Turkish medication in Armenia-Azerbaijani normalization of no benefit
ArmInfo.Turkey cannot be a mediator in the peaceful settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations - by choosing Turkey as a mediator, Armenia in fact sets itself another enemy and says that it will fight against two.
Analyst, PhD in History, research fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute (APRI Armenia) Sergey Melkonyan expressed a similar opinion in a conversation with journalists. Speaking about mediation, the expert called for paying attention to the results of negotiations, including those with Russian mediation, which did not lead to positive results, those with the EU mediation - after which Artsakh was lost, directly with Azerbaijan - as a result, the surrender of part of Tavush. "Consequently, Turkey's mediation will not change anything. If the goals are set differently, then maybe we will get different results," Melkonyan said.
In his opinion, the mediator must be able to bear responsibility, but no one has. "Especially Turkey will not be able to, because it continues to put pressure on Armenia," the researcher noted. Touching upon the results of the meeting between Pashinyan and Erdogan in New York, in the Turkish House, Melkonyan called the latter an attempt to show that there is a dialogue between the parties. He recalled that Armenia took part in the inauguration ceremony of the Turkish president at various levels in 2021, and over all these years, no results have been achieved as a result of the negotiations. "With such gestures, the Armenian authorities are trying to show that the chosen agenda is being successfully implemented, although in fact this is not the case," the historian emphasized.