"Football diplomacy" to produce tangible results in October-November 2009
As to whether the "football diplomacy" will produce tangible results will become evident in October-November 2009, Eurointegration NGO's Chair Karen Bekaryan told a news conference in Yerevan. "I don't share the opinion that 'football diplomacy' produced no result. The passiveness observed at present will turn into an active process at the end of October or beginning of November," the expert noted.
With regard to Karabakh settlement process, he stressed the importance of anticipating new proposals, "Package solution is out of the question. MG co-chairs will very probably propose new approaches towards clauses not agreed upon," the expert said.
According to Bekaryan, Armenian-Tutkish normalization and Karabakh settlement are really parallel processes, the question is whether they will intersect. "The processes can be said to be parallel at present. And in some sense, it is advantageous both for Armenia and the entire region," he added.
With regard to Karabakh settlement process, he stressed the importance of anticipating new proposals, "Package solution is out of the question. MG co-chairs will very probably propose new approaches towards clauses not agreed upon," the expert said.
According to Bekaryan, Armenian-Tutkish normalization and Karabakh settlement are really parallel processes, the question is whether they will intersect. "The processes can be said to be parallel at present. And in some sense, it is advantageous both for Armenia and the entire region," he added.
