ArmInfo.The protest movement in Armenia has two components: objective and artificial, external, associated with Russia. This opinion was expressed in an interview with the opposition Russian TV channel Dozhd by Stepan Grigoryan, director of the Armenian Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation.

ArmInfo. The Lachin corridor connecting Armenia with Artsakh was closed not only by Azerbaijanis. Russia also plays its role here. Head of the Analytical  Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan  stated .

ArmInfo. Quite substantial talks between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan were held in Washington through the mediation of the US Secretary of  State, however, for obvious reasons, nothing was signed, but the  parties did not come to a common denominator. Stepan Grigoryan, head  of the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation,  stated this on November 8 at a press conference in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.I do not think that Azerbaijan will use the roads provided by Armenia to communicate with the Nakhichevan exclave. Political scientist Stepan Grigoryan  expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The Joint Armenian-Azerbaijani Contact Group on Confidence Building Measures in Support of Lasting Peace in the South Caucasus (JOLIG), consisting of  11 Armenian and Azerbaijani independent experts and opinion makers,  met in Kachreti, Georgia, June 27 and June 28, 2022 to review its  activities and agree on a strategy on how its work on  confidence-building measures can contribute to efforts towards a  lasting peace in the South Caucasus.

ArmInfo. Maintaining the status quo in Artsakh and in relations with Azerbaijan will not improve Armenia's positions. Therefore, it is not in Armenia's interests, the  political scientist Stepan Grigoryan said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.The reason for Russian Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Khovaev's new status, Special Envoy of the RF Foreign Minister for Armenian-Azerbaijani  normalization, is the desire to present it as a result of the USA and  France refusing to work with Russia within the OSCE Minsk Group, the  political scientist Stepan Grigoryan said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Russia is staking its all in Ukraine. In any case, all of Moscow's recent steps are evidence thereof, Stepan Grigoryan, Head of the Analytical Center on  Globalization and Regional Cooperation, said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan's visit to France is evidence of an urgent need for Armenia to search for alternatives in ensuring its security, the political  scientist Stepan Grigoryan said in an interview with ArmInfo.  

ArmInfo.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will receive Euro 2bln financial aid from the European Union (EU) for his anti-Russian stance over Ukraine, Stepan  Grigoryan, Director of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and  Regional Cooperation (ACGRC), told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo. Membership in the Union State of the Russian Federation and Belarus will lead to the loss of a number of rights by Armenia. A similar opinion was  expressed to ArmInfo by head of Analytical Centre on Globalization  and Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan.

ArmInfo."In view of the critically important normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, I disagree entirely with the opponents of the process, especially with  fifth columnist," Stepan Grigoryan, Board Chairman, Analytical Centre  on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC), told ArmInfo. 

ArmInfo.In an interview with ArmInfo, the political scientist Stepan Grigoryan said that as a person who has over the last three decades dealt with the conflict  over Artsakh he does not know about any documents that are  essentially different from the Madrid principles.  

ArmInfo.The Pahinyan-Aliyev meeting in Brussels should be appreciated in the context of the issue of renunciation of the use of force, which, beyond doubts, was raised  by President of the European Council Charles Michel, political  scientist Stepan Grigoryan told ArmInfo.  

ArmInfo. The main task of the OSCE Minsk Group mediators in New York is to create conditions in which Ilham Aliyev will have no choice but to return to the  negotiating table. Head of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and  Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan wants to get everything, including control over Stepanakert. Although not so long ago, Baku could only dream of control over the Artsakh Shushi  and Hadrut. Head of the Analytical Center for Globalization and  Regional Cooperation Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The periodically increasing aggressiveness and maximalism of Azerbaijan have already become a problem for the international community. Head of the Analytical Centre on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation (ACGRC) Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.Considering the directions proposed by the European Union for investing the provided financial resources, it becomes clear that one of the main goals of  this support program is to turn Armenia into a transit country. Head  of the Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation  (ACGRC) Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The main result of the early parliamentary elections held in Armenia is that the people (54% of the Armenian society who voted) once again rejected the "former  authorities". A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by head of  the Analytical Center on Globalization and Regional Cooperation,  political scientist Stepan Grigoryan.

ArmInfo. Russia perfectly realizes and sees how dissatisfaction with "Lavrov's plan" is consistently growing in Armenia. It is here that one should look for the origins  of the reasons for the recent statement by the head of the Russian  Foreign Ministry "about the centuries-old friendship of the two  peoples," "the importance of Armenia for Russia," and so on. Head of  the Analytical Center for Globalization and Regional Cooperation  Stepan Grigoryan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.