S. MINASYAN: ALIYEV’S STATEMENTS UNPLEASANT FOR MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS

“Ilham Aliyev isn’t likely to stop making such statements. Since 2003-2004 he has been repeatedly making the same statements, but as we see, no war has resumed and no serious changes have been materialized in the military balance,” said political expert Sergey Minasyan to Panorama.am making remarks on Ilham Aliyev’s statement that Azerbaijan’s military budget is growing.

The expert has said that all those statements are uttered in address to the domestic audience.

“While the remarks of the foreign audience are more vivid, and now the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs and the heads of the international community stress that armed deal cannot serve as tools to resolve the conflicts,” said the expert. “Aliyev’s statements will be unpleasant for the Minsk Group co-chairs.”