Russian expert: Yerevan has cooled Russia's desire to take their word for granted

Yerevan's attempts to involve third countries in peacekeeping processes have somewhat cooled Russia's desire to take their word for granted, an expert on interethnic conflicts, a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia Yevgeny Mikhailov told Report, commenting on the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which took place in Moscow yesterday.

"Yerevan has only one thing left - to prove its loyalty to its guarantor with deeds. And it seems that now, during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's main provisions at which Yerevan's future is guaranteed have been voiced," Mikhailov noted.

The expert stressed that these provisions are not linked to the agreements reached with Moscow's mediation in November 2020, which ended hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and developed a specific roadmap to achieving a final peace treaty subject to complete delimitation and demarcation of borders.

"In the near future, we will learn more about the results of the negotiations. Each such meeting between Putin and Pashinyan improves Armenia's understanding that it is necessary to find common denominators with neighbors and not dream of revenge, which will lead to unambiguous chaos in the region and the loss of statehood," he added.

Mikhailov believes that Yerevan has already been put in the conditions when the agreements reached in November 2020 must be fulfilled in the coming months or even weeks.

He said it would happen if Yerevan does not deceive again and does not start its next game on the side.