"Yes, you are right. I said that the Minsk Group did not achieve any results. But at the same time, I said that I cannot completely turn a blind eye to their activities and criticize them. " This was stated by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE. What do you expect from the United States, Russia and France now? ” said during the answer to the question. "Because the main principles on the table now are those developed with the help of the Minsk Group.
So they worked, they worked. However, they did not use all the tools at their disposal to put pressure on Armenia to vacate the territories. Each of these countries has enough means to influence Armenia unilaterally, whether it is military support, political support, economic support, diaspora support and so on. However, they did not use these tools at their disposal, and as permanent members of the UN Security Council, they did not insist on the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. Therefore, the fact that there is no result, of course, shows that they do not want more than they can. If they fail, who will? Can't the three permanent members of the UN Security Council influence a small, impoverished, dependent Armenia? They simply did not want to. They wanted the situation to be stable, which is true. They wanted a peace scenario. But when they see that there has been no peace scenario for almost 30 years, and that the new Armenian government is virtually destroying the process with statements and actions, I think they should have taken action. I have repeatedly talked to their leaders and high-ranking officials and called on them to put pressure on Armenia and impose sanctions. If you do not want to impose sanctions, at least say so, announce that sanctions will be imposed, otherwise there will be no other mechanism to put pressure on this aggressor. So, I think today, they realized that for many years they were wrong to say that "there is no military solution to the conflict," he said. Ilham Aliyev noted that we have changed this reality: "There is a military solution. But what we are talking about today is that we should close that page of the military solution and move on to a political solution. Thus, a military-political solution must prevail. If the Prime Minister of Armenia says that I have already demanded from him, we are ready to stop today. The peace process must now be based on the implementation of the rest of the basic principles that have already been partially fulfilled. We need an exact timeline for the evacuation of Kalbajar, Lachin and parts of Agdam. After that, I think peace will come to the region. "