In fact, Armenia has faced a maximalist approach in all domains of the negotiation process with Azerbaijan; this is bad news. Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated this in the National Assembly (NA), at Thursday’s joint session of NA standing committees, during the latter’s debates on the draft 2023 state budget of Armenia.

According to Mirzoyan, Azerbaijan, having achieved certain military success on the battlefield, has actually came to the conclusion that it can impose its conditions and point of view on the opposite side.

"However, no lasting and comprehensive peace can be achieved in this way. If Azerbaijan is really interested in stable peace in the South Caucasus, it is obligated to record that there simply cannot be one-sided beneficial solutions in some matters," said Mirzoyan.

The good news, according to the Armenian FM, is that the international community has begun to pay more attention to the problems that exist today in relations with Azerbaijan.

"And that attention is increasing more and more, especially after the Azerbaijani [military] aggression of September 13-14 [against Armenia]. I believe that the international community has sent a very clear signal to Azerbaijan that the threat of force cannot be the way to resolve the existing problems," the Armenian FM concluded.