“Obama’s response was adequate and proper. What happened was a cynical deal: Aliyev had decided to be glorified before elections in his country”. Analyst Suren Sirunyan stated this while briefing to journalists. In his opinion thought there were various statements of different levels still no one favors new escalation of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. “U.S is getting closer to presidential elections and Obama needs support of Armenian votes. We need not get excited by these statements since they are not made to please us but are used for private interests.” Surenyan noted that the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Safarov’s case should be viewed in the context of EU being unable to stand aloof of what happened.
Commenting on the possibility of employing Aliyev’s mistake (in connection with glorifying Safarov) in favor of Armenia, Surenyan told there to be a strong need to exercise international prosecution of the murderer.