17:51 • 30.04.21
Azerbaijan s non-participation in the Eurasian Economic Union s (EAEU) Intergovernmental Council Session today is not a sign at all that the member states have abandoned the plans to integrate the country into the interstate bloc, says Anna Karapetyan, the director of the analytical center
Hayatsk (Insight).
According to her, the move to bring the issue on the agenda shortly after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) indicates the start of a serious process not absolutely implying Azerbaijan s unconditional membership .
In an interview with
ArmNews TV Channel s Lilit Tumanyan, the expert also admitted the complexity of the process, highlighting the expected advantages and disadvantages for both the country on the whole and President Ilham Aliyev personally.
Hayatsk (Insight). Turkey and Azerbaijan see very well that Armenia today has the kind of government which readily fulfills their demands and desires. They have got what they believe an exceptional opportunity, from which they must derive a maximum benefit, she said in a televised interview with ArmNews TV channel s Lilit Tumanyan.
Highlighting the Turkish-Azerbaijani threats and pressures against Armenia - alongside with feigned artificial motivations - the expert also referred to statements by both countries high-ranking officials promising participation in regional projects. They thereby enable the Armenian authorities to convey those false promises to the people, she said. Turkey and Azerbaijan have an agenda not exhausted for now, and they understand that as long as Nikol Pashinyan remains in office, they have the opportunity to reach the assigned goals. For Turkey, it is the abandonment of the Genocide recognition campaign and the national cause. In the case of Az
16:08 • 26.02.21
The international reaction to the ongoing developments in Armenia prompts the authorities the need to enter into a dialogue with the political opposition, the director of the analytical center Hayatsk (Insight) said today, considering the process urgent and inevitable.
Commenting on the February 25 protests attracting two opposing groups (government critics demanding Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation and pro-government activists supporting the incumbent authorities), Anna Karapetyan highlighted also Russia’s somewhat neutral stance amid the “fragile” situation in the region. “Russia has a special stabilizing role to play, and it is important for Russia to prevent a scenario potentially leading to unmanageable changes,” she told ArmNews TV channel’s Lilit Tumanyan during the morning news broadcast.
“Two processes are going on parallelly. On the one hand, Russia maintains contact with the leaderships of Armenia and Azerbaijan, with the main emphasis .