Friday, August 20 2021 11:59

ArmInfo. The periodically increasing aggressiveness and maximalism of Azerbaijan have already become a problem for the international community. Head of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

"I think that it is the OSCE Minsk Group mediating countries that should be much more active in restraining the expansionist mood of the Azerbaijani leadership. Let us recall, for example, the recent accusation by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry against Armenia of  "non-fulfillment of trilateral agreements," in particular, the refusalin connection with the withdrawal of Armenian servicemen from Artsakh," he stressed.

In the opinion of the political scientist, Azerbaijan, which has gone too far, has already turned into a problem for the international community, first of all, into a problem for Russia. In his opinion, it was Moscow that endowed Baku with a number of advantages in relation to Yerevan, including actually giving Azerbaijan Shushi, the Hadrut region of Artsakh, etc. Accordingly, now it is Moscow that will have to to respond to the continuous growth of Baku's demands.

"I can say that such a reaction is already coming from Russia, for example, in the form of a recent statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense about the violation of the ceasefire in Artsakh by Azerbaijan.  Moreover, using the phrase "armed formations of Nagorno-Karabakh", Moscow, in defiance of Baku's demands, actually recognizes the right of Artsakh to defense, thereby opposing Azerbaijani maximalism," he stressed.

Commenting on the current relations of Armenia with the CSTO, the political scientist noted that the very fact of Yerevan's dissatisfaction with the Collective Security Treaty Organization contains the basis for Armenia's appeal to other centers of power and  international organizations with a proposal for cooperation in the field of security.

"It is clear that during the last meeting in Yerevan, Prime Minister Pashinyan expressed all this dissatisfaction to the CSTO Secretary General , in parallel with the proposals on the role of the CSTO in resolving tension on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. What will be the response of the CSTO, only time will tell - it is clear, that the CSTO does not make decisions. The decisions are made by the member states, and it is possible that they or even one country may refuse Armenia the monitoring mission. That's normal, each member country has the right to veto. But such a refusal will untie the hands of Yerevan to start acting on the issue of ensuring the security of our borders and in other directions, "the political scientist summed up.