Armenian got Turkey’s influence on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process neutralized, Ruben Safrastyan, Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, told journalists on June 25.

According to him, the international community still considers the OSCE Minsk Group the only format for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenian diplomacy was also able to get some positive amendments made to the Madrid Principles. All the previous statements and documents on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict appeared to be imitative ones, whereas the Saint Petersburg proposals, as well as Azerbaijan’s serious response to them, suggest serious developments, he said.

The expert stressed that Armenia has created the best preconditions for further negotiations and should pursue an aggressive policy, without any concessions on either the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process or the Armenian-Turkish relations.