{"id":155779,"date":"2021-01-11T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=155779"},"modified":"2021-01-12T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T16:30:17","slug":"al-tikriti-speaks-on-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2021\/01\/11\/al-tikriti-speaks-on-nagorno-karabakh-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Tikriti Speaks on Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Middle East History Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti recently spoke at a virtual conference hosted by Western Caspian University of Baku, Azerbaijan.<\/p><\/div>

On 18 December 2020, Middle East History Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti spoke at a conference entitled “XII-XV əsrlər Ön Asiya və Qafqaz bölgəsinin tarixi-etnoqrafik məsələlərinə baxış \/ Perspectives on Historical and Ethnographic Issues Concerning 12th-15th Century Western Asia and the Caucasus Region.” The international conference<\/a>, offering presentations in Azerbaijani Turkish and English, was hosted by Western Caspian University of Baku, Azerbaijan, and took place entirely online.<\/p>

The title of Al-Tikriti’s presentation was “Observations on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict’s 10 November Resolution.” Addressing a mostly Azerbaijani audience, in the course of this talk, Prof. Al-Tikriti offered the following points about the recent conflict’s current ceasefire and steps for longer term resolution:<\/p>

1) He has never seen as bitter a conflict as this one, and he has witnessed several well-known conflicts.<\/p>

2) The mass hatred all around must be brought to an end, sooner rather than later.<\/p>

3) The huge difference between what is said for international consumption and what is said for domestic consumption needs to be reduced.<\/p>

4) Both sides are living in parallel realities, and the discrepancy between those parallel worlds must be reduced.<\/p>

5) The weaponization of historical memory must be put to an end, and both sides must stop pretending like the other side doesn’t exist.<\/p>

6) Azerbaijan should now act generously, because if they repeat Armenia’s earlier mistake of being content with triumphantly maintaining a frozen conflict, it will come back to haunt them some day, due to shifting factors domestically and internationally.<\/p>

7) Both sides may have now opened themselves up to increased Russian-Turkish neo-imperialism — if they desire genuine independence, they must negotiate directly with each other.<\/p>

8) War crimes are unacceptable, and must be prosecuted — otherwise, no good will is foreseen.<\/p>

9) The 2006 Julfa destruction was unacceptable, and should be both punished and restored to the extent possible.<\/p>

10) As a sign of good will, Azerbaijan should open up rail lines, transport links, etc.<\/p>

11) Azerbaijan should negotiate granting Nagorno-Karabakh autonomy.<\/p>

12) Both sides should secure external peacekeepers (i.e. not Russian or Turkish) to guarantee both the Lachin and Zangezur corridors.<\/p>

Prof. Al-Tikriti’s thanks the organizers for this opportunity to present his reflections on the recent conflict, and hopes that a just peace will soon prove viable in the South Caucasus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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