Chairman of the National Security party Advisor to the Nagorno-Karabakh Permanent Representation in Armenia Garnik Isagulyan believes that Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev’s latest claims that he will peacefully return to Yerevan after Armenia has been depopulated are not worth any attention.
“Azerbaijan’s authorities are in time trouble, being well aware their April gamble largely failed,” Mr Isagulyan said.
During the Nowruz celebrations, Azerbaijan, through mediators, requested that the Armenian side refrain from border escalation. However, in defiance of their own commitments, they unleashed hostilities this April, with rather serious expectations.
“After encountering strong resistance by the Armenian side, they came to realize that there was no succeeding in this way,” he said.
Nagorno-Karabakh has improved its defense, and residents are returning to Talish.
Asked if the Azerbaijani president’s word mean he does not want to resume hostilities now, Mr Isagulyan said:
“I understand Azerbaijan does not rule out it ‘peacefully reaching Armenia’ when Baku itself is not Azerbaijan’s capital. I do not see any other way. They may come to Armenia after they sign a capitulation. And we’ll guar...
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