Azerbaijani expert: Karabakh negotiations have reached a level favorable for Azerbaijan

"Turkey got Armenia to sign the Zurich protocols with each of the sides sharing equal responsibility for their signing. Of course, after signing of the Zurich protocols, Azerbaijan expressed his discontent with Turkey's move. But, further developments showed that Turkey links possibility of opening the borders with Armenia with return of Azerbaijan’s occupied territories,” Agayev said.

“Thus, linking opening the Armenian-Turkish border with return of Armenian-occupied territories of Azerbaijan has put Yerevan in a situation where it needs to define its actions.”

“In the meanwhile, Armenia’s capabilities to influence the situation have deeply changed. Given all this, I think that the Karabakh negotiations have reached a level favorable for Azerbaijan, and we can expect progress in resolving this issue,” the analyst said.

“At the same time there is favorable foreign policy situation for Baku when the West, weakened by an economic crisis, strongly needs energy which it can get from Azerbaijan. In this situation it is very important that Azerbaijan takes the right action for its own benefit,” the expert noted.

“In early 1990s Azerbaijan lost a lot because of short-sighted and erroneous policy. Now, a time has come when Armenia may be in a position Azerbaijan was in early 1990s,” the analyst said.

“Exactly this will happen next if Armenia does not agree to the compromises it is suggested.”

He said the Turkish prime minister’s statements indicating to a  need to intensify the OSCE Minsk Group efforts have been made to lay full responsibility for resolving the Karabakh conflict on the OSCE Minsk Group and also  prompt them to become more involved in resolving the conflict.

"The goal of the United States is to take control of the state, as well as energy in our region. It should be noted that Turkey and the United States share the same positions on energy issues. On the other hand, Ankara coordinates its positions on policies in the region with Washington,” Agayev added.

Z. Ahmadov
Day.Az