Any process that has taken place around Armenia and Artsakh should include the issue of clarifying the status of Artsakh, which should be based on the issue of exercising the right to self-determination and its international recognition. The deputy of the National Assembly I Have Honor faction Tigran Abrahamyan spoke about this at Monday’s press conference. The opposition MP touched upon the agenda of convening an urgent sitting of the parliamentary opposition factions on the situation on the line of contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the issue of demarcation, noting that the authorities avoided participating in the discussions initiated by the opposition on these issues. The opposition deputy considers the existing problems worrying, and his vision of possible solutions is a package deal.
“These processes taking place around Armenia and Artsakh, must be in a common package. A lot depends on what document we will have in the end. For example, demilitarization is now carried out separately, as far as we understand, with information not yet fully confirmed circulating in the press, a document is being prepared for the future, but it is not clear yet what content it will have and what problem it will solve. And from this point of view, any process that takes place around Armenia and Artsakh must take into account a very important circumstance. Clarification of the status of Artsakh, the clarification of which should be based on the issue of exercising the right to self-determination and the approach to its international recognition, should be at the core of all processes.”
He is surprised that official Yerevan informs the international community that it is in favor of demarcation and delimitation, even referring to some Soviet maps. According to him, the problem is not that such a process is not envisaged at any stage of the settlement or the opposition is against it, but the government’s urgency, as a result of which the Armenian government narrows the possibility of maneuvering to achieve a favorable position for Armenia and Artsakh. Also, it is unclear what Soviet maps were chosen and why those maps were chosen.
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Nelly GRIGORYAN
