Putin-Aliev and Putin-Erdogan meetings will take place on September 16. Dmitry Peskov, the press spokesman of the Russian President, announced that the main issue during the meeting between Putin and Aliyev tomorrow would be the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
According to Suren Surenyants, political scientist and chairman of the "Democratic Alternative" party, it was predictable that the border tension would ease at the start of the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
"It was not in Aliyev's interest to participate in the summit with the burden of tension. But during the Putin-Aliev and Putin-Erdogan meetings, the developments of the last few days will be discussed," Surenyants told Radar Armenia, adding that it is difficult to predict what solutions will be reached.
The political scientist assumes that specific solutions are not outlined. Otherwise, Pashinyan would have gone to Samarkand, and a tripartite meeting would have taken place, during which several agreements would have been formed, or there would have been a new triple statement. "Since Pashinyan did not go to Samarkand, I assume that the moment for new agreements is not yet ripe, and the process is still fermenting."
The political scientist does not expect a final solution to the tension from these meetings because Armenia is not represented on the side of the conflict. "Armenia's subjectivity is indeed weakened, but it is not the case that final solutions can be given without Armenia. Another issue is that Putin and Erdogan will discuss the Armenian-Azerbaijani issue in Samarkand. We always have fears that Armenian interests may be sacrificed, especially since Moscow is deeply involved in the Ukrainian processes and is trying not to create unnecessary conflicts between Ankara and Baku. And in that interval, Armenian interests suffer."
The political scientist assumes that shortly Russia will try to organize a tripartite meeting, and after the meetings in Samarkand, it will come up with specific proposals.
Hayk Magowan
