Azerbaijani analyst: Transition of the conflict to the hot phase does  not suit either Azerbaijan or Armenia

ArmInfo. Despite the intensification of the meetings of the Foreign Ministers and the  leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia over the past year and a half, in  general, the parties continue to imitate the negotiation process on  Karabakh today. A similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo, the  famous Azerbaijani analyst Rauf Mirkadyrov.

"For Baku and Yerevan, the main thing for today is at least constant  contact, a dialogue with the aim of preventing another aggravation of  the situation on the contact line. The main thing, for both sides of  the conflict, - Prevent at this stage of its transition to the hot  phase. The fact is that at this stage, such a prospect does not suit  either Azerbaijan or Armenia. And in this light, it is absolutely  unimportant whether this is done through the Madrid, Kazan principles  or through the "Lavrov's plan," he stressed.

In this light, the analyst is not inclined to a serious perception of  statements about allegedly ongoing substantive negotiations, as a  result of which the contours of a future agreement are already being  determined. Mirkadyrov also does not consider the recent statement by  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the availability of  opportunities for compromise to be serious. According to him, there  were many such plans and opportunities throughout the negotiation  process on Karabakh, but they all ended in nothing.

"What is the difference between the Lavrov's plan and other similar  plans, we, unfortunately, do not know.  First of all, the details,  the red lines that rest on the issue of determining the status of  Nagorno-Karabakh are unknown. Issues of the return of the Kelbajar  and Lachin regions to Azerbaijan are also important.  Thus, for  Azerbaijan "Territorial integrity, and for Armenia - the" Miazum "or  the independence of Karabakh, continue to be a barrier to  compromise," he emphasized.

Last week, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that  negotiations with the Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan  "discuss specific and real issues," in particular various documents,  the last of which, allegedly on the initiative of Yerevan, is the  "Lavrov's plan". Mamedyarov praised the "Lavrov's plan" as based on  the Madrid principles, "the result of intense discussions held two  years ago in Moscow."

Commenting on Mamedyarov's statement, Armenian Foreign Ministry  spokeswoman Anna Naghdalyan stated that at this stage there was no  discussion about any document. According to Naghdalyan, Yerevan is in  the negotiations for the realization of the right of the people of  Artsakh to self-determination. "Thus, all those proposals that do not  imply self-determination of the Artsakh people are unacceptable for  Armenia," Naghdalyan said.