Armenia has no grounds not to participate in the OSCE summit in Astana, Suren Zolyan, political expert and rector of the Yerevan State Linguistic University after Brusov, told the journalists today. According to him, in this case principle “absent is guilty” will work.

“If one does not participate in such crucial meetings, he is deprived of putting a hold on undesirable decision. We should attend the meeting and use the right of veto, as finally not participating side will be found guilty and it would have no opportunity to respond,” he said.

Commenting on likelihood of adoption of any document on the Karabakh issue in Astana, Zolyan stressed that something would be done, but hardly any document would be passed.

“Under such circumstances, similar documents are normally approved which contain references to the previous ones,” he concluded.