Armenia/Azeri Presidents Meet, No Result.
Presidents Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliyev held meeting in St Petersburg yesterday, amidst an informal gathering of leaders from the region. Needles to say, both sides refused to comment on the progress of the talks, and left that up to their foreign ministers. Armenia’s foreign minister Vardan Oskanian reported no concrete progress in the talks. He did, however, state that the meeting was in depth and longer than previous meetings.
I always wonder, what happens during these meetings. Neither Kocharyan or Aliyev will budge from their positions. Is it as simple as :
Kocharyan “Hello.”
Aliyev “Hello. Give back Karabagh”
Kocharyan “Never.”
Aliyev “Fine. Would you like a glass of this water?”
All in jest…but seriously, I feel that without at least some international intervention on this issue, especially since President Bush’s Albanian revelation during which he stated his support for Kosovan independence, that we are not going to see any progress in these talks.
lol, I can just see that conversation in a cartoon….
Comment by Rose — 6/13/2007 @ 6:58 am
I personally like status quo. Azeris want land in exchange for promise. It is just not serious.
Comment by firefly — 6/14/2007 @ 8:37 pm
I am sure, there will be no sufficient solution unless the two sides really understand each other.
Comment by Ali — 6/15/2007 @ 12:58 am