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.
As a servant of the Gospel and messenger of peace, I want to be among you to support you in every effort in the pursuit of peace and walk the path of reconciliation that brings hope. Let the great saints of your nation, and the Doctor of the Church Gregory of Narek in particular, bless our meetings which I am anticipating impatiently.
“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.”
The political analyst stressed a few crucial facts: Russia is particularly active when presidential elections are held in the U.S., and they focus on internal issues, “Russia may use it, and it’s not excluded, that it allowed Azerbaijan to initiate military operations and the best moment will come for its mediation.”
In his words planning of a military training “is an attempt to show power.” “To some extent this is also manifestation of blackmail to the international community. It’s incomprehensible why both military trainings and Formula 1 are being launched there. Probably this is also an attempt to attach the attention of more people and introduce Azerbaijan as a powerful state,” the spokesman said.
How big is the market? The representative of Yandex, for instance, mentioned in his speech that there are about 25 thousand taxi service providers in Armenia, half of which isn’t registered. This, of course, is the result of their survey, and it’s difficult to say how close it’s to the reality.
“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.”
When will the tanks supplied by Russia recently act? When another footage will be spread on the internet, in which Armenian soldiers will be commanded to wait and not to shoot? When a few more generals will be arrested? And finally, when the April war will be resumed or the issue of that war be settled within other agreements? It’s all a matter of time.
More or less object agreement reached in St. Petersburg refers increasing the number of observers at the contact line. However, it should be noted, that increase of the number of OSCE observers is considered a step deriving from installation of investigative mechanisms, which was touched upon after the Vienna meeting.