BAKU RESPONSIBLE FOR UNLEASHING HOSTILITIES IN KARABAKH, FORMER OSCE RUSSIAN CO-CHAIR CONSIDERS

The “occupation” by the Armenian-Karabakh forces of the Azeri territories bordering with Nagorno Karabakh is the result of stubborn fighting in Karabakh and around it, former Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Vladimir Kazimirov writes in the article published in Vremya Novostey Russian newspaper. “The responsibility for unleashing hostilities and consequently for the occupation lays on the Azeri authorities”, he notes. Besides, V. Kazimirov points out to the fact that Azerbaijan’s initiative for inclusion of the item on “seized” Azeri territories in the agenda of the UN General Assembly is a recurrent attempt of Baku diplomats to distract attention of the international community form the causes of this conflict.