Saturday, October 31 2020 13:30

ArmInfo. Vardan Voskanyan, head of the Department of Iranian Studies at Yerevan State University, considers Iran's plan to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict no longer relevant.

"If you noticed, I hardly mentioned the settlement program proposed  by Iran. There is one reason, it is, in fact, no longer relevant.  Much more important is the Armenian-Iranian bilateral agenda, which  is urgent in the current conditions of hostilities," Voskanyan wrote  on his Facebook page.

Accordingly, Voskanyan continued, it is necessary to ensure  uninterrupted ground communication between the two countries, the  unhindered passage of vital cargo along this route, the creation of  an operational channel for the exchange of information related to the  war, to discuss the possibility of joint anti-terrorist operations  with the support of Iran in the zone near Araks, and a number of  others. questions that are superfluous to write here.

"It would be much better if all this had been done before the war,  but we are where we are," the Iranist concluded.

The special envoy of the Iranian President, Deputy Foreign Minister  Abbas Araghchi said earlier that the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh can  be resolved at the regional level, with the participation of both  Russia and Turkey. "The most important feature of Iran's plan is that  it has a regional approach, and we can fight and confront this crisis  using a regional approach and with the participation of countries  with influence in the region. Naturally, Russia is one of the most  important countries such as and Turkey, " Araghchi said.

According to him, the second "feature of the plan" is its "realism  and attention to reality." "Until now, three times a ceasefire was  established in Nagorno-Karabakh, which was violated. In my opinion,  one of the reasons for this is that the realities of the region and  field realities in the region are not taken into account.  In fact,  The ceasefire is envisaged in the second stage of the Islamic  Republic of Iran's program, and at the first stage, the plan focuses  on a number of principles and calls on the conflicting countries to  prove their adherence to these principles, "the diplomat said.