“Sorry, when you were smiling, I would like you to answer not me, but the parents of the fallen heroes. So what did you want to convey to them and to the international community?” During the discussion of the report on the results of the implementation of the 2021 government program in the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations on March 21, deputy of the Armenia faction Gegham Nazaryan asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan, referring to the photo of the recent meeting between Mirzoyan and the Turkish Foreign Minister.
Ararat Mirzoyan answered, “I think you will have seen that in all such meetings, there is a smile on the faces of diplomats. You can see it more clearly in a much earlier period, on the faces of high-ranking RA officials and leaders, until the people’s revolution of 2018. When comparing smiles, you may get the impression that I was not particularly smiling. I think there are no edges of comparison. By your logic, the smiles of that time should have meant something to the victims of the first war.”
The deputy noticed that after the war, every smile and word appeared under a microscope. “By your logic, Heydar Aliyev smiled at the Sardarapat memorial. Let’s not forget which country’s foreign minister was in front of you.”
Gegham Nazaryan also inquired about the five preconditions put forward by Azerbaijan. Ararat Mirzoyan mentioned, “By and large, there is nothing unacceptable in the Azerbaijani proposals. Another thing is that they do not completely address the comprehensive agenda of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace. I have already said that the rights of the Armenians of Artsakh and addressing the issue of the status of Artsakh are key in our answers. We are ready to start negotiations on this basis, and we have applied to the OSCE on this basis.”
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