Analyst: The contradictory statements of the president and the Armenian foreign minister are explained by the lack of a clear strategy for solving the Artsakh problem
ArmInfo.The contradictory statements of the president and the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry are explained by the lack of a clear strategy, the policy of resolving the Artsakh problem. The director of the Armenian Center for Strategic and National Studies Manvel Sargsyan expressed such an opinion to ArmInfo.
On September 18, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian at the Armenia-Diaspora forum designated territorial territories as possible territorial concessions, "in the transfer of which there will not be a threat to the security of Artsakh and will not be endangered by a final settlement of the conflict."
On September 20, speaking at the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated that the solution of the Karabakh problem rests on the right of self-determination of the peoples, stressed that any variant of the conflict settlement can not assume a lower status of the Artsakh Republic than the existing one.
"It is extremely important, in this context, in what capacity Yerevan accepts international proposals announced by Nalbandian - topics for discussions or, nevertheless, the basis of the negotiations.In exchange, the Armenian side agreed to surrender the territories if Baku refuses to recognize the right of self-determination of the Artsakh people, refusing to recognize even the interim status of Artsakh. According to the analyst, Nalbandian should explain what Yerevan is negotiating with Baku today, if the latter turns out to even discuss the issue of the status of Artsakh. To explain why he voiced Armenia's readiness to make concessions in the conditions of Azerbaijan's refusal to make concessions to the counterparts, as provided by the updated Madrid principles.
"The international community from Armenia on the issue of Artsakh, in the absence of recognition of the problem of intermediate status for Baku, needs practically nothing, while the foreign minister, articulating Armenia's willingness to make concessions, explains the silence of the remaining details with the threat of an end to the talks." This silence gives the public an opportunity to suspect the authorities in the discussion of the unilateral surrender of territories to Azerbaijan under the pressure of the Russians, "the director of the ACSNI summarized.