As it is known, recently, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvian former President, Special Envoy of the U.S. Secretary General and Vice-Chairperson of the expert group for long-term development of the European Union (EU), has come forward with a strange initiative on the appointment of special representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN.

This time, in an interview with Azerbaijani Trend News agency, the diplomat offered to change the format of the Karabakh peace process, as the Minsk Group efforts “yield no results”.

“If it is a question of the UN (the appointment of special representative for Nagorno-Karabakh in the UN-NEWS.am’s note), then some member countries of the UN would have to make such a proposal and then they would have to get a sufficient number of countries to agree to it. I must confess that the length of time it has taken the so-called Minsk Group to try to come to an agreement and quite evidently without success, it seems to me an argument for looking to a different group of negotiators who might have better chance of obtaining the resolution. Because, I think negotiations are an art, not a science. The OSCE Minsk Group insists on participation in the negotiating process, but without any results. Maybe it would be a good idea and good reason to try to get a new team. Now, of course, the old team's members should agree to step down to get a new team and I have serious doubts that they would be ready to do it,” she said.

Noteworthy, the Mrs. Vike-Freiberga’s “serious misgivings” are not unfounded at all. The international community repeatedly opposed Azerbaijan’s initiatives on shifting the Karabakh peace process to other structures, including the UN. Armenia, Russia, France and U.S. spoke out against such manipulations.

Moreover, on September 9, Azerbaijan removed its draft resolution on occupied territories of Azerbaijan from the agenda of the 64th session of the U.N. Parliamentary Assembly. The Armenian authorities called the withdrawal of Azerbaijan’s resolution “a diplomatic victory” of Yerevan.