Vahe Hovhannisyan: 1 or 1.5 people decide the nation`s fate at their  own discretion

ArmInfo. Political scientist  and co-founder of the group Vahe Hovhannisyan  believes that after the war, Armenia lacks the capacity to engage in  Armenian-Azerbaijani-Turkish negotiations without a mediator and  withstand their demands.

In his opinion, it is currently very challenging to make any public  judgments about the Armenian- Azerbaijani negotiations, as they are  being conducted in a strictly closed regime. he pointed  out.  According to him, while the public and political elites remain  indifferent to what is happening around them, in particular, the  events in Syria, which are links in the same chain, in Armenia only  1-2 people determine the fate and  future of the country. "We have  all witnessed the consequences of allowing a select few to decide the  fate of an entire nation over the past 5-6 years," the expert said.

Meanwhile, the negotiation process switched to a "closed" format  immediately after the removal of the mediators, according to the  political scientist. After the war, the Republic of Armenia lacks the  resources to engage in Armenian-Azerbaijani-Turkish negotiations  without a mediator and withstand their demands, he emphasized.

"Official Yerevan has emphasized several times that we do not need  mediators. In my opinion, Yerevan is fulfilling Azerbaijan's direct  demand, and Azerbaijan, with its eastern dexterity, has good  relations with both Russia and the West. However, all dangerous and  controversial ideas are voiced by official Yerevan," Hovhannisyan   said. He also pointed out that negotiations without a mediator are  not  in Armenia's interests, as both Azerbaijan and Turkey could  easily break any agreement at any time.