(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Akbar Hasanov, Day.az
Almost 31 months have passed since the end of the 44-day war.
During this time, Armenia managed to taste the bitterness of the
failure of a number of its military provocations, as a result of
which it saw the transition of a number of strategically important
heights under the control of the Azerbaijani army. In addition, the
protest action of environmental activists on the Lachin road has
successfully ended. Now there is a border check point
installed.
"Revanchists" can be indignant as much as they like, but in
reality, more and more Armenians pass through the border checkpoint
on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the beginning of
the Lachin-Khankendi road. In addition, over the past time, a
project called Ruben Vardanyan appeared and was reset. No, he
himself is alive and well, but as a political project, with which
external forces pinned certain hopes, he does not exist.
They only remember the underwear of Russian peacekeepers, which
the Russian-Armenian oligarch had to smell when he cowardly fled
from Khankendi to Armenia in the car of these same peacekeepers. In
addition, during the time that has passed since the end of the
44-day war, Azerbaijan has greatly strengthened its position in the
world political arena, becoming a state that plays a crucial role
in ensuring the energy security of Europe.
Armenia, on the other hand, faced such a reality as the
unpreparedness, inability of any country in the world to openly
impede the implementation of Azerbaijan's demands, which were and
remain justified and in accordance with international law. And it
is not at all surprising that Armenia has suffered a number of
diplomatic defeats. The intercession of French President Macron did
not help the Armenian leadership either.
So it was in Prague and in Chisinau. As a result, Nikol
Pashinyan was forced to recognize the territorial integrity of
Azerbaijan, including the Karabakh economic zone and enclaves. Yes,
all this is actively opposed by the Dashnaks, who have lost power
in Armenia, representatives of the "Karabakh clan", as well as the
Karabakh separatists who have settled in Khankendi so far. Oh yes!
The main Armenian oligarch Tsarukyan, nicknamed "Stupid Gago", is
also indignant.
Who else is unhappy with what is happening? Armenian diaspora in
different countries of the world. Its leaders are again scribbling
appeals to the world, begging for help... Karabakh separatists. It
is difficult to imagine something more absurd. This is akin to
requests to finance terrorism by the IMF. But there is, on closer
examination, an understandable reason for the activation of the
leaders of the Armenian diaspora around the world.
The fact is that their ultimate goal is to raise money. The
figures there are calculated in tens and sometimes hundreds of
millions of dollars. And, of course, the struggle for control over
this money was, is and will be. To understand how painful this
problem is for the Armenian side, it is enough to read the text
published in the "Voice of Armenia" publication.
It says that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, at a meeting with
the Armenian diaspora, had to answer about the notorious 100
million dollars that were transferred during the 44-day war by the
Armenians of the whole world to the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund in
support of the Karabakh separatists, and immediately after the end
of hostilities were unexpectedly handed over to the government of
Armenia.
The article mentions that former President Armen Sarkissian
claimed that he never received a financial report on the use of
this $100 million, and criticized the actions of the Fund's
management, saying that they undermined donor confidence in the
structure. The article also recalled that another member of the
Board of Trustees, second President Robert Kocharyan, also stated
that the government is obliged to submit a report on this
money.
As a result, the fourth president resigned, and the second
defiantly resigned from the Board of Trustees of the "Hayastan"
fund, without receiving an answer and report. But in the end, as
Golos Armenii writes, the report of the Audit Chamber was made
public. That is, an international audit of the spending of funds
raised during the war, as some members of the Board of Trustees
demanded, was never carried out.
At the same time, as Armenian journalists sneer, the fact that the
person who spent the Fund's money and today checks these expenses
is one and the same person: Atom Janjughazyan, who spent them as
Minister of Finance, and now heads the Audit Chamber.
“This is how an“independent report” looks like on an important
issue for all Armenians, carried out by the de facto authorities:
The Audit Chamber checks today what its head did yesterday, being
in a different position. And this is called an“independent audit,”
sums up "Voice of Armenia".
We summarize that we have before us an excellent example of the
fact that for the Armenian diaspora in general and the Hayastan
Foundation in particular, there has always been, is and will be
important the existence of a "reason" for collecting tens or
hundreds of millions of dollars. This explains their activation
now, when Azerbaijan and Armenia are close to signing a peace
treaty. This is a nightmare for those who are used to mastering
solid budgets. And therefore, 31 months after the end of the 44-day
war, they tear and rush. 'Ara, this business is being destroyed!'
But, hysteria, shouting, provocations and appeals to the world
community cannot change the situation.
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