Aliyev's Accusations to the Co-Chairs are Another Demonstration of Their Cynicism

• 02.02.2016, 10:57
• Anna Karapetyan
•  "Insight" Analytical Center ,  NKR,  Analytics

Alyev’s dissatisfaction from the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs gradually turned into direct accusations. The President of Azerbaijan, becoming angry on the Co-Chairs’ joint statement the day before PACE session and the discussion of the two anti-Armenian draft resolutions, blamed them for double standards and islamofobia.

Azerbaijani side has many times blamed the MG Co-Chars for working ineffectively, but this kind of accusation was heard for the first time. The Minsk Group Co-Chairs, who always resort to artificial balancing, avoide direct and addressed criticism towards Azerbaijan’s war rhetoric, made a statement that "mixed the cards" of Azerbaijan.

For a long time Baku used different and not cheap tools to initiate those reports, include their provisions in them, bring them to the level of draft resolutions and include on the agenda of the winter session. The main aim was in case of being adopted to have a new argument which would be later used in its anti-Armenian propaganda. And this was quite predictable, as the number of members of PACE is big and not all of them are well informed and interested in Karabakh conflict, at the same time, Azerbaijan has its famous tools of "persuading". By the way, PACE is not the only organization were Azerbaijan initiates such processes.

Anyway, the position of the Co-Chairs in this situation was predictable. They aim was not to allow to transfern the issue into other platforms, to increase the pressure on each other and fail the negotiations. Any conflict can be solved only if there is one agreed platform for the negotiations. Diversification makes the process more difficult, turning the work of the mediators impossible.

Even more, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs are also guilty for the present rhetoric of Azerbaijan, its ruthless bevahior in the process of negotiations and on the borders. The policy of artificial balancing, their not addressed calls to the sides, formed an atmosphere of  permissiveness, because of which nowadays Aliyev makes such speeches and is not "punished" for them.

Finally, Azerbaijani blackmailing policy is gradually increasing and soon a moment will come, when no matter that the Armenian sides of the conflict want negotiated political settlement and are constructive in the negotiations, they will have to answer Azerbaijan on the same language.