While visiting Baku on Aug. 8,Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted a solution to the Nagorno-Karabagh clash where there would be no loser and no winner. Unfortunately, such a “nobody loses and nobody wins” solution where both sides benefit is an absolute impossibility. That is said without equivocation. How can any solution based on the Madrid Proposals result in a solution that will benefit both sides? The Proposals possess been known for years to favor Azerbaijan’s claim of territorial integrity against Karabagh’s (Artsakh) legal to independence. Dizapait Mountain in the Hadrut region, or Nagorno-Karabagh Republic (Artsakh/NKR) (Photo: Araz Chiloyan) To that end,the countries represented by the Minsk Group co-chairs possess been obsessive in supporting the principle of territorial integrity against the inalienable legal of self-determination. Even our Russian ally has not been forthright in support of Artsakh’s position, but continues to play both sides against the middle. The Minsk Group Co-chairs by failing to reply to Azerbaijan’s egregious violations along the Line of Contact (LoC) possess effectively granted Azerbaijan carte blanche to maintain, or without fear of repercussions,a belligerent policy vis-a-vis Artsakh and Armenia. Other than their vacuous comments advising both sides to refrain from increasing tensions along [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com