(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Rena Murshud read more A few days ago, ousted puppet state Minister of so-called
'Nagorno-Karabakh' Ruben Vardanyan, or rather opposition supporters
and separatist forces called on Russian peacekeepers to carry out
their mission "properly". And if decipher this phrase, then
according to their demand, they want to "force the Azerbaijani side
to unblock Karabakh and remove the checkpoint" at the entrance to
the Lachin road.
With the same demands, people came to Khankandi Square with
placards in their hands with the inscriptions: "We will not
surrender", "Karabakh is not a territory someone, but our
Motherland", "Karabakh has never been and will never be part of
Azerbaijan."
But if they have such demands, then why did prime minister of
Armenia Nikol Pashinyan recognize the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan in parliament? Are the separatist forces trying to
create chaos in Armenia by this, or do they want to increase their
influence on Azerbaijan, bypassing Pashinyan?
While commenting on the matter for Azernews as
well as answering the follwing questions, Russian political
analyst, journalist Sergey Markov said that Pashinyan does all this
for his own benefit, first of all, he wants the best for
himself.
“Pashinyan wants to assemble a structure according to which he
transfers Karabakh to Azerbaijan by signing a peace treaty between
Azerbaijan and Armenia and this legally transfers Karabakh to
Azerbaijan. But in fact, he is afraid to transfer Karabakh to
Azerbaijan. Because, in this case, the radical forces in Armenia
can overthrow him, blow him up, even shoot him, as they already did
in their time in the Armenian parliament,” he stressed.
Speaking of Pashinyan's plans in mind, Markov also added that
the Prime Minister is very afraid of possible assassination
attempts against him. In this case, he will have to settle with
Azerbaijan in any case. This means that sooner or later Nikol
Pashinyan will recognize Karabakh as the territory of
Azerbaijan.
“Pashinyan's plan is to recognize Karabakh as Azerbaijani
territory and thereby give a very large autonomy to the Armenian
community of Karabakh. And at the same time, so that the guarantees
of this autonomy are not according to the laws of the Azerbaijani
constitution and not the Armenian army, which is weak, but that
there are large international organizations of the EU and NATO.
They want the military contingents of countries that are friends
with Armenia to be stationed there. They want it to be independent
and a guarantee of this autonomy for the Armenian community of
Karabakh. Moreover, they will still say beautiful and appeasing
words, such as 'they are ready to make a certain plan for which
Karabakh will gradually be transferred to Azerbaijan', and so
on..." the expert emphasized.
In fact, as for what Sergey Makrov said, we can unequivocally
say that any step that Pashinyan and the forces supporting him can
take does not change anything for Azerbaijan. On the contrary, if
we agree with what the expert said, we can say that such plans are
ultimately a threat to Pashinyan's rule.
“Pashinyan is more moderate than radical. The radicals are
mainly found in the Armenian diaspora, as well as in France,
Lebanon, the USA, and Russia. All of them are united and made
united by Turkophobia and Azerbaijanophobia. It is very beneficial
for them to take such a tough position on Karabakh. It is
beneficial for them to let the Armenian army out on the field and,
sitting in restaurants in different countries, admire how they are
fighting against Azerbaijan,” the political analyst opined.
According to Sergey Markov, Armenian community in Azerbaijan's
Karabakh is wary about the consequences of what separatists have
committed over the past three decades. They think this could have a
severe result for them, if they integrate into Azerbaijan - which
will soon happen whether they want it or not.
“So the whole world knows the monstrous war crimes committed by
the Armenians against Azerbaijan 31 years ago. They thought that
Azerbaijanis would come and take revenge for all this. And from
this point of view, somewhat radical forces like the Armenian
Diaspora, the Armenian small community of Karabakh and those who
unite people around Ruben Vardanyan, they put such pressure on
Pashinyan with the words "do not give up" and "do not put
conditions on Azerbaijan." Like, they are ready to fight, and let
the Russians and Ukrainians join them, even the Poles can join ...
well, in other words, they have many options,” the expert said.
In conclusion, Sergey Markov touched on Pashinyan's unfathomable
political stance, which baffle many whether he stands by the West
or Russia. According to the expert, Pashinyan is certainly not
pro-Russian, but he has to deal with Russia.
"That's why he consults so constantly. Pashinyan's task is to
wait until the presidential elections to yiled its rsult in
Turkiye. He also expects from Americans to provoke military
incidents and confront both Russian and Turkish militaries. By
taking this opportunity, the pro-Armenian forces will raise a cry
to the Russian authorities with a position to oppose the Turks in
Karabakh. However, they should know that our task, supporting for
friendship among Russia, Azerbaijan and Turkiye, is to thwart their
insidious plans.”
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