Political scientist: the main message of the UAE meeting: the war will not resume, but there is no peace either

ArmInfo. The meeting of the  leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Abu Dhabi does not remove the  actual real obstacles  on the path to resolving their  relations.  Political scientist Suren Surenyants wrote  this on his Facebook  page.

According to him, the parties continue to walk on thin ice,  maintaining dialogue, but not addressing the significant issues of  reconciliation, at least as evidenced by the joint press release.  "Various aspects" of the settlement were discussed, "progress in the  demarcation process" was recorded, but substantive issues that could  lead to confrontation or war were bypassed: unblocking  communications, Azerbaijan's aggressive territorial claims, and  delimitation and demarcation of borders. Moreover, in parallel to the  meeting between Pashinyan and Aliyev, the Deputy Foreign Minister of  Armenia made a statement that, at the very least, suggests that the  statement published after the meeting in Abu Dhabi is more of a  general diplomatic text that may overshadow the true content of the  conversation between Pashinyan and Aliyev. If the principles are  observed, Armenia is not against outsourcing the Syunik road," Deputy  Minister Mnatsakan Safaryan said, effectively reaffirming the  American version of the disclose proposal. In essence, the main  message of the meeting in Abu Dhabi is that the war will not resume  at this time, but there is no peace either. And when the process is  limited only to the intention to "continue" without solving the  problem, it is nothing more than an attempt to gain political time.  Moreover, Pashinyan and Aliyev need this "time" for completely  different reasons," the political scientist concluded.