Tuesday, July 13 2021 13:08

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev got a very weighty slap in the face from the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group on Shushi. A similar opinion was  expressed to ArmInfo by  head of the Armenian Institute for  International and Security Affairs Styopa Safaryan.

 "Apparently, the refusal of the ambassadors of the United States,  Russia and France to attend the shameful event organized by  Aliyev's  administration in occupied Shushi became a clear and very unambiguous  message to Aliyev. They made it clear, that the bloody solution to  the conflict around Artsakh is a solution only in his understanding.  And so they just won't let him digest what he has done, "he said.

On July 10, on the personal instruction of Ilham Aliyev, a visit of  the diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan - ambassadors of 46  states to Artsakh Shushi occupied by the Azerbaijani army was  organized.  However, the ambassadors of the United States, France and  Russia, not accepting the invitation from Baku, refused tovisit the  occupied city.

In the opinion of the analyst, what is happening is especially  topical in view of the continuing aggression of Aliyev's Azerbaijan,  now against the sovereign territory of Armenia. The invasion of the  Azerbaijani army into the territory of Gegharkunik and Syunik regions  of Armenia, the current tension on the border, Safaryan considers a  direct continuation of the aggressive policy and the war unleashed by  Baku last year against Artsakh.  Nevertheless, starting from the  statements made by officials from Moscow recently, according to which  "the situation on the borders is not connected with the Karabakh  conflict ", the analyst gets the impression of certain changes in  Russia's position on the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani  border. The lack of awareness in Moscow that the current situation on  the border with Azerbaijan is a direct consequence of the guaranteed  surrender of the Karvachar and Kashatag regions of Artsakh to  Azerbaijan on November 9, 2011, causes deep concern.

"It is noteworthy that initially Yerevan's point of view on  Azerbaijan's violation of our border coincided, at least, with the  opinion of the Russian military leadership. However, it began to  change after the actions of the Azerbaijani military on May 12. Thus,  one gets the impression that such changes were the result of certain  promises made by Baku. There is no other way to explain such changes  in Moscow's opinion, which in no way eliminates Russia's  responsibility for the situation as a guarantor of the implementation  of the process begun on November 9. In particular, the process of  defining the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the basis of  Soviet topographic and other maps",  Safaryan summed up.