The details of the investigative mechanism, such as the specific tasks investigators will assume and under what circumstances they will be deployed to the Line of Contact and Armenia-Azerbaijan border, are under discussion by the sides. The OSCE will be the organization in charge of implementing the mechanism, and the Co-Chairs, in their capacity as OSCE mediators, will continue to work with the sides on refining the proposal.
“I’m sure that Novruz Mammadov is lying, and Edward Nalbandian is right for the reason that I like Nalbandian, and I must say that I exclusively don’t like, when he says the truth. That expression, lie by Novruz Mammadov pursues the purpose to conceal Baku’s diplomatic failure from the Azerbaijani community. That’s all. Other processes will continue in France.”
“Mammadov is known for rather inadequate statements, he says what serves to their propaganda. It’s just a statement of internal use. At large, he touches upon elements of Madrid and Kazan documents. We all know that negotiations are held around them, however, I’m sure that during this meeting likewise issues haven’t been discussed, mainly possibilities and ways of resumption of negotiations have been covered. Thus, any agreement couldn’t have been reached,” A.Arzumanyan said.
On the same day Presidents of the two Armenian states held in capital Stepanakert a consultation with the supreme command staff of the NKR Defense Army and discussed a wide range of issues concerning to the army building.
According to the same expert, serious talks will be launched with Bako Sahakyan. At the same time, he didn’t clarify which concrete meetings will NKR president have in Moscow, however, he stated that by accepting Sahakyan, Moscow attempts to understand how it may influence on Stepanakert without Yerevan’s mediation.
“It’s their smash hit, they say the same every time, there is no sense even in commenting on it. Every time they say and we deny that information. They always say, as it’s their dream, they attempt to introduce their dream as a reality, however, as we know, dream is one thing, and reality is another,” David Babayan said.
“That official, Novruz Mammadov, has never participated in any negotiations. The St. Petersburg summit was not an exception. At the last meeting, he only participated in the working dinner during which only the issues related to the installation of investigation mechanisms of incidents and the increase of the scope of responsibilities of team of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office were discussed.”
“I don’t consider that this trilateral format may become an alternative to the Minsk Group. I think, this is a sign to seek for an alternative, to which nobody gives importance, as Minsk Group format is international, although it’s not so productive, it corresponds to the essence of the conflict, where neither side has a monopoly. Thus, in Russian format, I don’t consider a scenario will be available, which will be beneficial to all the sides.”
“This is just a rumor. Israelis have never instructed Azerbaijani soldiers, except for how to use the arms supplied to Azerbaijan under existing contracts. But this was done by experts from supplier companies.”
“First and foremost, EEU is an economic organization, we shouldn’t politicize our economic integration, as any politicization will lead to economic integrating issues, and EEU won’t provide the outcome we anticipate to have.”
