At the press conference of Prime Minister Pashinyan, which lasted more than three hours, I was only interested in one question: is it possible that the Berdzor corridor will be opened soon? I got the answer to that question: no, it is not possible. Other plots were not attractive. Exclamations like “Oh, why is he lying?” are inappropriate. It’s a politician’s craft. People who want to “speak right” do not become politicians.
Another exclamation, traditionally heard from the journalistic environment: oh, it was necessary to ask such a sharp question, is also not meaningful. The problem is not pointed questions or competent answers but getting information about the situation and that information is clear for everyone. Armenia (including Artsakh) is in a complex case, and the government of our country cannot, does not want, and is not going to take any steps to correct the problem. The rest are topics for Facebook.
It is worth paying attention to one circumstance. Before the conference, some assumed that Pashinyan would threaten to withdraw from the CSTO and EAEU. Of course, it would be very wrong if such a step was taken. But the problem is that those who make such predictions need to understand the external support of Pashinyan’s power. The regime of Armenia is entirely favorable to Moscow, which is why the parliamentary opposition is passive: they realized that the hopes that Putin will facilitate the change of power are groundless.
During his press conference, Pashinyan tried in a rather funny way to correct what his Security Secretary said: Russia is putting pressure on our country to join the union state. According to the Prime Minister, it turns out that the pressure is exerted not by state bodies or officials but by Russian experts. Of course, it is a new phenomenon in international political practice.
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One of those “oppressive experts,” Maxim Shevchenko, recently said that Pashinyan is Putin’s favorite figure. It is an exaggeration: they do not have the “chemistry” that existed between Putin and Kocharyan. But the Russian president inevitably needs the current prime minister to implement the joint plans of Putin and Erdogan.
Pashinyan and Putin, in particular, have one thing in common: complete indifference to the Armenians of Artsakh.
Aram ABRAHAMYAN
