“There is a greater threat that the conflict could evolve I mean the small conflict could become a large-scale one. But still I don’t think that will happen by an accident. I will disagree with the worries of the civil society organizations. I worry that one side will feel provoked and design a military action.”
” First, I think Trump administration is going to be vastly more focused on domestic affairs, than on foreign policy. I also think that what we’ve seen so far suggests that Mr. Trump even more than Mr. Obama is someone who believes that the world is so organized around various powers and that the U.S. should primarily deal with the major powers of the world, rather than with the lesser powers.”
“General tactical line will remain unchanged towards the South Caucasus, including regional issues, as well as in case of Ukraine and the EU. The newly elected president Donald Trump directly stated that they need powerful America, before which its partners should be accountable for each dollar. To be simpler, nobody is going to “feed” anyone for no reason.”
“We have never refused any meetings, let it be on the level of the president, Foreign Minister, even working ones, however, we always support, that those meetings were useful, and some progress was recorded. If there is no progress, if we meet, then the agreements aren’t implemented, what’s the use of those meetings?” Armenia’s President said.
“Consequently, there is likely to be less dramatic change, than many people expect. Over time, that may change, especially if there is a rearing of the geopolitics with Azerbaijan becoming more important to Russia as a bridge to Iran.”
“The co-chairs should be maximally demanding, as Azerbaijan’s current activities devaluate efforts by the co-chairs, make them senseless, moreover, they “slap” the USA, France and Russia. The only issue is the following—all these countries should equally perceive these steps by Azerbaijan.”
The key issue of negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh (hereinafter NK) conflict settlement is the status of the disputed region, which must be resolved on the basis of the right of nations to self-determination. In this regard many experts and politicians point out the mechanism of resolution of Kosovo conflict as precedential for determination of the NK status.
“Presently the situation is as it has always been: the adversary is the same, its style is the same. Particularly in such a period we are maximally sober, perform respective operations to raise security level of our country. However, separate developments, not peculiar to the adversary, aren’t taking place. The adversary should always remember the philosophy of the abovementioned tea.”
“This shows that although presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met twice after the April war, they pursued quite different purposes at this negotiation stage: Azerbaijan had some expectations from Armenia on concession, however, it realized that they’re impossible after the April war, and returned to its former position on MG, and Armenia anticipated strengthening of ceasefire maintenance, which isn’t yet recorded, and under these conditions the Armenian side seems to consider these meetings senseless.”
“I didn’t observe serious policy in the South Caucasus from former administrations, I don’t consider that it holds a top position in the priority list of the Americans. This region is important for Russia, and from this perspective, as a secondary factor, the Americans will attempt to reflect to the developments in the South Caucasus.”
