ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia Monday Analyst: "Exchange of territories for peace" will not lead Karabakh for a long peace Yerevan May 22 David Stepanyan. The willingness to negotiate "around the exchange of territories for peace" recently voiced by Elmar Mamedyarov is a long-awaited interim solution for Azerbaijan. An independent analyst, ex-head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh Arman Melikyan expressed such opinion to ArmInfo. The last week was characterized by a significant increase in tension on the Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line. Azerbaijani snipers killed three servicemen of the NKR Defense Army. After that by the guided missile was damaged the anti-aircraft missile system "Osa" of the NKR. After all this, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov said that Baku is ready to negotiate "around the exchange of territories for peace." In other words, the leadership of Azerbaijan promises not to kill Armenian servicemen in response to the agreement to withdraw troops from certain areas. However, in response to the alert, the advanced units of the NKR DA resorted to punitive measures, as a result of which several objects of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces were destroyed. The analyst stressed that representatives of Russian political and expert circles voiced the formula for the "exchange of territories for peace" for months before Mamadyarov. According to his estimates, through its implementation, Azerbaijan will be able to snatch half of the territory of Artsakh and gain new strategic positions without a single casualty and special efforts. "According to these absolutely false and unfounded speeches, it is allegedly possible to establish a lasting peace and eradicate hostility. After a while, however, Azerbaijan does not hesitate to use any convenient moment to attack the above-mentioned Armenian cities and will try to capture Artsakh and Syunik," the analyst summed up.