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.