YEREVAN. – Russian FM Sergei Lavrov’s statement, which was made during his talk with Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov, is a statement that needs to be observed along the lines of the logic of the Madrid Principles.         

Military analyst Davit Jamalyan noted the above-said during a press conference on Saturday.    

In his words, it is first necessary to realize what a change in the status quo of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict means for Azerbaijan.  

“It is not a secret that the Azerbaijani party has spread in recent years the idea of impermissibility of the maintenance of the status quo. And Azerbaijan perceives the change in the status quo as the first phase in invading Nagorno-Karabakh,” Jamalyan said. He added, however, that this cannot be a subject for discussion for the Armenian party.  

As per the analyst, the important thing is whether Lavrov was considering the Azerbaijani alternative for a change in the status quo when he made that statement. 

“But our partners need to understand one important thing. After making a hero out of Ramil Safaraov [the Azerbaijani army officer who had killed with an axe Armenian soldier Gurgen Margaryan in Budapest back in 2004 and who was released in Azerbaijan last year, following his extradition to that country from Hungary], the Azerbaijani party has essentially rejected the Madrid Principles,” he said.    

Davit Jamalyan added that Armenia has clearly presented its position, according to which it will sign under any document only if Nagorno-Karabakh agrees to the given document.