An article by Areg Kochinyan, head of the “Center for Security Policy Research,” for the Heinrich Boll Foundation.
The article was also published on the Armenia Peace Initiative website, translated into French.
…The Armenian side’s analysis of the legal-political foundations of delimitation does not consider that an exact reproduction of the map is mandatory in all segments, nor that no changes will be possible in the future. On the contrary, after using the maps as a basis, the actual delimitation and demarcation work should begin, which should lead to a consensus on the Armenian-Azerbaijani perceptions of the interstate border, both on the map and on the ground. The border can undergo changes if there is bilateral agreement…
…It is evident that there are forces opposing both this process and the peace process in general, both within the two countries and beyond their borders. Globally speaking, the most notable of these forces is the Russian Federation, for which the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is one of the main grounds for its presence and influence in the region. There is no other entity that currently has as much influence and counter-interests in the settlement as Russia.
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