(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Akbar Hasanov, Day.az
Truly historic events are taking place in the South Caucasus
region. Yes, the attention of the whole world is now focused on the
ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, which has entered a fierce and final
stage, but events are taking place in our region that deserve very
close attention. To begin with, I'll just let you know that in
Armenia, calls to curtail all cooperation with the Russian
Federation are becoming louder and louder.
In particular, Russian Ambassador Sergei Kopyrkin was summoned
to the Armenian Foreign Ministry. According to the press service of
the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the reason for calling the Russian
ambassador to the Armenian Foreign Ministry was the recent incident
on the Lachin road. At the meeting, the dissatisfaction of the
Armenian side in connection with the incident was brought to the
attention of the Ambassador.
Before us is a classic example of how in Armenia they decided to
justify themselves by shifting all the blame on Russia. The reality
is that the provocation was committed by the Armenian side. It was
not the Russians, but the Armenians who fired at the BCP on the
Lachin road, it was they who wounded the Azerbaijani border guard.
And the answer was given not to the Russians, but to the
Armenians.
Nevertheless, the RA decided to use its own provocation for the
next actualization of the topic of Russia's failure to fulfill its
allied obligations. "Not only does the Russian peacekeeping
contingent not ensure the smooth functioning of the Lachin
corridor, but it also accompanies the Azerbaijani flag near the
Khakari bridge," Vahagn Aleksanyan, deputy from the ruling Civil
Contract party in Armenia, said on the air of the Public Television
of Armenia.
He will never say that the checkpoint on the Lachin road is
completely legal. Even after the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, including the
Karabakh economic region and enclaves. Yes, Aleksanyan looks like
the author of an absurd conclusion, but he is not the first, he is
not the last such person in the Armenian parliament.
The truth is that Azerbaijan has the right to establish BCP on
its territory. The truth is also that the need for this checkpoint
was proved by Armenia itself and the Karabakh separatists. For, in
Baku, cases of transportation along the Lachin road, from Armenia
to Khankendi, of weapons and ammunition have been recorded more
than once. It was important to cover this shop. And she was
covered.
At the same time, a sufficient number of Armenians have already
used the services of the Lachin BCP, passing through passport
control there. This caused hysteria among the Armenian opposition
and the world Armenians, who recruited politicians and journalists
in different countries of the world. They, in turn, replicated lies
about a "humanitarian catastrophe" in the Karabakh economic region
of Azerbaijan. Time has proven the ludicrousness of such false
statements.
But what do we see now? The attempt of the Armenian leadership
to blame its internal problems, its failures in foreign policy...
Russia and the opposition. And the same deputy from the ruling
Civil Contract party in Armenia, Vahagn Aleksanyan, pointed out
that the Armenian opposition is activated not because of the
internal political situation, but because they are organized by
external forces.
“There is progress in the negotiations on a peace treaty, it is
obvious that in specific geopolitical points there is
dissatisfaction with where the negotiations are taking place. There
are forces that are not interested in Armenia resolving their
conflicts. They provoke internal political tension in Armenia, pay
attention during which negotiations the opposition becomes more
active. Has it ever happened that there were negotiations in Moscow
and the opposition would become more active? No. But when
negotiations are held in another country, the opposition is ready
to stand up and save the homeland," the Armenian MP said.
The hint is more than transparent. A hint that the Armenian
opposition is financed from the Russian Federation, receiving
directives from there. I note that in this matter he is right.
Suffice it to recall the Moscow intruder, the Russian-Armenian
oligarch Ruben Vardanyan. He is so connected with the Russian
Federation that he even moved somehow in the car of Russian
peacekeepers, hiding under a pile of dirty laundry.
Yes, many other Armenian oppositionists are focused on Russia
and do not hide this, including the former Karabakh separatist, the
second president of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. But
the essence of the matter is different. It is that we see an
attempt by the current Armenian authorities to explain their
failures exclusively by the Russian factor, and this is already a
miserable manipulation.
After all, it was the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
Nikol Pashinyan who shouted in the center of Yerevan that "Karabakh
is Armenia and that's it." As a result, he provoked a 44-day war,
the defeat in which forced official Yerevan to come to terms with
the inevitable. What we are seeing today from official Yerevan is
the consequences of that defeat, the recognition of the inability
of the RA to prevent the strengthening of Azerbaijan's positions.
Only and everything. No matter what grievances against Russia are
voiced by the members of the ruling party in the Republic of
Armenia.
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