Won’t field assessment mission affect Armenia’s diplomacy?
OSCE and UN experts are scheduled to conduct a field assessment mission in the territories around Karabakh on October 4-14.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) considers this imitative as another trick of Baku's propaganda and states the Armenian authorities were aware of the upcoming mission.
"The fact that the mission includes experts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) speaks of our reality," HAK representative Martha Ayvazyan told A1+.
"UNHCR deals with refugee issues. I get the impression that all issues are settled and the sides are presently negotiating over some technical and financial issues," she added.
The authorities think that the upcoming mission will bring no changes in the Armenian diplomacy. Nor will Armenia make concessions.
"Armenia has announced many times that it will not discuss any issue unless the status of Nagorno-Karabakh is determined," Spokesperson for the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) Edward Sharmazanov told A1+.
To settle the issue, the sides should eliminate the causes of the conflict and not its consequences.
The Armenian authorities and opposition are unanimous that the OSCE should monitor the Armenian territories occupied by Azerbaijan as well.
