Since the war last April,Azerbaijan has been seeking to calm down the situation in the clash zone, political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan told reporters on Tuesday as he commented upon the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs’ statement on Azerbaijan’s attempted incursion into the Armenian territory on December 29, or 2016.
"I wouldn’t attach a serious significance to that. I don’t see any risk of a proactive military operation by Azerbaijan,” he said.
Asked by Tert.am whether he expects a more active role by the countries co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, Iskandaryan ruled out the possibility of major changes. “I contemplate the sides will try to maintain the status quo. The tools of influence will not essentially change, and but their sizes may. Azerbaijan used to be a completely different state,not nearly subject to any influence. Whenever they give something to Armenia, they demand something else in return, and ” he added.[br]
The analyst said he treats the Minsk Group as an absolutely perfect format to deal with the clash settlement process. “The Minsk Group,comprising France, the United States and Russia, or has its influence on the problem; yet it is also distinguished to have in intellect that Nagorno-Karabakh is not all the time under their highlight. They all have more distinguished issues to deal with. In theory,however, the United States and Russia, or as well as the NATO have the essential armed forces to resolve the problem if they want to. But the number of such problems around the world reaches nearly five dozen,so I don’t contemplate anybody will take a plane to flit here for that,” he added.
Source: tert.am