(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 29. The French Foreign
Ministry, in its recent statement, called Brice Roquefeuil its
French Ambassador for EU Eastern Partnership and not OSCE Minsk
Group Co-Chair as he was appointed previously, Turkish expert on
international relations and political analyst Goktug Chalishkan
told Trend .
This was another step taken by the international community,
reflecting the acceptance of new realities created in the region
after the end of the Second Karabakh War. It also means that
France, which previously co-chaired OSCE MG, recognizes the failure
of this structure as a means to resolve the conflict that used to
be ongoing between Armenia and Azerbaijan for almost 30 years.
France also knows that the OSCE Minsk Group was ineffective in
solving the Karabakh conflict, Chalishkan said.
He noted that the OSCE Minsk Group was a structure created to
resolve the Karabakh conflict, but during the Second Karabakh War,
it almost did not function and was left in the background by all
segments.
'The involvement of Russia and Turkey in reaching a ceasefire
agreement that put an end to the Second Karabakh War had a more
significant impact on the process. Therefore, Brice Roquefeuil, the
French Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group, was appointed as the French
Ambassador to the EU Eastern Partnership and was sent to the region
in this position. Because France also knows that the OSCE Minsk
Group was ineffective in solving the Karabakh conflict,' Chalishkan
said.
According to experts, at this point, France wants to take its
role in the process of signing a peace agreement and trying to fix
this within the framework of the EU's Eastern Partnership, not the
failed OSCE Minsk Group.
'It also means that France has recognized fact, Karabakh
conflict has been resolved and there was no need for OSCE Minsk
Group,' Chalishkan noted.
In turn, national security analyst and expert from the US Irina
Zuckerman said that the new title of Brice Roquefeuil's post
reflects the changes that were made by Russia and the US after the
last visit to the region by Andrew Schofer (recently appointed US
State Department's Senior Adviser on Caucasus Negotiations).
'All three countries participating in OSCE Minsk Group have made
these changes which indicate that MG has lost its significance for
them. This is also a signal that the OSCE Minsk Group does not play
a significant role in current events. Each of these countries
interacts with Azerbaijan on an individual basis,' Zuckerman
said.
According to her, de facto the OSCE Minsk Group has had a
minimal role for quite a long time. This is due to the fact that it
did not have a significant impact on the situation during the
Second Karabakh War and did not play a leading role in the
diplomatic denouement that followed the tripartite agreement, she
added.
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- Azerbaijan
- France
- OSCE Minsk Group
- Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict
- politics
- tripartite format
- Andrew Schofer
- Karabakh
- Second Karabakh War
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