“They say that Serzh Sargsyan will come back from the meeting with Aliyev with mourning news of war. Do you have such expectations?, to the Aravot.am, today, the Republican Party faction MP, Khosrov Harutyunyan responded, “No, I do not think so. No matter how hard Aliyev tries to swagger, the war is not profitable to anyone, both the people in the region, including Azerbaijan, personally to Aliyev, and the major players, in general. If we consider the tense situation created in Syria, on the one hand, Ukraine, where the situation is seems to be explosive, and if we add another tense situation on the Iranian border, it is not possible. It’s that at least the President of Armenia has answered very clearly and unambiguous that we are not afraid of war, but we do not want to resolve the problem by war. We realize all the consequences of conflict settlement by military actions. Armenia in no case will initiate such steps. I am deeply convinced that such position by the President of Armenia is greatly perceived by the international community and major players.
Secondly, this is the regional leader’s behavior with perspective. The President of Armenia will spare all his efforts, will add to the efforts by the international community, the efforts by the President of Russia to make, however, the border tension significantly mitigated and weakened. To what extent he will be successful, it’s hard to say.” According to Mr. Harutyunyan, Russia taking on the initiative to organize such a meeting of presidents, will promote that the international community would recognize Russia’s strategic interest in the region. Caucasus is an important region for Russia, therefore, it is supposed that Russia should be able to ease the tension in that region. I think that this meeting is very important for the President of Russia. And if we add its international prestige-related problems because of the Ukrainian problem, I think that the outcomes of this meeting are very significant not only for Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan, but above all, perhaps, mostly for RF.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
