Interview with Asim Mollazade, member of the Azerbaijani Parliamentary Committee on international and interparliamentary relations.
Q: What contribution can Ireland, which will chair OSCE next year, give in the regulation of the Karabakh conflict?
A: Talking about replacements of chairmanships in OSCE and effects of these countries in the regulation of Karabakh conflict, it should be noted that as a rule, states, before starting their chairmanship, give statements that they will pay a special attention to frozen conflicts in Europe. Unfortunately, as time goes by, these states can’t manage to achieve any progress in resolving frozen European conflicts as being OSCE chair.
I consider that the main reason for this, first and foremost, is disrespect of OSCE to its fundamental documents and wrong assessment of aggressive activities by this international organization. This leads to the fact that Armenia, imitating its long-term involvement in negotiations, today even refuses this activity and doesn’t give any opportunity to launch some new peaceful process. Therefore, OSCE first of all should pay respect to its own fundamental documents so that countries involved in conflicts should expect effective measures from this international organization.
Q: What kind of measures do you think Ireland, as OSCE chairman, may take to make some progress in resolving frozen conflicts including Karabakh?
A: The Karabakh conflict is now in an unprecedented situation i.e. one OSCE member has occupied the territory of the other. So, Ireland as OSCE chairman should pay attention to this moment in his activity. I mean, the new chairman should pay attention on how similar relations were formed with the aggressive member compared to the one who underwent aggression. If Ireland wants to resolve conflicts, it should understand that these facts are major obstacles on the path that could lead to peace.
Q: Acting OSCE chairman, and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, summing up the chairmanship of his country in this organization, stated that certain success was reached in Vilnius in resolving protracted conflicts. What success could be included to the service report of Lithuania about the progress to regulate the conflicts?
A: Lithuania, during its chairmanship at OSCE, in some way tries to pay attention to the settlement of the conflicts. Moreover, the country’s foreign minister paid visits to conflicting countries and gave statements about these conflicts. However, as we know, Lithuania chairing OSCE couldn’t make any available changes to regulate these conflicts. One of the reasons for this seems to be that OSCE Minsk Group doesn’t get seriously involved in regulating Karabakh conflict. All of these don’t make any hope to expect that the conflicts will be resolved on the basis of norms of the international law.
Q: To what extent the format of OSCE can become an international platform where it would be possible to resolve conflicts including Karabakh?
A: As we know, the OSCE mandate for conducting mediatory mission in the regulation of the Karabakh conflict was presented by the UN Security Council. Of course, this process gradually involves EU, as well. In other words, the progress can be reached not by the format of this or other international organizations, but decisions they make. Unfortunately, these organizations don’t make effective decisions.
It should be noted that international organizations, the UN in particular don’t implement their own resolutions on Karabakh conflict. I underline that all of them are because of legal nihilism and because norms of the international law are not effective. Legal nihilisms in such cases may cause serious threats for the renewal of wars including Karabakh conflict.
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