Most obstacles to this have been eliminated. This was stated on his Facebook page by political scientist and deputy of the Milli Majlis, Rasim Musabayov.
“The desire of Pashinyan’s government to involve any guarantors does not seem so necessary. The document is framework in nature, it records the willingness of the parties to build relations in accordance with the basic norms of international law and does not contain any provisions that need additional guarantees from the great powers. The agreement, after the ratification process is completed, is presented to the UN and registered there. This is quite sufficient. The agreement can be signed by the foreign ministers, for example, in Tbilisi. Obviously, this is the preferred option for Baku, it does not quite suit Yerevan, which is promoting the Brussels platform. However, it is necessary to take into account the ambitions of Moscow, whose foreign policy department has loudly reminded of Russia’s role in the adoption and implementation of the Tripartite Statement of November 2020, which stopped the second Karabakh war,” wrote the deputy.
At the same time, according to him, Russia realizes that the time of unilateral moderation of the conflict has passed and is consulting with Iran and Turkey in order to surround the conclusion of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia on a regional platform. Moscow, as a place of signing, apparently, is unacceptable for Yerevan.
“In turn, Tehran is unacceptable for Azerbaijan, as we have not even restored the operation of our embassy there. I will express a suggestion about the possibility of simultaneous signing of the agreement between Yerevan and Ankara, according to which the ratification process of the known Zurich protocols or the protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations and the opening of transport communications between Armenia and Turkey would be revived. In such a case, the place of signing the respective documents by the foreign ministers could be Istanbul. The presidents of the region’s states could be present there either directly or in a video format. Especially since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his visit to Turkey in 2024. Why not combine all this?” he concluded.
