Authorities worldwide are wary of unpredictability in foreign policy, preferring a predictable enemy over an unpredictable friend, said Nikolai Zlobin, director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at the U.S. World Security Institute.

“The predictability in Armenia’s position is highly appreciated in modern world in contrast to Azerbaijan’s rising and waning threats of war,” the U.S. expert told a news conference in Yerevan.

“Karabakh does exist, whether you like it or not. Recognition of a state is important, but not essential in these times,” Zlobin observed.