St. Petersburg presidential meeting opened a new stage in Karabakh process, an Armenian expert said.

“Some agreements, more favorable for Armenia than Madrid Principles, have been probably achieved in St. Petersburg,” prof. Ruben Safrastyan, director RA NAS Institute of Oriental Studies, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

“RA President’s visit to Stepanakert the other day proves that Armenia accepts new proposals as a basis for further talks. Moreover, consideration of Chaylu incident during a meeting of CSTO Council testifies that a new round of negotiations was launched,” he said.