YEREVAN, APRIL 1, ARMENPRESS: Positive expectations should not be anticipated from the meetings held on the Karabakh issue. Director of the Oriental Studies Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan made this observation in the press hall of “Armenpress”. 

"I do not think that Azerbaijan is ready to abandon its aggressive behavior of the recent times, there are no prerequisites for this. Their aggressive behavior is of strategic importance. Aliyev aims to change the status quo which exists in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement’, Ruben Safrastyan said.

In addition, there is another factor. Ruben Safrastyan said that the aggravation of the Russian-Turkish relations can have some effect on the behavior of Azerbaijan.

"Azerbaijan will try, considering the senior partner’s, the big brother’s advices, urges, to further exacerbate the situation in the South Caucasus, thus contributing to the implementation of Turkish projects. I.e. Turkey, in times of aggravation of Russian-Turkish relations, will use Azerbaijan as a tool”, Ruben Safrastyan said, adding that currently there is no sense to expect positive changes in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.