Azerbaijan, Baku, May 13 / Trend I. Izzet /
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict could be the simplest and easiest to solve in the CIS. Its resolution just requires the political will of the co-chairs of the Minsk Group of the OSCE or strong parties moving towards determining the aggressor, Director of the Centre for Political Innovations and Technologies, political analyst Mubariz Akhmedoglu told Trend.
According to the analyst, since the beginning of the Karabakh conflict, the arguments have been frequently changed. It is a sign of weakness and inexactness on the part of the Armenians.
"Armenians cannot correctly identify the beginning and emergence conditions of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They start the countdown of the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with the Sumgayit events of February 26, 1988. However before Sumgait, a lot had happened.
Armenians increased the frequency of their trips to Moscow after Gorbachev came to power highlighting the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Gorbachev's adviser on economic issues A. Aghanbekyan offered to join Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia for the salvation of the Soviet economy. This proposal, published in the French newspaper Humanite, meant linking the economic problems of the former Soviet Union with the national ones.
The events in Armenian Gugark occurred before the Sumgayit events. About 300,000 Azerbaijanis were expelled from Armenian terrritory. On February 20, Armenians shed the first blood. Two young Azerbaijanis were killed in Asgaran. These are the facts," Ahmadoglu said.
He added that at one time the Armenians convinced the U.S that the Jews live together with the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan destroyed the Armenians and the Jews. That period, the Jewish factor was the most urgent issue. At present, the Armenians use the thesis of a Christian country surrounded by Muslim countries.
He stressed that at present the Armenians are afraid of the Azerbaijani term 'Nagorno-Karabakh' because it completely proves the falsity of the Armenian allegations. Armenians replace the 'Nagorno-Karabakh' term by 'Artsakh'.
"Armenians often change their arguments based on lies because of their hopelessness," he said. "This shows their weakness, but the international community thinks about the complexity of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They say that it is impossible to solve it. As soon as the first practical action is taken in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement, those who think about the complexity of the problem will realise how wrong they were. The main thing is to take the first practical step."
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994. The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France and the U.S. are currently holding peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's four resolutions on the liberation of the occupied territories.