Radar Armenia's interlocutor is Shahan Gantaharyan, an international scholar.

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that Russia intends to make great efforts so that there are no encroachments against the territorial integrity of Syria. In your opinion, who are these statements aimed at, and what is Russia trying to convey?

- It is not the first time that Russia has discussed preserving Syria's territorial integrity. This regular announcement is made on the eve of intelligence-level interdepartmental consultations and the planned Erdogan-Assad meeting in Moscow. The message is primarily aimed at Ankara but also targets the USA and Iran. In other words, the forces with military bases in the Syrian territories. The letter addressed to the US also implies the parts under the control of the Kurdish armed forces. The Americans support the Kurds.

- Is this statement related to the situation in the South Caucasus and the increasing influence of Turkey or not?

- The statements about the Middle Eastern region and the South Caucasus, in general, are related to both Moscow and Ankara. They are placed in the context of the military-political cooperation of the two states and depend on the results of these relations.

- Azerbaijan forwarded the third set of proposals to Armenia. What are your expectations? Can it come to a common denominator, considering that Armenia and Azerbaijan have diametrically different positions on many issues?

- The content of the new package still needs to be clarified. The first draft peace plan consisted of five points and the additions of the Armenian side. The goal is haste. Baku is trying to conclude a peace agreement before the change in the geopolitical situation.

- RA Foreign Minister and then the Secretary of the Security Council announced that the peace agreement would hardly be signed before the end of the year. Do you know if this was expected, despite the wishes and statements made before that?

- This statement of official Yerevan conveys with discreet diplomatic words that it is a brief period until the end of the year. A new package has been delivered, and only a few days are left before the end of the year. That isn't reasonable until the end of the year.

- Although there are active negotiations on the settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the tension on the ground is not relieved. What happens if the moderators don't want or can't bring the parties to the settlement of the issue?

- Two circumstances should be kept in mind in this case. First, Baku's traditional behavior is to shoot with one hand and negotiate with the other. Even more so in this period, when it wants to implement points by military means. Registration of collisions beyond the control of the moderators is not excluded. The role of moderators or peacekeepers in such cases is to prevent incidents from turning into full-scale clashes. And such collisions have been stopped until now.

Hayk Magoyan