Is the Republic of Azerbaijan showing a green light for Western mediation?

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Elchin Amirbayev, the representative of the President of Azerbaijan in In an interview with the Estonian ERR media company, Special Affairs said: I think that if Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a peace treaty in the near future, Europe will only benefit from it.

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Amirbayev emphasized: The European Union is not a unified structure and the positions of some EU countries have a negative effect. on the process of achieving long-term peace in the South Caucasus region.

Recently, the Azerbaijani authorities have accused some western countries of supporting the malicious forces of Armenia and selling weapons to that country, and sometimes even announced They say that there is no need for the mediation of the West. However, Western officials usually emphasize that they are interested in ensuring peace between the two countries. Also, the Armenian authorities did not express dissatisfaction with the Western mediation.

So, does the Republic of Azerbaijan give a green light only to Russian mediation or is it trying to benefit from both? So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has not commented on this question. But before that, the ministry announced that it is ready for bilateral negotiations with Armenia without intermediaries. Separately, they want to have an opinion on the South Caucasus

Saber Rostam Khanli, a member of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, said in an interview with Turan news agency: “Although The lands of Azerbaijan were occupied by Armenians for 30 years, but during the conflicts, various European countries unconditionally supported Armenia and this support continues to this day.

He emphasized: Although the Republic The fake Nagorno-Karabakh no longer exists and the separatist Armenians left voluntarily, but Europe’s double standards support them and condemn Azerbaijan.

Rostam Khanli believes: Europe, America and Russia want to have something to say separately in the South Caucasus. The meetings between Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan, which were held in Brussels with the support of EU Council President Charles Michel, give hope for peace, but Russia is also jealous of it. Russia wants this agreement to be resolved under its support.

Azeri political commentator Erston Orojlo says: Amirbayev’s statements to Europe are not to ask him to support the peace process. Azerbaijan rejected all peace initiatives of the West and refused to hold two important meetings at the level of the president and foreign ministers. Ilham Aliyev addressed the people on New Year’s Eve and expressed his anti-Western views. Then in Baku they realized that this was a mistake.

According to this expert, Azerbaijani authorities completely reject the West as a mediator in the issue of peace with Armenia.

p dir=”RTL”>Orujello emphasizes: Now, by involving the West in this process, Azerbaijan seems to have started this process from scratch and is trying to waste time. Of course, the peace agreement will not be signed until the elections (the early presidential elections of Azerbaijan will be held on 18th of Bahman), but now the message of “come and be a peace mediator” is important to win the loyalty of the West. That’s why the statement appears like this. In Europe, they understand this intention and will not have any response to this statement.

It should be said, in the early 1990s, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict caused a conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijan’s Karabagh region and 7 surrounding regions were occupied. As a result of the 44-day war in 2020, Baku took control of those 7 districts and part of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the agreement between the Republic of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia, Russian troops are stationed in the Lachin Corridor and the Nagorno-Karabakh contact line. declared “local” in Karabagh. Yerevan evaluated this action as “ethnic cleansing” and “aggression”. On September 20, 2023, Nagorno-Karabakh separatists said they had agreed to Baku’s terms. Later, the migration of the Armenian population from Karabakh to Armenia began.

On September 28, the self-proclaimed Republic of Karabakh announced that it had ceased its activities. However, the parties have not signed the peace agreement and these negotiations are being conducted separately by the European Union and Russia.

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