YEREVAN. - The organization of the high-level meeting on Karabakh under the auspices of Russia is fraught with challenges for Armenia, since Moscow managed to blackmail the Armenian side, trying to move the talks out of the OSCE format to the Russian platform.

Expert of the Center of Political and International Studies, Ruben Mehrabyan, told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am.

In his words, this step shifts – at the expense of Armenia’s interests - the philosophy of the compromise-based settlement to the field of the Azerbaijani-Russian bargain. The analyst thus thinks that the Armenian side should refuse to take part in the meeting.

Mehrabyan expressed conviction that during the tripartite meeting in Saint Petersburg, the Armenian side will be forced to make concessions, this resulting in the increase of the Russian presence in the region, and first of all in Armenia, whereas the country will get nothing in return.

The tripartite agreement between the Russian, Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents is slated for June 20 in Saint Petersburg.