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Azerbaijan seeks to remove Armenia from the processes related to Artsakh, according to security expert Tigran Abrahamyan, a lawmaker from the opposition I Have the Honor bloc.

In a Facebook post on Monday, the MP called attention to the latest statement of the Azerbaijani president’s aide Hikmat Hajiyev that Azerbaijan and Russia are discussing additional legal mechanisms related to the mandate of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.

“Let me remind you that the issue of the mandate of the Russian peacekeeping mission is regulated by the well-known tripartite statement of November 9, 2020 – in the Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan format.

“If there is actually such a process between Russia and Azerbaijan, it means that an attempt will be made to gradually remove Armenia from the processes concerning Artsakh.

“To put it simply, even the disgraceful November 9 document envisaged that issues related to Artsakh were to be settled in a trilateral format; it is about the establishment of a ceasefire and the steps stemming from it.

“However, the goal of Azerbaijan is to get Armenia out of the game in issues related to Artsakh and continue it in the Russia-Azerbaijan bilateral format,” Abrahamyan said.