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Եթե սահմանների պարզաբանումը վերաբերվում է մանր հարցերին, ապա Շիտսն իրավացի է: Բայց նա ակնհայտորեն այլ բան նկատի ունի: «Երբ սկսում ես քննարկել այդ ավելի մանր հարցերը, որոնք քաղաքականապես պայթյունավտանգ են կամ վտանգավոր վարչակազմերի համար, ապա շատ բարդ է լինում»,- ասել է Շիտսը «Ռադիո Վատիկանին» տված հարցազրույցում:
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Futility of reaching an agreement on Karabakh is the tip of the iceberg, and as it has repeatedly been said, everything hinges on the reluctance of Azerbaijan to admit the obvious and try to find common ground with NKR. Until this has happened, the negotiation process will remain at a standstill. And it wouldn’t be a simple exchange of territories or return of refugees, but the borders between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh would be decided. According to Lawrence Sheets, Analyst and expert on the Caucasus region for the International Crisis Group, difficulties in the Karabakh conflict settlement are mainly caused by minor issues. If refinement of a border is a minor issue, Sheets is right. But he clearly had something else in mind. “When you start discussing these smaller issues, which are politically potentially explosive or dangerous to the administrations in control… it becomes very difficult,” Sheets said in an interview to “Vatican Radio”. In this case we are dealing with the agreement of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to return to the zero point: Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan with wide autonomy, refugees are returning, but the road from Armenia to Karabakh operates smoothly. The plan of Baku, for some reason, enjoys rare unanimity among politicians and experts, who want an early resolution of the conflict. One can understand them – Baku has energy, which Europe needs very desperately and will need even more if the oil embargo against Iran begins to work. But for some reason the interests of the Armenian side, and especially those of the Artsakh people, are completely neglected in these calculations. Artsakh, however, is not going to act in favor of the oil lobby.
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