"Peace treaty" promoted by Azerbaijan does not make sense without  determining status of Artsakh - Expert

ArmInfo.The blocking of the road linking Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia by the so-called Azerbaijani "environmental activists" has a number of goals. One of them is to  cause a humanitarian catastrophe in Artsakh, the population of which  has repeatedly, including after the 2020 war, rejected any prospect  of being part of Azerbaijan, insisting on the need to exercise their  natural right to self- determination.

Doctor of Political Sciences, an expert in the field of cross-border infrastructure projects Vahe Davtyan, expressed this opinion in his Telegram channel.

According to the expert, in this sense, Baku's actions aimed at  paralyzing the transport connection between Armenia and Artsakh are a  direct violation of international humanitarian law, as well as the  basic foundations of international law as such.

Another, no less significant task pursued by Baku is to demonstrate  the inefficiency and, consequently, the inappropriateness of the  presence of Russian peacekeepers. Davtyan believes, that this is a  direct challenge to the Russian presence in Artsakh and in the region  as a whole.  Most likely, the issue will be resolved in the next few  hours, but it is important to understand that today's incidents are  symptomatic, and it is important to consider them from the point of  view of the possibility of development of the situation in Artsakh in  the short term.  According to the political scientist, the ''peace  treaty'' promoted by Azerbaijan makes no sense and, in fact, is  impossible without determining the status of Artsakh in accordance  with the right of peoples to self- determination. Otherwise, any  document signed by Yerevan will lead to genocidal consequences for  the Artsakh Armenians. < As Schlegel wrote, history is a reverse  prophecy. Today it is important to realize this more than ever>,  Davtyan noted.

It should be noted that on December 12 at 10:30 am a group of  Azerbaijanis in civilian clothes blocked the Stepanakert-Goris  highway, "for environmental reasons." Armenian telegram channels have  already identified employees of the Azerbaijani special services  among the so-called ecologists. The Azerbaijanis are trying to  provoke Russian peacekeepers, and have set up a tent on the only road  linking Artsakh with Armenia. The road remains closed to this day.  The so-called Azerbaijani "environmentalists" have lit up with a  demonstration of the "Grey Wolves" symbol of the Turkish  ultra-nationalists.