The Armenian authorities have not for now submitted any vision proposing a settlement plan for the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Levon Zurabyan, a deputy leader of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), said Wednesday commenting on the current authorities policies' towards the unresolved land dispute, Eurasia Diary reports citing Armenian media Tert.am.
In an interview aired by 168TV, he called particularly for a proper understanding of two categories of questions: those dealing with confidence-building (to reduce skirmishes on the frontline) and those proposing steps towards improving the general atmosphere of relations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities and people.
"These are issues that deal with confidence-building, which include the swap of hostages, measures towards reducng tension on the battlefront, facilitation of agricultural activities in the frontline zone, etc. Yet, there is probably a more important issue that has to do with the the settlement proper, i.e. - the kind of resolution that outlines a specific settlement plan. These are interrelated different issues which we have to understand given that Azerbaijan is traditionally and naturally more focused on the resolution and a substantial solution, with the Armenian side being concentrated on the confidence building. But that also means that Azerbaijan is not satisfied with the status quo, relying on a scenario of either a negotiated settlement or a war. Whereas if those confidence building measures take deeper roots without a substantial solution. That, in a sence, will block the chances for Azerbaijan of reaching a military solution.
″What the dynamics suggests, in my view, is the Armenia side has not entered into substantial debates since the ‘Velvet Revolution’, having certainly specific grounds for that. Those grounds deal with the fact that the format, inherited by [Prime Minister] Nikol Pashinyan, no longer fits him. He wishes practically to return the format developed under Levon Ter-Petrosyan,″ he said, admitting that the first president had difficulty in realizing the assigned objective back in 1992 (when Karabakh was not recognized as a conflicting party, with the negotiations going on between Armenia and Azerbaijan).
