ArmInfo.After the meetings of the Prime Minister of Armenia with the President of Azerbaijan in Dushanbe and Moscow, it became clear that Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev speak out about each other, if not with sympathy, then rather carefully and correctly. In my opinion, this is the main point that we observe after their two meetings. "Humanitarian Research Public Association" (Baku) Avaz Hasanov expressed the opinion to ArmInfo
"In order to talk about some real progress in the negotiations on Karabakh, it should be noted that we have at the moment. In addition to the change in the tone of communication between leaders, I can note some understanding in the power corridors in Azerbaijan regarding the internal situation in Armenia. . We have repeatedly heard and continue to hear from high officials in Baku that, in order to intensify the negotiation process on Karabakh, Pashinyan must first normalize the internal situation in Armenia. That is, hereto treated with understanding in Azerbaijan, "he noted.
On January 8, RA Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan confirmed ArmInfo with the information on the proposal of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs to organize a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mammadyarov in January. The previous ministerial meeting, mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, took place on December 5 in Milan.
In this light, the expert believes that it's too early to talk about the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, however, the process goes on and is quite active, as indicated by the meetings of the Foreign Ministers. According to his estimates, there are no shifts and new proposals in this process, however, according to pro-government experts and some officials in Baku, there are many expectations on the negotiation process.
"What this means" a lot "to understand to people like me is very difficult. We can only guess. As far as I understand, so far Pashinyan and Aliyev have decided to closely monitor ceasefire violations," Hasanov concluded. Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group has been involved in resolving the Karabakh conflict, represented by the co-chairs from Russia, the USA and France. At present, the settlement process is proceeding on the basis of the Madrid Principles put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs in 2007 and the Madrid Principles updated in 2009, among other things, providing for the deployment of a peacekeeping force in the conflict zone.