Interesting Development in Karabakh Process

[Mos]

Interesting Development..

USA: We’ll recognize Karabakh independence, should Azerbaijan start a war
03.11.2009 19:14 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Washington has set Azerbaijan a firm ultimatum: Karabakh independence will be recognized, should Azerbaijan attempt to launch military operations in NKR, Yeni Musavat Oppositional Azeri Party official website reported on Tuesday, followed by other Azeri media representatives.

Baku asserts US Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tina S. Kaidanow was the one to express US position on Baku's increased militaristic statements on Karabakh conflict settlement. Moreover, US assert possessing information on Azerbaijan’s secret preparations for a war.

In observer's opinion, Baku's military rhetoric is caused by the fact Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not included in agenda of Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations on Karabakh status, mediated by Russia, US and France, NEWSru.com reports.

[KarotheGreat]

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Interesting Development..

very awesome news, really awesome. Now we've reached something that will guarantee that we can negotiate from a position of power.

[KarotheGreat]

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No territorial concession admissible in Karabakh settlement process
03.11.2009 18:46 GMT+04:00 Print version Send to mail

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “Official Sepanakert has received no document enshrining Madrid Principles,” Head of NKR Government’s Information Department Hrant Aleksanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Aleksanyan also confirmed NKR Prime Minister Ara Harutyunyan’s statement on Artsakh territories’ being enshrined in Constitution and territorial concessions’ being out of the question. Head of Information Department also reiterated Premier’s statement on Nagorno Karabak’s actively implementing various economic programs on liberated territories, repairing the irrigation system, water reservoirs and roads. All those programs aim at “creating favorable conditions for repopulating the territories,” he said.

In the meantime, Aleksanyan added that repopulation and economic programs were more actively implemented in Kashatagh and Karvachar regions.

http://www.panarmenian.net/news/eng/?nid=38821

[Mos]

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But why would US do this? What is the advantage to them? Does that mean US-Turkish relations and Azeri-US relations will get worse.

[KanadaHye]

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But why would US do this? What is the advantage to them? Does that mean US-Turkish relations and Azeri-US relations will get worse.

The relations are secondary to business. Right now, a war in the region would mean more delays in future deliveries of oil from Azerbaijan. The last thing the U.S. needs is higher oil prices at a time when the U.S. economy is crumbling so anything to persuade Azerbaijan from launching a war is favorable to the U.S.

[Armanen]

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The relations are secondary to business. Right now, a war in the region would mean more delays in future deliveries of oil from Azerbaijan. The last thing the U.S. needs is higher oil prices at a time when the U.S. economy is crumbling so anything to persuade Azerbaijan from launching a war is favorable to the U.S.

That, and the u.s. wants to show the turks and azeri's that it means business. This is also a warning to official ankara not to link the ratification of the protocols with the Artsakh issue.

[londontsi]

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/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Washington has set Azerbaijan a firm ultimatum: Karabakh independence will be recognized, should Azerbaijan attempt to launch military operations in NKR, Yeni Musavat Oppositional Azeri Party official website reported on Tuesday, followed by other Azeri media representatives.

Baku asserts US Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tina S. Kaidanow was the one to express US position on Baku's increased militaristic statements on Karabakh conflict settlement. Moreover, US assert possessing information on Azerbaijan’s secret preparations for a war.

In observer's opinion, Baku's military rhetoric is caused by the fact Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not included in agenda of Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations on Karabakh status, mediated by Russia, US and France, NEWSru.com reports.



I fear this has sinister implications for us.

It might mean that the US is trying to "reassure " the Armenian side that there will be no dangers when they are made to action the conditions of the protocols.
(The not visible ones) i.e. During the withdrawal of their forces and destroying their defense lines.

Remember the protocol will be from now on like an albatross round our neck.

[Tigranakert]

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U.S. Denies Karabakh Recognition Threat to Azerbaijan

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–The U.S. State Department flatly denied on Wednesday an Azerbaijani press report alleging that Washington has threatened to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state unless Baku commits to a peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani dispute.

The “Yeni Musavat” daily claimed that Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Tina Kaidanow issued the warning during a recent visit to the Azerbaijani capital. It cited Kaidanow as telling Azerbaijani leaders that they should avoid attempting to win back Karabakh by force or risk a formal U.S. recognition of the region’s secession from Azerbaijan.

Terry Davidson, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Baku, dismissed the report as “manufactured.” “She said nothing like that,” Davidson said in a statement.

“Tina Kaidanow did speak at length about U.S. support for a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in an interview with ANS TV,” he added. “In that interview, she said ‘I think it’s important to say right away that the United States is very supportive of a peaceful and a just resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.’”

Analysts also disputed the credibility of the report, saying that it contradicted Karabakh-related policies of successive U.S. administrations. Rasim Musabekov, a prominent Azerbaijani pundit, suggested that it was an attempt by unspecified forces to undermine Azerbaijan’s relations with the U.S.

“I don’t rule out that there are people not really interested in the development of U.S.-Azerbaijani relations,” Musabekov told RFE/RL’s Armenian service by phone.

He noted that the “Yeni Musavat” report coincided with a visit to Washington by an Azerbaijani government delegation. The delegation comprises senior Azerbaijani diplomats and security officials.

[AlphaPapa]

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I think they were mad because she met with ARF officials.

[Davo88]

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These Azeris love to make things up don't they, it's a shame that they are taken seriously when it comes to oil. You have to hand it to them though, their creativeness does have some comedic value.