“Under the lethargic sleep of the political elite of Armenia, the official presentation of the final handover of Artsakh took place in Brussels. CE President Charles Michel made some dangerous statements about the humanitarian corridor; he basically hinted that Artsakh, as a territory of Azerbaijan, the humanitarian burden should be transported through Aghdam. That means the Berdzor-Lachin corridor connecting Armenia with Artsakh will no longer function. In essence, Charles Michel officially signed the agreement of the parties, first of all, the agreement of the Prime Minister of Armenia to leave Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan,” said former NA deputy Naira Zohrabyan in a conversation with Aravot. am, referring to July 15 in Brussels, with the participation of CE President Charles Michel. at the regular Pashinyan-Aliev meeting.
“This means that the process of the total capitulation of Artsakh and the creeping capitulation of Armenia continues and what both Aliyev and the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, have repeatedly hinted at, saying that it is time for Nikol Pashinyan to open up about the agreements he had with Aliyev about, Nikol Pashinyan smoothly implements all this with the tacit consent of all of us and as a result of the political elite adopting the status of a passive observer,” said our interlocutor, adding that what is happening now is just a total deviation from the joint statement of November 9, 2020, which was unacceptable for us and the first capitulation.
According to Naira Zohrabyan, even today, we should thank the statement of November 9 because what is happening today, with the total deviation of that agreement, is in favor of Azerbaijan and to the detriment of Armenia’s statehood. “But since nobody prevents Nikol Pashinyan from doing all this… and if people think that the game will be closed by de jure recognizing Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan, they are deeply mistaken. Aliyev openly declares that what is already mine, what you recognized as part of Azerbaijan in Prague, referring to Artsakh, you cannot sell it to me again,” Naira Zohrabyan thinks.
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Against this background, before the tripartite meeting, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a rather direct, non-diplomatic statement, pushing the full responsibility for further developments to the field of the RA authorities. According to Aravot. am, official Moscow is trying to justify its withdrawal from the commitments of November 9, 2020, with the attitude of the Armenian government. At the same time, it is unclear why in Moscow they treat the steps of the RA government with such “respect” and tolerate them, Naira Zohrabyan responded.
“For the first time, the Russian Foreign Ministry gave Nikol Pashinyan’s name in direct text, declaring in non-diplomatic terms that the handover of Artsakh resulted from Nikol Pashinyan’s decision in Prague in 2022. Russia stated very clearly that if all of this is acceptable to the Armenian people, as stated in the statement, they will take note of the decision of the Armenian people and move forward with the agenda adopted by Armenia, i.e., Nikol Pashinyan.
Russia published the name of Nikol Pashinyan, noting that Nikol recognized Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan, which radically changed the situation in favor of Azerbaijan and to the detriment of Artsakh Armenians; Russia said in plain text that with the light hand of Nikol Pashinyan, the Artsakh problem had become an internal problem of Azerbaijan, which has the support of the Armenian society in the form of silence. And you know, we don’t have the right to be upset with Russia, to present some demands to Russia, to go in front of the peacekeepers and pitch tents, because Russia is guided by the agenda proposed and defended by the Armenian authorities. Nikol Pashinyan recognized Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan in Prague, with that Nikol considered Artsakh to be an internal problem of Azerbaijan and after that, he wanted to be the planets of Russia, USA, EU, Pluto, or Saturn; they are obliged to be guided by the current agenda of the government of Armenia”.
According to Naira Zohrabyan, now the situation is such that we can say that the people of Artsakh and Armenia do not have a guarantor of security because Russia, the guarantor of our guarantee, clearly declares that it cannot be a guarantor of security, which has voluntarily agreed to the slavish agenda that is in front of i. put by Azerbaijan. Naira Zohrabyan draws attention to the fact that the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry did not address Armenia, but rather Nikol Pashinyan, giving the name of the number one responsible and the number one culprit. “What is happening in Artsakh today is due to Nikol Pashinyan, and that is why Nikol Pashinyan’s name is never mentioned in any speech; something unaddressed is heard – the government of Armenia. We all know that in 2018 with the seizure of power, the rule of one person was established in Armenia; there is no principle of separation of institutions, there is a dictatorship of one person, and not to mention Nikol Pashinyan’s name during these rallies means that Nikol Pashinyan directs these rallies”.
Nelly GRIGORYAN
