In June 1967, when Israel was simultaneously (and successfully) at war with Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and other countries, a British journalist asked former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan what he thought about the problem of the Middle East.
“There is no Middle East problem,” answered the political veteran. “How come it doesn’t have it?” the journalist was surprised. Macmillan explained: “When we say ‘problem,’ we mean something with a solution. There is no solution to what you are asking about.”
I remembered that incident concerning the Prime Minister’s press conference yesterday. The situation he represents is a perfect dead end. The same English people use the word deadlock, which has the components of “death” and “valve.”
That means:
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1/ Pashinyan looks at the tragedy of the Armenian people through the prism of his chair.
Two/ “External forces,” that is, according to all, the Russian political leadership and special services, are complete idiots because they do not see that there are no severe internal incentives for a change of power in Armenia.
3/ Those “external forces” (Peskov, Zakharova?) announced that a change of power is starting in Armenia. After that, what can be discussed with these “forces”?
But there is another dead end here. “The main force organizing ethnic cleansing” is Azerbaijan. But Pashinyan does not rule out that Armenia will withdraw the complaint against Azerbaijan from the International Court and even considers it logical in case of signing the mythical peace treaty. That is, now we believe that Azerbaijan has committed a serious international crime (ethnic cleansing). Still, in case of a specific change in the situation, we will no longer think so. If you say in advance that you will withdraw your words, can you expect that those words will be taken seriously?
The issue of prisoners is also a complete impasse. The return of the Azerbaijani prisoner, it turns out, speaks of “institutional reforms and democratic essence of the Republic of Armenia.” It’s the first time I’ve heard that returning a captive and not getting anything in its place is a sign of democracy. I believe this is a sign of something else entirely.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
