What do “reliable sources” report? Didn’t Putin swear at the meeting with Pashinyan and Harutyunyan?
“I am not going to resign, especially in the current situation. At the same time, the possible resignation of the country’s president and parliament is unacceptable. All of our efforts must be multiplied to overcome the challenges facing Artsakh. We have no right to serve the enemy’s agenda and surrender in this situation. We now have a real opportunity to keep Artsakh Armenian. I appeal to everyone for political common sense and solidarity” this is the Facebook post of Artsakh Minister of State Ruben Vardanyan, published on January 14.
The fact that official Baku has set an apparent demand and aims to remove Ruben Vardanyan from Artsakh is evident from the public statements of the Azerbaijani authorities. Why is Azerbaijan restless? Why are they opposing Ruben Vardanyan with all their might? What calculations does Ruben Vardanyan’s presence in Artsakh upset? The answers to these questions have not been given either in Armenia or Artsakh for several days.
Meanwhile, these are the main questions. Baku “demands,” it’s clear; everything is public; there is no secret here. And why do they agree with Baku in Armenia and Artsakh?
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The reasons may differ, but this is not the field to speculate on. The question is who else in Yerevan and Artsakh, and why are they in solidarity with Baku’s position? Why did it happen that the interests of official Baku and some groups in Armenia and Artsakh are on the same level? In other words, there are groups in Yerevan, Stepanakert, and Baku that demand Ruben Vardanyan’s resignation, and should the Artsakh president meet that demand?
Let’s leave aside the incomprehensible demand to hold elections in Artsakh in the conditions of this month-long process of encircled and, hostile actions by Azerbaijan against Artsakh. Who would benefit from the situation of anarchy in the besieged Artsakh? Is it the best time for new political reshuffles in Artsakh? Instead of finding answers to these questions, people have spread “reliable” information on the Internet about what Vladimir Putin, Nikol Pashinyan, and Arayik Harutyunyan discussed and what confessions Putin made regarding the coming of this or that figure to Artsakh. And what do the “reliable sources” report? Didn’t Putin “swear” at the meeting with Pashinyan and Harutyunyan? Or do some people seriously “think” that the president of any country, especially Russia, can make confessions in the tet-a-tet meeting with Nikol Pashinyan and Araik Harutyunyan?
At the level of Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of that country, Russia, publicly referred to Ruben Vardanyan’s topic at the end of December. It means that Moscow considered it necessary to answer that question publicly and say as much as it found convenient. In other words, what was said should be regarded as much as it was said, no more, no less. And in general, another remarkable phenomenon is the open propaganda campaign of a section of the Armenian parliamentary opposition, from Robert Kocharian’s team, against Ruben Vardanyan. I wonder why it turned out that way.
Emma GABRIELYAN
“Aravot” daily, 17.01.2023
