Thursday, July 21 2022 16:06

ArmInfo.Prospects for peace and an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreement are hardly optimistic, expert in national security Hrachya Arzumanyan said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

"In the context of Baku's entirely different approaches peace can  hardly be talked about. [Azerbaijani President Ilham] Aliyev  continues building up thee country's military forces, issuing threats  to Armenia and Artrakh. And I am not going to regard such 'shotgun  peace' as a real settlement of problems. By signing such commitments  we will not receive peace, but rather a direct way to a new war," Mr  Arzumanyan said. 

The recent regular sniping of Armenia's territory by Azerbaijan is  evidence of threats and pressure as well.  This policy is evidence of  Azerbaijan defending its position on Armenia over the last two  decades - positions aimed at destroying the Armenian state. 

Baku is not at all concealing that, while the Armenian leaders'  optimistic talks about achieving peace sound strange. Baku could  change its position only if the key geopolitical actors - Moscow,  Tehran, Ankara and the Collective West - change theirs. 

"It is quite clear, geopolitical centers of power are decision-makers  - not Nikol Pashinyan or Ilham Aliyev - - both in our region and in  others. So real changes in the region depend on changes in the  relations between the centers in question. It is possible, but  calling these processes peace processes, much less expecting  Pashinyan or Aliyev to push ahead with them, is somewhat unserious,"  Mr Arzumanyan said.