Armenian media: Azerbaijan's outstanding achievement - Aghdam road on agenda

If the "humanitarian aid" initiative fails, it will be a failure not only for Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo but also for France itself.

“As for the telephone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan said that President Aliyev told the French president that after the opening of the Aghdam road, Azerbaijan is ready to ensure traffic through the Lachin road. Azerbaijan’s border and customs rules should be observed. There is no doubt that President Aliyev could have told the French president about this issue. After all, President Aliyev has been talking about this issue with international players for a long time at least at a tripartite meeting in Brussels on July 15, 2023 after which in his statement President of the European Council Charles Michel said that he welcomed Baku's desire to render humanitarian assistance through Aghdam. In fact, it is important that Azerbaijan has managed to put the issue of this road on the agenda and enlist the loyalty of all international players. The French president also talked to the Armenian prime minister while at the same time, Hidalgo arrived in Armenia with humanitarian cargo, collected from other regions of France, and is heading to Kornidzor village,” Caliber.Az reports citing an article of the Armenian "1in.am" website.

“France wants this initiative to succeed otherwise this will be the failure of not only Hidalgo, but also the failure of France itself. Therefore, Paris must either force Baku to accept the convoy with cargo, or force the Armenian side to accept the agenda of the Aghdam road and accept humanitarian cargo from both roads with a “mirror” logic. Otherwise, it will turn out that the French convoy with humanitarian aid willy-nilly will intensify the crisis. This crisis can have three ways, namely, either Baku concedes, or a compromise occurs, that is, Baku, Yerevan, and Stepanakert (Khankandi) concede to a certain extent, or the impasse is removed by certain tension, which may be unpredictable. What are the chances of these opportunities? The stalemate is currently getting worse,” the article says.