“Turkey has lost Azerbaijan’s confidence and cannot do anything to regain it,” Richard Giragosian, Director of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), told reporters.

As regards the possibility of territorial concessions to Azerbaijan, which will enable Ankara to reopen the Armenian-Turkish border, he said: ""Any concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh after the Armenian-Turkish protocols were signed will be a political suicide for Armenia. The situation will remain unchanged in the region for many year, a neither side is displaying political will."

It is much more obvious, as Azerbaijan is not making any steps. “Azerbaijan is obviously spoiling the negotiation process with its aggressive and bellicose statements. They signs of Baku’s insincerity to both Armenia and international community,” Giragosian said. “That is the Armenian-Turkish protocols have nothing in common with the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. Rather, they are, in a sense, impeding the settlement process, as Armenia cannot make any concessions,” the expert said.

Giragosian believes that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict can by no means be settled within 5-10 years, as the international community, which needs means of influencing the region, is not interested in it. Moreover, the problem can only be resolved provided democratic changes in Armenia and Azerbaijan take place, but not under he circumstances, when the legitimacy of the leaders of both states is called in question.