Monday, June 27 2022 12:39

ArmInfo. Baku is seeking to sign a peace agreement with Yerevan in a bilateral or even trilateral format with the participation of Moscow or Brussels, but not in the OSCE  Minsk Group format, Russian military expert Vladimir Yevseyev said in  an interview with ArmInfo. 

"It should be noted that, as the country that gained victory in the  last war Azerbaijan is consistently rejecting all the proposals by  the OSCE Minsk Group. It is actually incapable now, and I have  serious doubts that it could be capable tomorrow," he said. 

He cites a number of reasons for Baku's behavior. He singles out the  Azerbaijani leadership's desire to take advantage of the  "geopolitical pendulum that has swung in its favor now" and obtain as  many preferences as possible from both the European Union and from  Russia. 

In this context, Mr Yevseyev points out that during the period  immediately after the 44-day war, Baku, in its own interests,  supported Moscow's mediation simultaneously rejecting that of the  OSCE. However, after the Russian peacekeepers were deployed in  Artsakh, President Ilham Aliyev "changed his tune" and is now  speaking against Russia's military presence, in unison with the West  represented by the EU. 

"In any case, the West - the USA and EU - are not at all going to  'kiss the Minsk Group goodbye', while Russia is seeking to reconcile  its independent actions with its activities within the OSCE Minsk  Group.  Moscow intends to continue its own policy toward Yerevan and  Baku under the three trilateral agreements.  Evidence thereof is, for  example, is the recently held meeting between the Russian, Armenian  and Azerbaijani vice-premier," Mr Yeseyev said.