Bekaryan: Monopolization of negotiation process by any of MG Co-Chairs poses threat
The Nagorno-Karabakh negotiation process is entering the stage of calm, chairman of European Integration NGO Karen Bekaryan told reporters on Thursday.
Speaking about the three Armenian-Azerbaijani presidential meetings organized in 2014, the analyst said that Putin-Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting followed the tensions of July-August. The second meeting took place on the initiative of the American side following the escalation of the situation in August. In his words, the first two meetings aimed to ease the tensions. The third Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting was organized by the French President.
“The downing of an unarmed Karabakh helicopter followed the Paris meeting,” Bekaryan said, adding that it further increased the tensions in the negotiation process.
Regarding the role of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, he said that monopolization of the negotiation process by any of the mediators poses a great threat.