“There is possibility for another meeting”
The Kazan-hosted trilateral presidential meeting was a complete failure, said a senior member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Armenian National Congress (HAK).
"The international community pinned great hopes on the Kazan meeting. Before the meeting, the presidents of the U.S. and France, as well as the Foreign Ministry of Russia made statements urging the sides to finalize and endorse Basic Principles of Karabakh conflict resolution. I think that Azerbaijan should shoulder the responsibility for thwarting the meeting," Karapetyan told A1+.
He reminded that before the Kazan meeting, both Serzh Sargsyan and Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian announced that a positive outcome could be expected in Kazan if Azerbaijan did not make new proposals.
"Immediately after the meeting, Nalbandian said that Azerbaijan had made about ten proposals and that was the reason why there was no breakthrough in Kazan. It turns out that Azerbaijan has not refuted the statement. Unfortunately, no one in Armenia has spoken about this," he said.
"Armenia should make the international community realize that the talks were frustrated by Azerbaijan. In a couple of days, the world will forget the details of the meeting and blame the two countries. It is highly important that everyone understand which of the sides disrupted the talks, otherwise Armenia will equalize with Azerbaijan."
Karapetyan attaches great importance to Karabakh's involvement in the talks as a full -fledged party.
Commenting on an article published by Russian newspaper Kommersant according to which Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is disappointed with the Kazan meeting and is going to terminate the mediatory mission between the conflicting sides, the HAK representative said, "The article also contradicts the statements made by the sides after the meeting."
Anyway, Karapetyanm believes that the meeting opened a door for another presidential meeting.
"The Prague talks which started in 2004 have not exhausted. There is still a possibility to bring the sides closer to each other," he said.
