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Re: Nagorno-Karabagh: Military Balance Between Armenia & Azerbaijan
Latest statements from Bernard Fassier of the OSCE:
Summary: Azeris will not win, Azeris should shut up, Artsakh should be directly involved in the process
Azerbaijan not to win Karabakh war, MG co-chair
Fri 12 March 2010 | 13:02 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war is impossible, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said.
Azerbaijan will not be able to win in the event of renewed hostilities in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said in Yerevan Friday.
"Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war is impossible, because I know about the bravery of the Armenian and Karabakh warriors" Fassier said at the Rose Roth seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Fassier believes that the war will not bring benefits to Azerbaijan, because it will cause substantial harm to its financial interests and oil trade.
The co-chair explained that international investors investing in the economy of Azerbaijan will not want to have their funds at risk and abandon investment. According to the French mediator, warlike statements are demonstrative.
"The people must understand that the neighbors are doomed to live next to each other", said Fassier, stressing that the use of force and launching war are not the possible solutions to the Karabakh conflict.
Bellicose statements pose threat to Karabakh settlement
Fri 12 March 2010 | 10:56 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
"Any bellicose will be dangerous for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflic."
Any bellicose will be dangerous for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier told in Yerevan on the 73rd Rose Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
"All the warlike statements are not only useless but also dangerous for the peace process. We are talking about peaceful coexistence between two peoples, but such statements hamper this”, Fassier said, responding to the question of the Armenian side about the threat posed by the warlike statements of Azerbaijan.
The French co-chair also disapproved the latest statement by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev, who said about the inevitability of a military solution to the Karabakh conflict and vowed to start a new "Great War in the South Caucasus”.
The French mediator recalled the announcements of the Azerbaijani authorities that the Minister's statement is his personal opinion and he bores the direct responsibility for them.
"We believe that the more parties will refrain from such statements, the better for the process", said Fassier.
Karabakh involvement into negotiation process to promote conflict settlement
Fri 12 March 2010 | 10:54 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
"Sooner or later the Karabakh side will be involved in the settlement process, and the sooner this is done, the better".
The soonest involvement of Karabakh in the negotiation process will help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier.
"Sooner or later the Karabakh side will be involved in the settlement process, and the sooner this is done, the better", Fassier said Friday in Yerevan on 73rd Rose Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
According to him, it is clear for intermediaries that Karabakh will finally become a party to the settlement process.
At the same time Fassier said that it will happen at the end of negotiations, after the resolution of disputable issues, "after Armenians and Azerbaijanis find a way to live peacefully next door to each other, after the return of Azerbaijani population who lived in Karabakh before the war"
The French co-chairman noted that the Karabakh side was in some way represented in the settlement process in the person of Robert Kocharian, who after his election as president of Armenia started to represent the positions of both Armenia and Karabakh.
The French co-chairman, however, noted that the Karabakh side at some point and to some extent remained outside the negotiation process, and now to return to the once-existing format of negotiations, which involved Karabakh, there is a need for the consent of the parties - Armenia and Azerbaijan .
Latest statements from Bernard Fassier of the OSCE:
Summary: Azeris will not win, Azeris should shut up, Artsakh should be directly involved in the process
Azerbaijan not to win Karabakh war, MG co-chair
Fri 12 March 2010 | 13:02 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war is impossible, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said.
Azerbaijan will not be able to win in the event of renewed hostilities in the area of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier said in Yerevan Friday.
"Azerbaijan’s victory in the event of renewed war is impossible, because I know about the bravery of the Armenian and Karabakh warriors" Fassier said at the Rose Roth seminar of NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
Fassier believes that the war will not bring benefits to Azerbaijan, because it will cause substantial harm to its financial interests and oil trade.
The co-chair explained that international investors investing in the economy of Azerbaijan will not want to have their funds at risk and abandon investment. According to the French mediator, warlike statements are demonstrative.
"The people must understand that the neighbors are doomed to live next to each other", said Fassier, stressing that the use of force and launching war are not the possible solutions to the Karabakh conflict.
Bellicose statements pose threat to Karabakh settlement
Fri 12 March 2010 | 10:56 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
"Any bellicose will be dangerous for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflic."
Any bellicose will be dangerous for the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier told in Yerevan on the 73rd Rose Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
"All the warlike statements are not only useless but also dangerous for the peace process. We are talking about peaceful coexistence between two peoples, but such statements hamper this”, Fassier said, responding to the question of the Armenian side about the threat posed by the warlike statements of Azerbaijan.
The French co-chair also disapproved the latest statement by Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev, who said about the inevitability of a military solution to the Karabakh conflict and vowed to start a new "Great War in the South Caucasus”.
The French mediator recalled the announcements of the Azerbaijani authorities that the Minister's statement is his personal opinion and he bores the direct responsibility for them.
"We believe that the more parties will refrain from such statements, the better for the process", said Fassier.
Karabakh involvement into negotiation process to promote conflict settlement
Fri 12 March 2010 | 10:54 GMT Text size:
Bernard Fassier
"Sooner or later the Karabakh side will be involved in the settlement process, and the sooner this is done, the better".
The soonest involvement of Karabakh in the negotiation process will help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said French co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Bernard Fassier.
"Sooner or later the Karabakh side will be involved in the settlement process, and the sooner this is done, the better", Fassier said Friday in Yerevan on 73rd Rose Roth seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
According to him, it is clear for intermediaries that Karabakh will finally become a party to the settlement process.
At the same time Fassier said that it will happen at the end of negotiations, after the resolution of disputable issues, "after Armenians and Azerbaijanis find a way to live peacefully next door to each other, after the return of Azerbaijani population who lived in Karabakh before the war"
The French co-chairman noted that the Karabakh side was in some way represented in the settlement process in the person of Robert Kocharian, who after his election as president of Armenia started to represent the positions of both Armenia and Karabakh.
The French co-chairman, however, noted that the Karabakh side at some point and to some extent remained outside the negotiation process, and now to return to the once-existing format of negotiations, which involved Karabakh, there is a need for the consent of the parties - Armenia and Azerbaijan .
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