Caucasian experts also speak about the ineffectiveness of the Sochi summit.
“I think that the main goal pursued by Vladimir Putin was to show, if possible, that Russia has its finger on the pulse and continues to be the main mediator in the conflict. True, in my opinion, this was not very successful, since it turned out that the final document of this meeting - the statement - contains very little specificity, moreover, according to it, it turns out that the proposals that Russia put forward regarding the peace treaty are not accepted by at least one from the parties,” the head of the Yerevan Press Club, Boris Navasardyan, commented on the results of the meeting to the Echo of the Caucasus publication.
Azerbaijani political scientist Farhad Mamedov also believes that “the Russian Federation wanted to restore its leading position on the negotiation track.” “The Azerbaijani side is not against it, but in accordance with the logic that was laid down immediately after the war,” he noted, explaining that this logic implies “fulfillment of obligations on the part of Armenia to unblock the border, and only in the end somewhere peaceful agreement." According to Mamedov, Ilham Aliyev went to Sochi only to “fix the position that the draft agreement prepared by the Russian Federation is unacceptable for the Azerbaijani side.”