MosJan Posted February 27, 2002 Report Share Posted February 27, 2002 BAKU TO NEGOTIATE WITH STEPANAKERT FEBRUARY 27. "Artsax is recognized as being an Azeri territory, but de facto it is controlled by Armenia. Besides, Armenia has won the propaganda war as well and it has many strong allies in the world," Zardust Alizade, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan, told the Zerkalo daily (Baku). He said making new proposals the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will have to take this nuance into consideration. Under present-day conditions a peace agreement will not meet Azerbaijan's interests. Alizade believes that no single country is going to exert pressure on Armenia at present. He is against mothballing the conflict as this may dispirit the Azeri people. Alizade said Baku, represented by the foreign minister, should negotiate with "the leaders of the Artsax separatists". There have been precedents. In their time England and Spain began negotiations with Irish and Bask rebels. Russian President Boris Yeltsin negotiated with Chechen rignleaders Maskhadov and Yandarbiev. Georgia's leaders have also chosen negotiations as a way to settle their conflict with the Abkhazians. "There is nothing absurd in this," Alizade concluded. arminfo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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