Our Arezi counterparts and their much beloved local political analysts finished “badly”. Showing zeal for arguing Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) is not and cannot be a party to the negotiation process, they recognized NKR as side to the conflict.

“Nowhere, not at a single meeting Karabakhi separatists were a party to negotiations but were considered only as a side to the conflict,” said a close to Azeri authorities, political analyst Rasim Musabekov. Besides, he mentioned that representative of NKR has signed a peace agreement — an indisputable fact that many in Baku want to forget.

“I remember very well this initial stage in the negotiations of 1993-1994 as I myself was directly involved I them. Nobody considered representatives of NKR as parties to negotiations. Yes, they have signed the documents during the peace agreement, but only as a side to the conflict,” Musabekov made a miss as good as a mile braking the standards of Azeri state-propaganda machine.

A question raises here: if Baku recognizes Karabakh as a side to the conflict then, how it can be resolved without Stepanakert at the negotiation table? There is nothing as wrong and crude as when one fights and then others sign the peace agreement. Definitely, agreements will be prospective only with involvement of all parties to the conflict. And not even Baku admits Nagorno-Karabakh is one.

There is concern about responsibility of Armenian authorities of 1998-2008 for letting NKR out of the negotiation process. People in the two Armenian states (Artsakh and Armenia) rebuke those authorities for doing so. Even those political forces that supported RA Former President Robert Kocharyan’s intention to present both Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh at the negotiations – even they now have changed their minds. The both countries realized that that was a wrong policy and now want to see KNR back at the negotiation table. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs also admit at some stage NKR authorities will join negotiating parties.

Activation of talks and inevitable involvement of Nagorno-Karabakh in them make Azeri political analysts go off into hysterics.