Karabakh: Interests of Parties to Conflict Observed «as Luck Would Have It»March 23, 2006 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The role of the OSCE in settlement of the conflict is not that much self-dependent, as it seems to Azerbaijan. Peculiarities of contemporary policy in the globalization age are the way, that when deciding core matters of world policy - and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict refers to those - some consensus is reached at the EU or UN, Chair of the Standing Commission for Defense and Security of the Supreme Council of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in 1992-1995, Chairman of Tradition NGO Valery Balayan stated in an interview with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, consensus is being reached mainly within the interests of large countries, who fund activities of those organizations, while interests of the parties to conflict are taken into account «as luck would have it.» This was true also at division of Yugoslavia, it is observed now when solving the Kosovo issue and that of Iraq. Thus, those who insist on it are advised to read Krylov's fable or recall arithmetic rule on changing the order of items,» Balayan underscored.Full text of the interview Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Iran’s Red Crescent sends aid to Armenia’s flood-hit regions The Iranian Red Crescent Society has sent humanitarian aid to the victims of deadly floods that hit northern Armenia on May 25-26. Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. |