Politician: Negotiations without mediators led to Armenia making  unprecedented concessions

ArmInfo. Negotiations without mediators resulted in Armenia making unprecedented concessions to agree on the text of a peace treaty, essentially meeting almost all  of Azerbaijan's demands. However, a signed document was still not  received. Edmon Marukyan,  the leader of the "Enlightened Armenia"  party,  wrote on his Facebook page.

"Our society is well aware of my stance  against negotiations with  Azerbaijan without mediators.  Unfortunately, the Azerbaijani-Turkish  version has become dominant, suggesting that mediators allegedly take  sides and  hinder the process. The same was stated by the Armenian  political science community. As a result, the authorities have  gradually moved away from the mediation of Russia,  the European  Union and, finally, the United States, opting instead for Erdogan's  mediation and finding themselves at a disadvantage against the  Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem," the politician noted.

He pointed to the example of Iran, which refuses direct negotiations  with the United States and demands the services of mediators.  "Negotiations without mediators resulted in Armenia making  unprecedented concessions in order to agree on the text of the Peace  Agreement, essentially satisfying almost all of Azerbaijan's demands,  but never receiving a signed document. And the Iranian authorities  are much more far-sighted and act, guided by the interests of their  people. We have talked a lot about what happened, what is happening  and the consequences. This reflection seeks to reassess the  vulnerability of the approach to negotiations without mediators,  focusing on  the recent case of Iran," the leader of the Enlightened  Armenia party noted.