“Azerbaijan’s adventurism can be described as an attempt to pressure the Armenian side in the process of negotiations. It expresses Azerbaijan’s recent impudent behavior. One reason is that the international community has expressed a neutral attitude towards Azerbaijan’s actions, which created a false perception of impunity in Azerbaijan”, touching upon the Artsakh-Azerbaijan border provocations by the enemy, said political analyst Narek Minasyan. Let us remind that within 2 days Armenia suffered 4 losses.
Narek Minasyan reminded that on June 19 the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs are visiting Baku, “Of course, such an adventurism right before the visit affects the co-chairs’ image. I believe that in the summarizing statement on the visit to region Azerbaijan’s actions will be considered, otherwise, the effectiveness of the Minsk Group operation will be under doubt”. The expert noted that on the same day military exercises are expected in Azerbaijan, through which the enemy will again try to pressure the Armenian side.
According to Narek Minasyan, it is noteworthy that in a given situation the actions of the Armenian side will be responded, “They should be more than perceptible for the co-chairs”.
In response to the question whether the co-chairs will again make an addressed statement in the result of the visit to Baku, Minasyan said, “We should not be happy about addressed statements. These are prerequisites for the effective functioning of the Minsk Group. In order to achieve efficiency, the Minsk Group should have made the addressed statements as his style a long while ago, but this rarely happens. Even if they make an addressed statement this time as well, experience has shown that it does not have enough potential to restrain Baku. Here arises a problem of taking another step. I think the co-chairs should consider steps to restrain Azerbaijan in their internal discussions. Within the framework of their mandate, there are possible measures to restrain Baku. Moreover, Russia, the USA, and France in their bilateral relations with Azerbaijan can force the latter to take a constructive position in the Artsakh conflict”.
Luiza SUKIASYAN
