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The Head of "Henaket" analytical centre, member of the "Salute of Honour and Respect" pre-election bloc who had met Armenia's retired FM Ara Aivazian days ago, writes on Facebook: "Days ago when we met with former FM Ara Aivazian he indirectly said he had no plans to stay on his post. I thought he was going to quit after the June 20 elections, as I understood from his speech. This resignation suggests the situation is developing in a worse scenario that we could predict, and the foreign minister didn't wait even for 20 days," wrote Abrahamyan. 

In the words of the expert, one of the reasons for the minister's decision could be Pashinyan's actions to bypass the foreign ministry and engage in secret talks with Azerbaijan through other channels. "In general, the meeting with the diplomat was held in a sincere atmosphere although all formulations by Aivazian were quite diplomatic, yet internal contradictions in terms of approaches and principles between the prime minister and the foreign minister were evident."

To put in one sentence, FM's resignation suggests developments on the external front have entered an unpredictable and uncontrollable phase," concluded Abrahamyan.