Mutual obligations between Yerevan and Baku cannot be established in conditions of zero trust - opposition MP

ArmInfo. Mutual obligations  between Yerevan and Baku cannot be established in conditions of zero  trust, especially since there are no mediators and visible guarantees  of their proper implementation. This was stated by Tigran Abrahamyan,  a member of the Armenian parliament from the opposition faction With  Honor, commenting on yesterday's statements by the President of  Azerbaijan.

"Against the backdrop of statements by Yerevan and Baku about the  completion of "peace" negotiations, the President of Azerbaijan  stated that trust in Armenia is close to zero. Recalling Pashinyan's  statement on Renaissance Square in Stepanakert: "Artsakh is Armenia  and that's it", Aliyev noted that there are no people in the current  government of Armenia who can be trusted," the Armenian MP stated.

In this vein, he noted that everyone knows that Azerbaijan has often  made disrespectful and contemptuous statements about the current  government, but when this is said in the context of a discussed and  agreed upon document, it shows that the parties are still far from  peace.

"Mutual obligations cannot be established between the parties in  conditions of zero trust, especially since there are no  intermediaries and visible guarantees of their proper  implementation," Abrahamyan concluded.

Earlier, Azerbaijani media reported that Ilham Aliyev said at the  "Global Baku Forum" that "The level of trust in Armenia is close to  zero, and Baku does not trust a single word they say." 

"Whatever they say has no meaning for us. We need documents, we need  papers. We need their constitution to remove any territorial claims  against Azerbaijan. They are still there. We need the OSCE Minsk  Group to be dissolved. This is our message to Armenia, and we declare  that there is no logic in preserving the Minsk Group. It was created  to resolve the Karabakh issue. Today, this issue has been resolved.  Armenia recognizes Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. Why don't you join  us and submit a joint statement to the OSCE to dissolve the  organization? They don't want to," Aliyev said.