Armen Grigoryan, the secretary of the RA Security Council, stated in the parliament on December 8. “There is still no final decision on whether the Nagorno-Karabakh issue will be resolved by a peace treaty, whether an attempt will be made to resolve it, or whether we will create a separate international mechanism.” The journalists’ question was as follows: to what extent is the Artsakh problem related to the RA-Azerbaijan “peace treaty”?
The Secretary of the Security Council elaborated. “Until this moment, there is no clarity about the mentioned mechanism. And there needs to be clarity on whether we will do it with the peace treaty or outside the treaty. Therefore, I am still trying to figure out a clear answer. Yerevan favors creating security guarantees and a mechanism, a discussion between Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan regarding rights and security. A peace treaty and or another international mechanism can fix it.
MP Hayk Mamijanyan of the National Assembly “With honor” faction questions the authenticity of the above statement. In the conversation with “Aravot,” he justifies this. “Because there were statements at the highest level of their political team that the so-called RA-Azerbaijan “peace treaty” will not include a mention, reference, or solution to the Artsakh conflict. The Foreign Ministry, the parliamentarians, and even Nikol Pashinyan announced that.
Hayk Mamijanyan, a member of the I Have Honor faction
Therefore, let them understand among themselves what is the lie and reality. What are the dangers of the process? The logic of concluding the RA-Azerbaijan “peace treaty” without mentioning the Artsakh conflict and leaving its solution to the Baku-Stepanakert process and the logic of international norms and guarantees does not withstand any criticism for a straightforward reason. Open any report of the European institutions about human rights violations and oppression in Azerbaijan, and you will be convinced that Azerbaijan does not even protect the rights of its citizens, where else citizens of the Republic of Artsakh. Therefore, such wording cannot have a basis.
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Moreover, the thesis that the ruling power is advancing in the negotiation process at the moment, that is, negotiations based on rights, is also fruitless because there are many rights: speech, and life, but our international partners need to explain and prove a simple truth: for Artsakh Armenians in this case, the right to self-determination is synonymous with the right to life. Otherwise, one armed peacekeeper should stand next to every Artsakh Armenian. There can be no other guarantee for the safety of the people of Artsakh, so moving the discourse to the rights field will lead to hazardous and fruitless developments.” Regarding the claims of some representatives of the authorities returning Artsakh to the negotiation table and insisting that there should be a direct dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert, Hayk Mamijanyan said. “It is suicide. How can “wounded” Artsakh negotiate with Baku? Let’s put aside Baku’s statements that they will never negotiate with Artsakh. Even if they negotiated, it is a very dangerous thesis.”
To our interest, why now? Because the government claims that it finally allows Artsakh to talk directly with Baku, which was not the case before.
Mamijanyan called that preposition «the height of madness.”
and asked: “In what status are they returning?” Is there any need to repeat what the official Baku says about it?
Imagine you and me talking with equal rights, and at some point, someone adds to the third negotiator: We cannot present it as a victory.”
LUIZA SUKIASYAN
