{"id":19069,"date":"2026-02-06T20:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19069"},"modified":"2026-02-06T20:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:59:15","slug":"abu-dhabi-meeting-will-have-a-serious-impact-on-armenias-pre-election-situation-and-the-peace-process-ahmad-shahidov-tells-arb24-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19069","title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi meeting will have a serious impact on Armenia\u2019s pre-election situation and the peace process \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov tells ARB24 Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCSk8Us7-Dc?si=UXvqPDi0BVOKvQat\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The meeting held on February 4 in Abu Dhabi between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is regarded as a significant political development indicating that the peace process in the region has entered a new phase. Reports about a planned referendum in Armenia emerging immediately after the meeting demonstrate that the talks have directly affected Yerevan\u2019s domestic political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the issue, political analyst Ahmad Shahidov told ARB24 TV that the Abu Dhabi meeting sent a clear message to the international community: \u201cThis meeting showed the entire world that Azerbaijan and Armenia are capable of holding direct talks and reaching agreements without any mediators. It proves that the peace process has entered a mature and practical stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ahmad Shahidov, the referendum debate that surfaced in Armenia following the meeting indicates that the signing of a peace treaty may accelerate: \u201cThe fact that internal political decisions in Yerevan are becoming more active at this stage suggests that the signing of a peace agreement is turning into a more realistic and much closer prospect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19070\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The meeting held on February 4 in Abu Dhabi between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is regarded as a significant political development indicating that the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-slider"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/arb24_04.02.2026_2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19071,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19069\/revisions\/19071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}