“For the first time in over 30 years, there's the possibility of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and so I think that's obviously quite significant,” Stefan Brooks, Associate Professor at the National Defense University (NDU) of the U.S told AZERTAC.

“I also think in the more broader geopolitical context, if this agreement does hold, I think it's a further sign of Russia's isolation internationally. I mean, clearly Russia and Armenia had very strong ties and Russia hosted troops in Armenia, but I don't think Armenia was very happy with Russia. It got no support in the most recent war, so I think this is likely to further contribute to Russia's declining influence in the Caucasus if this agreement holds,” he emphasized.

Touching upon President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Washington, the U.S. expert also hailed the agreements reached between Azerbaijan and the United States, particularly the fact that restrictions have been lifted on defense cooperation between the U. S. and Azerbaijan.

“Allegedly the U.S. has emerged as Azerbaijan's top five trading partners and this agreement is apparently going to only increase that as the agreement gives, as I understand it, the U.S special opportunities before other countries for economic opportunities in this corridor that's supposed to link Nakhchivan with Azerbaijan. So I think Russia hasn't really commented very much on this agreement. They just warned against foreign meddling, which I think is pretty ironic that they would talk about foreign meddling considering what they've done in Georgia, of course, now in Ukraine,” Stefan Brooks added.