Iran Press/ Europe: Analyst David Petrosyan told Nezavisimaya Gazeta that Lavrov's visit was hardly related to any severe process. "Negotiations between Yerevan and Ankara have so far been tepid.
The two sides are waiting to see how global developments unfold, including the Russian special operation in Ukraine. Armenia is not a priority for Turkey right now, it is much more interested in the situation in Ukraine and its function in Syria. Meanwhile, Moscow's priorities include staying on top of the situation and promoting its agenda," Petrosyan said.
Yerevan also suspects that far from all details of the Russian top diplomat's visit and his meetings with the Armenian leaders have been made public.
Ashot Gazayan, a political analyst, told the paper that the Russian minister may have brought some new ideas to Armenia since he arrived in Yerevan from Ankara after talks with his Turkish counterpart, where the two discussed the situation between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Yerevan is likely to finally learn how work on the demarcation and delimitation on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border would be carried out, with Azeri army units located in the sovereign Armenia for more than a year already and getting even more of a stronghold there," he assumed.
"The Azerbaijan Republic could have already delimited and demarked the border on its own, without using the Russian Joint Staff's maps Moscow has been talking about for the past few months or involving Russian experts," Gazayan said. He believes the talks in Yerevan will undoubtedly cover an increased CSTO readiness to solve the issues faced by its member countries on their lands.
Another critical issue is the Zangezur link between Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic via Armenia. Baku has been seeking to implement this project as soon as possible, while Russia is also interested, as it will then get mainland access to Turkey via friendly countries. And Armenia is facing a difficult situation.
The opposition has been putting more pressure on the government over issues discussed between Turkey and Azerbaijan, accusing it of betraying the country's national interests, and the idea of opening the corridor is highly unpopular with the Armenians.
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