“I would withhold commenting on the statement that before Armenia-Turkey Protocols’ signing Azerbaijan allegedly decided to begin the war in Karabakh. Turkey would not allow this to happen,” political analyst Yervand Bozoyan told NEWS.am. In his opinion, “such idle talks will always be, yet of no interest to us.” “Statements that Azerbaijan will break out a war are mere populism,” the expert concluded.

In his turn, Turkish studies expert Ruben Safrastyan stated that such misinformation is basically to Turkey’s benefit: “Thereby it seeks to point out that is very powerful and can affect Azerbaijan as well. It strives to mediate in Armenia-Azerbaijan talks. In here Azerbaijan plays its own game, that recently started to openly pressurize Armenia and mediators. Thus, Azerbaijan gives to understand it is able to unsheathe the sword,” he reckons.

Noteworthy, that Turkish Today’s Zaman referring to Azerbaijani Yeni Musavat source spread the information that on the threshold of the Protocols’ signing Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a decision to begin the war in Upper Karabakh, but Turkish National Intelligence Organization took the relevant measures and talked him out of doing so.

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