Political analyst Suren Sargsyan reflected on a meeting of Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held in Stockholm on Thursday.
Blinken also held a separate meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
“The meetings were of "regional" character. That is, the main topics of discussion were the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the realities formed after the 44-day war, but not the bilateral agenda. There is no bilateral agenda as such. The fact remains that neither Pompeo and Mnatsakanyan nor Mirzoyan and Blinken would have met If not for the 44-day war, because there is nothing else to discuss,” he wrote on Facebook on Friday.
“What is the policy pursued by the U.S. in the South Caucasus after the war?
1. First of all, the U.S., as a global superpower, cannot remain indifferent to the South Caucasus.
2. Moreover, it is not only about the unblocking of communications, but also about the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group. That is why the U.S. says that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has not yet been resolved and the sides have not reached a lasting solution. This means that there must be negotiations with the participation of the U.S. as well.
3. Over the past year, the U.S. has been pushed out of the peace process to a certain extent, giving way to the Russian Federation.
4. The formation of the 3+3 format would also entail the removal of the U.S. from the regional processes, at least in terms...
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