Vladimir Zharikhin: Yerevan and Baku should make serious concession to resolve Karabakh conflictNovember 21, 2007 - 15:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - In order to settle the Nagorno Karabakh conflict both sides - Azerbaijan and Armenia - should make concessions, deputy director of the CIS Institute in Moscow Vladimir Zharikhin said."Both Armenia and Azerbaijan should make serious concessions but that requires strong political will of the leadership," he said. "These will be unpopular decisions and leaders will be under pressure." According to Zharikhin, Russia principally opposes independence for unrecognized republics. "We are accused of freezing conflicts, but we have a rather clear stance - if there is no decision satisfying both sides, it's better to freeze the conflict rather than to make one-sided decisions, as the United States intends to do with respect to Kosovo," he said. Had Russia acted the same way, it would have recognized independence of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno Karabakh, etc.," he said, Trend news agency reports. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |