Specialists asses run-outs of last 10 years
Ten years ago when Serzh Sargsyan assumed the office, it was more realistic to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. "Have we reached that goal , of course, we have not reached, so the topic is closed," said political scientist Armen Baghdasaryan. The 4-day war in April 2016 removed the problem further. Political scientist Hayk Martirosyan said, "An incident is unknown to me when the aggressor has not been subjected to capitulation, and continue negotiations after the losses. "After losing 800 hectares, the Armenian side had to give counterattack and have territorial gains," added Armen Baghdasaryan. In the Armenian-Russian relations, the political scientist saw a retreat from our positions, otherwise Russia would not consider selling weapons to Azerbaijan as a commercial transaction. "If the allies of Armenia cede the interests of Armenia for commercial purposes, this is an occasion for serious concern and I do not think that Armenia has taken serious steps." YPC President Boris Navasardyan recalled that if Russia had some obligations towards Armenia, it also had obligations to Azerbaijan and could not say to the latter that the weapons could not be used against Armenia. Generally, over the past 10 years, Turkey has had a direct impact on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement. Football diplomacy did not have a result. "It allowed Turkey and the mediators to say that Armenia has a conciliatory position and the issue of the Genocide recognition has come out." Boris Navasardyan listed the other shortcomings of these 10 years. "Another important moment was 2013. Our turn in relations with Europe, when Armenia relies on Russia. Also, the lack of fighting against corruption in these years has deepened in the army." This does not mean that there was nothing positive in 10 years. "The only achievement of 10 years is that there were no widespread wars, but a creepy war," concluded Armen Baghdasaryan.
