Tase: Conference in Brussels could become another threat to peace in South Caucasus

The meeting in the Armenia-US-EU format, which is scheduled for April 5 in Brussels, creates another obstacle to the peace process in the South Caucasus, US political scientist and expert in the sphere of international relations Peter Tase told Report.

He noted that the meeting can also threaten the establishment of peace and security, the values to which Azerbaijan contributes so much effort.

The expert notes that the Brussels conference will be an impetus for further division of the world, which is already in a chaotic state.

The post-Cold War world order of the last century is at a turning point, and the transatlantic allies do not understand that the Armenian authorities are trying to buy time to collect weapons and military technologies, driven by a revanchist mood, he said, adding that this is doomed to fail at the stage of inception.

The political scientist notes that as a result of the upcoming conference, Armenia may receive "approval" to continue environmental terror.

According to the expert, the annual production capacity of the metallurgical plant in the village of Arazdayan, located in Armenia on the border with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, is more than 180,000 tons. He added that this means a large amount of waste water and toxic gas.

He noted that though the Azerbaijani government had repeatedly appealed to international organizations, no serious measures have been taken on this issue.

Tase called on the US State Department not to turn a blind eye to such environmental crimes.

The expert believes that a "favorable" outcome of the conference could be "support for false Armenian rhetoric by Western democracies." This means the inability of major world actors to become impartial mediators and create a neutral platform for negotiations between Baku and Yerevan with the aim of concluding a lasting long-term peace in the South Caucasus.