have been covered and even pressure has been exerted. This is encouraging,” Rahr said.
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“Obviously the Armenian side also disagrees with all variants set forward by the international community, in particular, concession of some territories, however, the Armenian side doesn’t deny that possibility, which is a structural approach in the conflict settlement process.”
“There are people, who have their reasons for not leaving, for instance, they have a soldier in the army. There are those with missed relatives. Considerable part claims that they would like to leave, if they had enough funds to lead an ordinary life.”
“I consider, it’s clear, that Russia attempts to gain time in Syria, and not seek for serious political solution. Obviously, it doesn’t tolerate that humanitarian assistance reached eastern districts of Aleppo, where the rebels are.”
“The most important here is socio-economic condition in Azerbaijan: the state apparently enters a new phase of economic crisis, military expenditures have been shortened for the first time throughout last 10 years, serious social issues are available as well, tension is observed with minorities.”
“To say that this cooperation was a lifebuoy for the Syrian conflict, will be incorrect, as regularly military operations have been calmed down in Syria, and serious clashes, new progress have been undertook.”
If that were to happen, it would mark two deadly encounters for Nagorno-Karabakh in the span of just nine months. It will do little to buoy the spirits of the citizens here, but it might finally remind the world that this long-ignored frozen conflict has begun to drastically heat up.
“New means should be applied to influence over the presidents, otherwise waiting means a threat for resumption of military operations,” Stanislav Tarasov clarified.
