FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR: HOW DO YOU CONDUCT PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS WHEN

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FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR: HOW DO YOU CONDUCT PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS WHEN ALIYEV CONSIDER ARMENIA AS PART OF AZERBAIJAN?

15:38 13/03/2014 >> REGION

The statement of a member of Azerbaijani opposition movement REAL,
Erkin Gadirli that the Armenian leaders should be killed is terrorism
in its purist form. The former ambassador to Azerbaijan, Richard
Kauzlarich has written about this for the website of Azerbaijani
Meydan TV.

"I regard this as unacceptable coming from anyone, especially someone
playing a political role as Erkin does. Erkin Gadirli must retract
that endorsement of terrorism," the ambassador said.

"Second we now have the combination of an Azerbaijani opposition
figure calling for the assassination of Armenian officials, and
the President of Azerbaijan claiming that Armenia is actually part
of historic Azerbaijan. So as a former diplomat I ask: how do you
peacefully negotiate a settlement to the N-K conflict under such
outrageous statements?" said Kauzlarich.

According to him, for 20 years he has been involved in the tragedy
of Nagorno Karabakh and ethnic wars in the Balkans.

"There comes a time when someone needs to stand up and say that enough
Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Albanians have died.

It is not worth one more life in the name of revenge, or righting
historical wrongs. It is time for peace and reconciliation. Maybe
it is time for the children of the South Caucasus and the Balkans
to take this over because the adults are only making matters worse,"
the former ambassador summed up.

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/03/13/richard-kauzlarich/