ArmInfo.The United States is now one of the key deterrents against new military provocations against Armenia by Baku and Ankara, political analyst Hovsep Khurshudyan said in an interview with ArmInfo.
"The frequency of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's telephone calls to Yerevan and Baku is only one of the illustrations of Washington's relevant efforts. In this context, I would like to note both the clear and public identification of Azerbaijan as the immediate source of such provocations and Blinken's latest talks with Pashinyan and Aliyev," he said.
The USA's heightened interest in the region is in Armenia's interests, primarily due to the fact that it is preventing Ilham Aliyev from further adventurous actions. Baku goes on associating solutions to regional problems - Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and Artsakh problem - with possible use of force.
In this context, by means of regular calls to Yerevan and Baku, with Mr Blinken supervising the processes, the U.S. Department of State is seeking to restore the regional balance Azerbaijan disturbed during the 44- day war. Otherwise, the situation is pregnant with resumed hostilities. In this context, Mr Khurshudyan stressed that the U.S. diplomacy is the "minimum threshold" ensuring security guarantees for Armenia.
And in the same context, the expert highlights Washington regularly mentioning the significant role of the OSCE Minsk Group as the only international agency dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process - a settlement implying the pre-war - not post-war - balance. This suggests that the OSCE Minsk Group is not at all going to legitimate the results of the 44-day war. And whoever says anything, the Minsk Group is still existent as none of the co-chairing states is really interested in it being dissolved.
"Of course, Aliyev has been inspired by Russia's actions in Ukraine, and he is, beyond doubt, a beneficiary of a world order where all the problems would be resolved by means of arms rather than on the basis of international law, and Aliyev is not at all concealing it. He stated that in Zangelan, saying that it is force of arms rather than international law that is dominating the world now. And it is Washington's messages that are an attempt to sober him up and prevent one more military gamble on his part," Mr Khurshudyan said.