Baku helped Armenia?
Maintenance of Karabakh's status quo derives from the interests of Yerevan and Baku and will enable the conflicting parties to resume talks over the Karabakh conflict, says political scientist Arman Melikyan.
He blames the failure of the Kazan-based trilateral presidential meeting on Russia.
"The general approach to the tripartite meeting was as follows: Moscow was to broker the surrender of liberated territories to Azerbaijan, ensuring its military presence in return. Besides, Russia was to establish a network of military bases in Azerbaijan to prevent the further cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO," says Karabakh's former foreign minister.
Melikyan says Armenian authorities approved of the plan. However, the Armenian side was able to avoid the ‘sad scenario due to Azerbaijan's rough position.'
Political scientist advises Armenians not to pay much significance to Uruguay's move to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and says Armenia should be the first country to recognize the NKR.
In an unprecedented announcement Friday, the Foreign Minister of Uruguay Luis Almagro said that his government has begun the process to make an official announcement regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.
