(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Sabina Mammadli
Armenia's strong desire to include France in the negotiations
process with Azerbaijan is doomed to failure, Azernews reports per
an article published by the Ankara-based Center for Crisis and
Policy Studies (ANKASAM).
According to the author of the article, Armenian Prime Minister
Nikol Pashinyan wants France to participate in the negotiation
process with Azerbaijan because France's involvement is not a
settlement, but a fuelling of the conflict.
'Furthermore, Pashinyan's actions discredit the EU's respectable
stance in the quest for peace. France, on the other hand, is trying
to become the only mediating actor in the region and wants to prove
that Moscow's efforts for a peace agreement are insufficient,' the
article said.
The article also highlighted that at the same time, Pashinyan is
trying to blackmail Russia, saying that it is ineffective and that
Armenia might consider leaving the Collective Security Treaty
Organization (CSTO), for which he was severely reproached by
President of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenko.
The article stated that in this way, the Armenian prime minister
creates a chaotic situation within the CSTO, thus counteracting
pressure for violating the Brussels and Sochi agreements and trying
to drag France into the center of mediation processes, despite the
fact that it is not neutral. This means a retreat from the quest
for peace in Azerbaijani-Armenian relations, the author pointed
out.
“After Azerbaijan has liberated its territories from occupation
and announced the terms of the final peace with Armenia, it became
obvious that official Baku would not negotiate with any country and
under any circumstances on any legal status of the ethnic Armenian
population. The current geopolitical situation gives Azerbaijan
serious advantages. In the coming years, if not decades, Azerbaijan
will continue to develop and remain an influential political actor,
no matter how much Paris officials try - it will not change
anything,' the author noted.
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