“The meeting held in Baku between Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin at the first sight was economic, but we all understand that these processes do not happen without the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, especially in the actions taken place around the situation between us and Azerbaijan”,- so characterized the director of “Forum” Legal Center Tigran Ter-Yesayan in a conversation with Aravot.am regarding the Aliyev-Putin meeting. He drew attention to the fact that Aliev has raised issues of historic justice, and international rights, rather than making bellicose statements. Mr. Ter-Yesayan has noticed that Aliev has made legal questions. And Putin, according to the Ter-Yesayan, has raised the issue that the Karabakh problem should receive exclusively political solution. Mr. Ter-Yesayan considers remarkable the fact that the meeting took place at the time of the event and notes,- “The problem should be resolved not in the legal, but economic and political platform, the right remains in far away plan. Whether it is beneficial to us or not, depends on where we will be.
Here, economy and politics are inseparable from each other, a strong clash of economic interests on economic interests is going on and the economic interests will be solved through political issue. Wherever Karabakh problem will be, return of refugees, friendly relations with each other also depends on it, because we also have the refugee problem. They will improve their economic situation with us, or vice versa, our government must take this into account. Here, the problem of solving the political problem based on the economic interests is going on.” Tigran Ter-Yesayan also referred to initialing process of the EU-Armenia Association Agreement. He, in particular, conveyed the following: “I do not support signing of the Association Agreement, as we actually will not become an EU member, nor be a member of NATO. Association Agreement is counterbalance of the Customs Agreement, they will collide with each other. It is impossible in this status. RF will do everything that the Republic of Armenia has a way to RF through Azerbaijan. Here, there are Customs interests for RF, too. At that time, Armenia cannot say that it can not sign the agreement because there is no border.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
