Obstacles to resolution: an Azerbaijani perspective
Tofik Zulfuqarov (2005)
Former Azerbaijani negotiator Tofik Zulfuqarov presents his perspective on the OSCE Minsk Group negotiations, tracing issues and problems from 1992 onward. He identifies competing mediator agendas, Armenia’s ‘status for territory’ formula and attempts to predetermine Karabakh’s sovereign status as particular problems. He recalls his resignation in response to a possible ‘land swap’ deal and his subsequent involvement in the Charter of Four document outlining the acceptable parameters of compromise that many thought the Azerbaijani President had exceeded. He concludes that new concepts of ‘interim status’ have the potential to break the impasse as long as the Armenians do not seek to predetermine independent status for Karabakh in exchange for occupied territories.
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