YEREVAN. – “I do not think that the Baku-Moscow rapprochement can have a dynamic impact on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process, except for one development. If Baku wishes to become a satellite of Moscow—I find it hard to imagine—, but Moscow would like to serve Yerevan and hand the occupied territories to Azerbaijan on a platter.”  

Prominent American analyst Paul Goble told the aforesaid to 168 Zham daily of Armenia. 

“He expressed a conviction that Armenia and Azerbaijan can reach a settlement if the foreign forces, like Moscow, do not cause uneasiness. According to him, a settlement can be achieved also in the case when Armenia comes out of the RF’s [i.e. the Russian Federation] influence.  

‘“I am confident that the West would provide security guarantees for Armenia, if Yerevan wished to return the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and stopped playing the role of being Moscow’s agent in the Caucasus. (…) But it is not clear whether there are people in Yerevan and in the West who are willing and able to carry out such a deal,’ said Paul Goble,” reported 168 Zham daily.