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Armenian expert on Iran Vardan Voskanyan, who heads the Chair of Iranian Studies of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the Yerevan State University (YSU), dismissed the Armenian authorities’ claims that signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan would ensure peace for Armenia and Artsakh.

"They are trying to convince us that a piece of paper called a treaty is supposed to ensure peace for the Republic of Armenia and the Artsakh Republic,” he wrote on Telegram on Saturday.

“In fact, no document can hold Baku's barbarian regime back from occupying the whole of Artsakh and other territories vital for Armenia, if the enemy is convinced they can do it by force.

“According to the muted statements from Baku, the 44-day war stopped because the Armenian military dealt heavy blows, draining the Azerbaijani bashi-bazouks.

“We, unfortunately, have forgotten about the uselessness of the “paper spoon” Khrimian Hayrik was talking about, and have again entered a stage when they are trying to mislead us with the pernicious "idea" of preserving and strengthening our ancestral homeland, not with the sword of justice, but with a fickle piece of paper,” Voskanyan said.