(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 1. At the international
conference under the motto 'South Caucasus: Development and
Cooperation' held at ADA University, President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev absolutely clearly defined the meaning of signing a peace
agreement with Armenia, it will bring stability and long-awaited
peace to the entire region, a political expert and editor-in-chief
of Russia's National Defense magazine Igor Korotchenko told
Trend .
'The main thing here is the position that Armenia should take.
We see rather contradictory signals that are coming today from the
Armenian leadership, from Nikol Pashinyan's inner circle. On the
one hand, commitment and readiness to sign a peace agreement are
declared, but on the other hand, statements are simultaneously
being made that can be interpreted as Yerevan's unwillingness to
recognize Karabakh as an integral part of Azerbaijan. That is, the
thesis about the security of Armenians is again pedaled, it is
again said that Azerbaijan should give some explanations. But what
explanations can be given here, when Pashinyan's signature is under
the tripartite statement, under the subsequent Moscow and Sochi
agreements, under the agreements in Brussels,' he said.
According to him either Armenia fully recognizes the territorial
integrity of Azerbaijan and renounces territorial claims forever,
fixing it legally, including in the Armenian constitution, in a
peace agreement, or again the normalization of the situation is
postponed indefinitely.
'All the same, I would like to hope that at least everything we
hear today from Armenia is exclusively the echoes of the internal
political struggle, where the opposition is trying to attack
Pashinyan, and he is fighting back. Nevertheless, the peace
agreement will be signed on all the proposals that were put forward
by Azerbaijan in due time, including the recognition of territorial
integrity in full,' he noted.
Speaking about the upcoming meeting in Brussels between
representatives of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Korotchenko expressed
hope that Baku and Yerevan would be able to reach a final consensus
on a peace agreement.
'We expect a lot from this meeting, it is key. Russia welcomes
the process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace settlement. The
President of Russia and the Russian Foreign Ministry have always
said that the Russian side welcomes such contacts, agreements,' he
added.
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- Azerbaijan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
- Igor Korotchenko
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