Arman Melikyan: To achieve a lasting peace it is necessary to take into account the interests of Azerbaijan

The Madrid principles cannot lead to the peace. In the region, the balance is created between the forces that have certain political approaches, such as Russia, the West, Iran, and Turkey precisely through these principles. Former Foreign Minister of Artsakh Arman Melikyan adds that this balance will be maintained until one of these forces takes serious steps to break it. “This step will be made by the efforts of the conflicting sides; that is, Armenia and Azerbaijan will be encouraged to take this step. Although the situation has not yet matured, everything leads to this,” he says.

According to Melikyan, Armenia and Artsakh do not have the spare ways in their policy, through which it would be possible to pave new ways for negotiations and make new proposals. “It is necessary to take into account the interests of Azerbaijan too. To achieve a lasting peace, it is necessary to take into account the interests of both sides,” Arman Melikyan says.

The former minister also adds, in the South Caucasus, the military actions may begin, for example, in the case of military actions on the borders of Iran. The details of the conversation in the program “Paradigm”.