Abu Dhabi meeting failure - expert 

ArmInfo. . Yesterday's meeting in Abu Dhabi between RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, contrary to the expectations of the Armenian authorities, turned out to be, to put it mildly, unsuccessful.  Azerbaijan expert Tatevik Hayrapetyan shares this point of view.

In her analysis on her Facebook page, she noted that even the  Armenian prime minister's propaganda machine is silent on the matter,  perhaps believing that it is not worth so actively spreading false  expectations about the meeting. "In my opinion, Pashinyan hoped that  his numerous efforts to meet the demands of the Azerbaijani side  would be appreciated. Moreover, Erdogan intervened, the American side  exerted pressure, and, as a result, Aliyev will come not with new  demands, but with the intention of consolidating what has already  been achieved. But this did not happen, because no one can understand  and comprehend Aliyev's inexhaustible appetite, who knows exactly  what he wants, and therefore resists various international pressures.  What happened that the head of Azerbaijan did not put forward new  demands? Aliyev understands perfectly well that until a clear set of  tools is used against him, and all geopolitical players simply  flatter him, the cards will be in his hands, and the game can  continue. None of the players wants to understand how important it is  for the Aliyev administration to maintain the image of an enemy that  he cannot abandon. Even after 2020, the President of Azerbaijan is  increasingly promoting this image. Against this background, there is  no and cannot be real reconciliation between peoples; in Azerbaijan,  they even arrest those who talk about reconciliation," the expert  wrote.

She added that after November 9, at a meeting with Pashinyan, she  directly told him that the defeated leader could not negotiate, it  was not in the interests of Armenia for objective and subjective  reasons. "I did not say this to offend him, it was unpleasant for me  to say this, I simply said what I thought, because I need a  full-fledged and truly sovereign Armenia, as a citizen of Armenia, I  need the interests of the Armenian state to be represented in the  negotiations. I do not want the representatives of my state to return  with an updated list of Aliyev's wishes against my state. I would be  very glad to be wrong, and I would very much like the defeated leader  to be able to negotiate in the interests of Armenia, but  unfortunately, the reality is completely different ... ", - noted  Tatevik Hayrapetyan. 

Meanwhile, according to the expert, Aliyev has so many  vulnerabilities, so many missed opportunities that even in this  difficult situation there are still opportunities to change the  situation in the interests of Armenia.  This requires intelligence,  will, perseverance and tireless work.