Azerbaijan, Baku, April 6 / Trend A. Huseynbala /
Azerbaijani political analyst said that the main purpose of inviting the Armenian President to the United States, is also associated with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem.
"Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan invited to a conference on nuclear safety, to be held in April, will be pressured to normalize relations with Turkey," the Center for Political Innovations and Technology chairman Mubariz Ahmadoglu said at an event held in the AMI Trend.
The conflict between the two South Caucasus countries began in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan since 1992, including the Nagorno-Karabakh region and 7 surrounding districts. Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a ceasefire agreement in 1994.
The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - Russia, France, and the U.S. - are currently holding the peace negotiations.
Armenia has not yet implemented the U.N. Security Council's resolutions on the liberation of the Nagorno-Karabakh region and the occupied territories.
Ahmadoglu said that it is not ruled out that during a trip to the United States the Armenian President will be pressured concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
He said that now Armenia is ready for the release of seven regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh. "The number of those in Armenia who spoke about the possibility of the return of lands to Azerbaijan increases," Ahmadoglu said.
Political analyst said that Azerbaijan's position in relation to the updated Madrid principles to resolve the conflict peacefully, is positive. Armenians said that Azerbaijan is a strong point. Its positions are rather strengthened. They say that, despite Azerbaijan failed to bring some moments in accordance with its interests in the new version of the Madrid principles, it managed to neutralize them. Therefore, Sargsyan said that Armenia will be forced to sign a document that promotes launching of the process to release seven regions around Nagorno Karabakh, " he said.