Kazimirov: Today it is Azerbaijan that is interested in the  unresolved Karabakh conflict 

ArmInfo. During the years in which Ilham Aliyev was in power, there were no positive  developments in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,  instead, a whole series of overlays, up to a trial of power, as in  April 2016.

The former co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group from the  Russian Federation, Vladimir, expressed this opinion in an interview  with journalists.  Kazimirov in the margins of the Lazarev Club  meeting.According to him, Azerbaijan is trying to bring to the fore  the liberation of the "occupied territories". "I use the lexicology  of the UN Security Council resolution. But, it's impossible without  concessions to the Armenian parties. Unfortunately, the current  leadership of Azerbaijan is not capable of these concessions,"  Kazimirov said, adding that the current situation cannot achieve his  goal, since he cannot make reciprocal concessions, and therefore it  is Baku that benefits from the unresolved conflict."The ruling elite,  and personally Ilham Aliyev and his first deputy, are actually  deceiving their people with ostentatious patriotism, arranging  incidents, trying out forces in April 2016, sabotaging various kinds  of constructive proposals by intermediaries, from diverting snipers  to incident investigation mechanisms. They find it necessary. And  they breathe with former hostility instead of tune in to search for  constructive compromises, "the diplomat said.Speaking about the  territories that Azerbaijan lost in its time, Kazimirov recalled that  this was a direct consequence of the fact that Baku in those years,  unfortunately, brought its desire to resolve the conflict by force to  absurdity. "After all, when the military conflict flared up, there  were no occupied territories yet. They began to appear as Azerbaijan  continued to violate the UN Security Council resolutions. The first  point was to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities and hostile  acts, various kinds of blockades. These are the first paragraphs of  the resolution The UN Security Council didn't execute anyone?>,  "Kazimirov asked.Responding to a question about the participation of  Nagorno-Karabakh in the negotiations, the former mediator emphasized  that he personally had many questions in this matter for Artsakh to  be recognized primarily as a party to the conflict. "The  configuration of this conflict differs markedly from other conflicts  on the post-Soviet territory. There is a classical configuration  everywhere, there are two sides. You cannot fit in two sides.  There  were even cases of contradictions between Stepanakert and Yerevan.  Therefore, of course, that Nagorno-Karabakh is a party to the  conflict, consequently, it must be a participant, for me it is  obvious.  Another thing is that Baku does not want this at all.  Another thing is that it has been around for the last 20 years that  the negotiation process went at a rate of 2, not of all 3 parties. it  is difficult to resume the participation of Nagorno-Karabakh in the  negotiation process, "he said, adding that he had a lot of evidence  that the Azerbaijani side initially appealed specifically to  Stepanakert - all calls, official appeals, and the cease-fire  agreement was signed with Nagorno-Karabakh , and only then there was  an appeal to Yerevan, and at the request of Heydar Aliyev.