“If Azerbaijan is not punished, it will become more impertinent and continue to escalate the Artsakh conflict by the policy of creeping war”: told Ara Papyan, addressing the another violation by the Azerbaijani side on the border. Let us remind you that during 2 days the Armenian side has had 4 victims. The political analyst does not think that this year Azerbaijan will undertake a large-scale war: “Azerbaijan cannot reach sufficient combination of weaponry. Besides, the consequences of war are not predictable. They have understood that in that case Armenians unite and counterattack, which appears to become tragic to Azerbaijan.”
Pursuant to the conviction of the speaker, the chairs of Minsk group should toughen the policy towards Azerbaijan: “If punishments do not follow, the announcements will have no influence.” Ara Papyan thinks in the current situation the Armenian side should announce – we have right to stab in the points of Azerbaijan which encourage war and have a great economic significance to Azerbaijan.
Then Ara Papyan stated that Azerbaijan’s power is in its oil and gas outcome: “They export through Yevlakh, which is 50 km distant from our positions. Azerbaijan should understand that its economic development is under a threat.”
Luiza SUKIASYAN
