Friday, February 21 2020 13:19

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is forced to make efforts to push the negotiation process from the edge of the abyss, to which his  predecessors brought him. A similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, ex- Foreign Minister of  Artsakh Arman Melikyan.

"It was through the efforts of previous regimes that the possible  solution to the Karabakh problem was narrowed for Armenia by a choice  between surrender or war. It was for this reason that the  preservation of the status quo was chosen as an acceptable tactic.  Prime Minister Pashinyan has already brought some new accents to the  process, which I assess very positively," - he noted.

Moreover, according to the diplomat, these accents are not enough to  strengthen the Armenian negotiating positions and fully ensure and  protect the national interests. In his opinion, this requires a  radical revision of the negotiation approaches of the Armenian side.  It is necessary to develop an Armenian comprehensive model of a  peaceful settlement, as opposed to the long-developed Azerbaijani  model.

According to him, the essence of the Azerbaijani model is the  withdrawal of the Armenian Armed Forces from the territory of  Artsakh, accompanied by the establishment of full-fledged  military-political and economic control in Baku. If this is not done  within a reasonable time, Azerbaijan will resort to military force.

"The answer to Armenia and Artsakh should be their own, new  settlement concept, which will replace efforts to maintain the status  quo. A concept that could force Baku to abandon aggressive  encroachments in the future. This is the only alternative to the  current negotiations with long-outdated and unrealizable content, the  only unchanging reality in which remains the continuing status quo,  "the diplomat concluded