(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Akbar Hasanov
Events were expected to happen this way... The media in Armenia
are indignant at the participation of the Prime Minister of this
country Nikol Pashinyan in the inauguration of Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which took place in Ankara on Saturday. It
should be noted that at this ceremony attended by 20 heads of state
and about 45 ministers, although everyone was in order, Nikol
Pashinyan was the only one who visited after cleaning all the dirt
he got into.
Obviously, this trip was very informative for Pashinyan. Thanks
to the Turkish leadership, he saw how powerful the Turkic unity is,
how high the authority of Turkiye and Azerbaijan in the world, how
strong the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations are. "Welcome, President
of Azerbaijan, my dear brother! Thank you," this üas told by
Turkish President Erdogan at the inauguration ceremony. And
Pashinyan saw and heard all this.
He also saw how deep Turkiye's relationship with NATO, whose
Secretary General also flew to Erdogan's inauguration. Stoltenberg
also had a brief conversation with the President of Azerbaijan, who
is not a member of NATO, but whose army has long been brought up to
the highest standards of the Alliance, including through many years
of cooperation with the Turkish army. Which is rightfully
considered the second most powerful in NATO after the American
one.
Summing up all this, it is safe to say that the trip to Ankara
was sobering for the Armenian Prime Minister. It is clear that even
before that he had no particular illusions about the prospects for
military revenge for the devastating defeat in the 44-day war, but
after visiting Turkiye, this topic was closed to him and his
entourage once and for all.
It was the same as an amateur football player from a non-league
team was allowed to enter the field for 10-15 minutes in the World
Cup final. He may not even touch the ball during this time, but
once and for all he will understand what an abyss lies between him
and those“stars” of world football who fought for the world
championship at the same time and in the same place.
And Pashinyan, who finally understood all this, will now be
extremely surprised to hear all the nonsense that sounds in his
address. I will give a couple of examples of the "flight of
fantasy" of Armenian speakers. I note right away that they excel in
insults without offering anything in return. This is a pathetic,
primitive, provocative position.
"In ancient times, the side that won the war took away the king
of the losing side as a trophy. Now the situation is exactly the
same. The Turks are taking Nikol to Ankara as a trophy,
demonstrating: we destroyed Armenia, won, killed, and now they
brought their "king"", said Vahe Hovhannisyan from the group of
alternative projects.
In reality, it was Vahe who demonstrated an alternative to
reason and conscience - stupidity and shamelessness. He "forgot"
that Pashinyan is not a king at all, but a prime minister legally
elected by the majority of Armenian citizens. Secondly, no Turks or
Azerbaijanis have destroyed Armenia, it is safe and sound. It is
Azerbaijan that has to spend billions of dollars to restore its
territories liberated as a result of a 44-day war from many years
of Armenian occupation.
Thirdly, no one brought Pashinyan, he flew to Ankara himself.
Because he understands the existing realities and is responsible
for the present of his country. Which found itself in the grip of
self-isolation and deprived of a future precisely because it had
previously adhered to the position of people like this Vahe.
Turkophobia, Azerbaijanophobia, territorial claims against
neighboring states have brought the Republic of Armenia to the
status of a state that lost the war and a loser country in the
South Caucasus.
Pashinyan understands that only a radical change in Armenia's
position can change the future of Armenia. And, let's call a spade
a spade, it is difficult and dangerous for him to pursue a
different policy. After all, there are many people like Vahe in the
Republic of Armenia. So, a certain director of the Center for
Middle East Studies Tigran Lokmagezyan stated that a leader
representing the interests of Armenia, having dignity, would not
have gone to participate in Erdogan's inauguration ceremony.
That is, we have before us another character who openly preaches
Turkophobia, who does not hide his dreams of eternal enmity between
Armenia and its neighboring states. The same, I note, is what many
representatives of the Armenian diaspora in different countries of
the world crave.
They are trying to impose on Armenia, already in a miserable
state, an agenda of hatred and enmity with Turkiye and Azerbaijan.
This is more than a crime on their part, this is a mistake. Which
can be very expensive for future generations of Armenian citizens.
It seems that Nikol Pashinyan understood this and is therefore
trying to promote a different agenda. Will he succeed in the end?
Time will show. But his visit to Ankara, of course, was useful for
an even greater understanding of the realities.
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