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There is a risk of military actions, it is quite high, but it is not correct to say that the peace process is deadlocked; there is a process that is not standing still. Speaker Alen Simonyan of the National Assembly of Armenia told this to reporters Monday in the parliament.

"I believe it is wrong to call it a ‘deadlock,’ but it does not mean that it can be a deterrent tool for Azerbaijan in terms of making another provocation. On the contrary, the reality we have created for the negotiations can be specially made to be used to carry out some kind of provocation." Simonyan said.

Regardless of everything, according to him, Armenia is engaged in increasing the defense capability of Armenia on a daily basis.

"Even if there were the best negotiations, we have been engaged every day, are engaged, and will be engaged in increasing the defense capability of Armenia", said Alen Simonyan, answering the question whether Armenia has a chance to prevent military aggression.

Referring to the statement of Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian foreign ministry, that Russia views the statements of the Armenian leadership as a continuation of the line adopted at the summit held in Prague in October 2022 under the auspices of the European Union, and therefore they leave it to the conscience of the Armenian leadership the attempts place the responsibility for the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh on third countries, Alen Simonyan said: "So far, the Russian proposals have always been accepted by Armenia, and the problem was Azerbaijan's disapproval. The Russian foreign ministry should pay more attention to Azerbaijan's response because Armenia has always agreed to Russian proposals in 99 percent of cases. It is a pity that Maria Zakharova does not reflect on the reaction of Azerbaijan."

The speaker of the Armenian parliament emphasized that Russia has also signed the 2020 tripartite declaration, and therefore it has assumed the guarantee of the security of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

"In that case, why did the Russian president sign that document, and why are the Russian peacekeepers there? Let's suppose that Chinese peacekeepers are standing there, but Russia has assumed the responsibility, we say that such a thing happened. It is the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers. According to the tripartite declaration of 2020, the peacekeepers of Russia are there for that mission which we have ratified. Azerbaijan has not yet signed that document. It is interesting to know the reaction of our Russian partners regarding it, how they treat the fact that until now Azerbaijan has not confirmed the mandate of the Russian peacekeepers. I wonder why there is no response in any for in this regard," said Alen Simonyan.

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