Adoption of Moscow declaration is victory of Armenian people

PanARMENIAN.Net - Signing of a declaration between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Moscow is a regular failure of Russian diplomacy, an expert said.



"The only document concluded by all parties to conflict, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabakh, is the agreement on ceasefire of 1994. Exclusion of NKR from the talks in 1998 resulted in reduction of Russia's field of activity. Now, it's unclear what Russia will do if France assumes a more precise position than the U.S. and Russia," Hrachya Arzumanyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



The "hasty" singing of trilateral declaration is partially conditioned by the presidential election in the United States, according to him.



"Russia thought it can speed up the Karabakh process while the U.S. is occupied with its own problems. It's worth noting that this event, even without participation of NKR representatives, can be rated as victory of the Armenian people but not the Armenian diplomacy. It offered the Armenian authorities and opposition an opportunity to consolidate people for the Karabakh settlement," Arzumanyan said.



The declaration on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict resolution was signed by of Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents, who also instructed their Foreign Ministers to continue activities to that end.