ArmInfo.The Azerbaijani sabotage and activity in the Tavush direction in general, amid intensified negotiations, raise suspicions about the content of the current negotiation process on Artsakh. A similar opinion was expressed by ArmInfo, the leader of the Democratic Party Aram Sargsyan.
"The Geneva talks between the Foreign Ministers lasted two days, as long as 11 hours. Moreover, their contents were not disclosed to the public. Nevertheless, our Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan periodically makes assurances about measures to maintain stability and control the situation. And against the background of all this, we see sabotage at the border. This raises questions about the fidelity of the direction taken in negotiations by our Foreign Ministry," he emphasized.
On March 6, Azerbaijani servicemen attempted sabotage penetration into one of the combat positions located on the Tavush site of the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border. The response actions of the personnel of the Armenian Armed Forces led to a retreat accompanied by losses by saboteurs to their original positions. The enemy left ammunition and a clearance device. There are no losses among the personnel of the Armed Forces of Armenia - one soldier was slightly injured. It should be noted that over the past days, Baku announced the loss of three troops in the Tavush direction.
As a possible motivation for Azerbaijan to resume the long-stalled sabotage activity of politicians, he pointed out foreign policy factors. According to him, the next surge in Turkish activity around the Karabakh conflict settlement process against the backdrop of the Russian-Turkish talks around Idlib looks very suspicious.
"The next aggressive anti-Armenian statements by Turkish President Recep Erdogan in Baku, support for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, his meeting in Ankara with the co-chairs. It is important that no explanation and presentation of the contents of this meeting was made by the mediators. Our Foreign Ministry needs to be requested from the co-chairs Yes, Turkey is a member of the OSCE Minsk Group, and there are 9 such members, but for some reason, mediators only discuss the situation with Turkey, "Sargsyan concluded.
Following the meeting held in Ankara on March 2 with the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Chavushoglu voiced a call to mediators on a call to "resolve the conflict within the framework of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan."