(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Parvin Mirzazade, Day.az
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Vovayevich Pashinyan periodically
likes to recall his first main profession and share his "innermost"
thoughts with former colleagues in the journalistic workshop. Mr.
Pashinyan is especially not indifferent to the Western mass media,
which are close to him in terms of views and to which he willingly
gives interviews, generously sharing his vision of the situation in
the region and in the world.
And now Mr. Pashinyan, immediately after the meeting in Brussels
with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, through the mediation of
EU President Charles Michel, gave a detailed interview to Agence
France-Presse (AFP) correspondent Irakli Metreveli, in which he
touched upon the topic of a peaceful settlement with Azerbaijan,
Armenia's relations with neighboring countries, as well as with the
West and its traditional ally, Russia.
As always, Nikol Vovayevich, putting on the toga of an imaginary
peacemaker, talked about the problems of achieving peace in the
region, trying to convey to the audience his interpretation of the
past negotiations, with an eye on the influential Armenian diaspora
in France, which clearly does not sympathize with him, considering
him a traitor to the national idea of \u200b\u200bGreat
Armenia.
The head of the Armenian government lamented about the "hard
share" of the Armenian population of the Karabakh region, comparing
the situation almost with the "holocaust", absolutely not
understanding the meaning of this word. Apparently, Mr. N.
Pashinyan should have filled in the gaps in his education and, in
his free time from empty moaning, studied world history, so as not
to simply scatter big words that he does not understand.
It is obvious that all the groans and cries in the interview
were intended for some compassionate Western politicians who have
long dreamed of tearing Armenia away from their traditional allies
in the CSTO and for this were ready to satisfy the expansionist
appetites of the Armenian authorities at the expense of the
occupied Azerbaijani territories. Nikol Vovaevich, in his
traditional "shirt-guy from the street" manner, shared some
thoughts with the agency's correspondent regarding Armenia's
position in the negotiations. The Armenian side, verbally
recognizing the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, continues to
promote absolutely unacceptable conditions regarding the
negotiations between Baku and representatives of the Armenian
population of Karabakh (meaning the separatist junta) with the
mandatory participation of an incomprehensible international
mechanism.
From the words of N. Pashinyan, we can conclude that Yerevan
hopes that in the future peace treaty a reservation will be made
regarding the future "status" (which has long been rotting in the
dustbin of history) of the Armenian population of Karabakh, which
will allow the Armenian side to freeze the situation, in the hope
of revenge in the future. Naturally, such unrealistic demands of
the Armenian side are categorically rejected by Baku and are
regarded as provocative. The desire of the leadership of Armenia,
having concluded a peace treaty, to achieve recognition only of its
territorial integrity, not taking similar steps towards Azerbaijan,
laying a "time bomb", in the form of endless negotiations with the
"adamant" separatist leaders, in order to secure the Armenian
territory from possible retaliatory actions, nothing else,
The Armenian prime minister is used to turning everything upside
down and in interviews spoke a lot about the "humanitarian
catastrophe", trying to arouse pity in the Western audience, hoping
that this would put pressure on Azerbaijan. At the same time, he
kept silent about the fact that the non-existent mythical blockade
was created by the joint efforts of the Armenian authorities and
the separatist junta. Nikol Vovaevich tearfully assured that a
famine was about to begin in Karabakh, which they say is the result
of the actions of the Azerbaijani authorities, who established a
border post on a conditional border and did not allow transport
with "humanitarian aid".
The leader of Armenia, as always, shuffled the facts and
vigorously promoted the theses of the Armenian propaganda regarding
control on the Lachin road, distortedly interpreting the tripartite
statement signed on November 10, 2020. After the installation of
the Azerbaijani PPP, Armenia lost the opportunity to supply the
remnants of its armed forces in the territory where peacekeepers
are temporarily stationed. The lack of supply and rotation of
military personnel put the parts of the Armenian armed forces, who
hid behind the peacekeepers, in a hopeless situation: lay down
their arms and surrender, or immediately, before it's too late,
agree with the Azerbaijani authorities and start retreating to the
territory of Armenia. But this categorically does not suit either
official Yerevan or the separatist junta, who understand
In his interview, Nikol Vovayevich constantly cheated, using
"peace-loving" terminology and pretended to strive for a
comprehensive peace, explaining Armenia's position by saying that
the small, weak Armenian population of Karabakh would not be able
to "resist" strong Azerbaijan and needed "support". Thus, the
leader of Armenia once again indirectly confirmed the fact, which
has always been rejected by Yerevan, that the conflict is based on
the territorial claims and aggression of Armenia against
Azerbaijan. In a burst of frankness, Nikol Vovaevich agreed to the
point that he actually admitted that if a peace agreement is not
reached, then there is a possibility of resuming hostilities, the
result of which, as you know, will be catastrophic for Armenia.
Prime Minister N. Pashinyan generously mixed all his "deep"
conclusions with outright lies and disinformation in the style
traditional for Armenian propaganda, built in the spirit of
historical untruth and inflating the myth of a certain
Armenophobia, allegedly traditionally inherent in all Turkic
peoples. Probably, Mr. N. Pashinyan does not have time to get
acquainted with the materials of the Armenian press and the
speeches of his fellow politicians, which are literally overflowing
with Turkophobic slogans and appeals. Publicly making statements
about the recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan,
Mr. N. Pashinyan, in his last interview, in literally every answer
to a question, allowed encroachments on the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of a neighboring state, "naively" believing
that his words would be left without due attention. All his words
regarding the future of the Armenian population of the Karabakh
region are frankly impudent interference in the internal affairs of
Azerbaijan, an infringement on the sovereign rights and the
Constitution of an independent UN member state. Apparently, Mr. N.
Pashinyan still did not draw the proper conclusions from the
results of the Second Karabakh War and did not recognize the new
geopolitical realities.
The issues of Armenia's relations with Russia and the CSTO were
not left without attention during the interview. Offended by the
fact that neither Russia nor the CSTO came to the aid of Armenia
during the Second Karabakh War, and also did not respond to tearful
calls for help during subsequent conflicts on the conditional
border line, Mr. N. Pashinyan again blackmailed the allies by
saying that Armenia could reconsider its participation in this
military-political bloc if it did not wait for the expected help
and even openly hinted that any organization could have a beginning
and an end. In order to protect Armenia from possible sanctions
from the West, in response to the participation of some Armenian
companies in parallel exports to Russia, Mr. N. Pashinyan humbly
noted that he had taken into account the warnings from Western
friends in this matter and would try to follow their
recommendations, which clearly shows that in this matter, for him,
relations with the West today are higher than relations with a
traditional ally. Although the publication of statistical data on
the increase in exports from Armenia to Russia indicates an almost
two-fold increase in the trade turnover between the two countries.
Apparently, the government of Mr. N. Pashinyan has already made its
final choice, preferring not to quarrel with the West for the sake
of an ally that has not justified the expected hopes.
Having read this interview, we must pay tribute to Nikol
Vovayevich: like any Armenian politician, he masterfully knows how
to transform, has not one, but dozens of faces, and knows how to
shed a tear all the time about the "poor, unfortunate, offended by
everyone" people and about the small Armenia surrounded by
"bloodthirsty" Turks. Nikol Vovaevich sincerely tried to win the
sympathy of foreign Armenians, publicly distancing himself from his
traditional ally, expressing doubts about the future of the
CSTO.
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During the interview, in order to show himself as an
international-class politician, and not a provincial politician,
the Prime Minister of Armenia often appealed to international law
and the UN Charter, using grandiloquent terms, the meaning of which
he clearly does not understand. At the same time, Mr. N. Pashinyan
forgot for a while that for almost 30 years it was Armenia that
occupied 20% of the Azerbaijani territory (which he now verbally
finally recognized as part of the territory of Azerbaijan) and
expelled almost 1 million Azerbaijanis from there, in violation of
4 UN Security Council resolutions, which does not give any moral
right to him or other Armenian politicians to talk about ethnic
cleansing and discrimination based on nationality.
In general, Mr. Pashinyan's interview with the AFP agency looked
like a clumsy attempt to justify the complete failure of the
Armenian foreign policy, which is failing on all diplomatic fronts
due to its maximalist position aimed at freezing the situation and
trying to achieve unilateral advantages in the negotiations.
Instead of finally abandoning his ostrich position, which sooner or
later will lead to a new escalation on the line of contact between
the parties, the Armenian prime minister still hopes that Armenia's
foreign friends will be able to help and try to put pressure on
Azerbaijan, which is generally far from reality.
Frankly slandering and distorting the state of affairs in the
negotiation process, Nikol Vovaevich simply does not leave himself
room for maneuver, as he may not be fully aware of how this could
end for him and for Armenia. Time has long shown that the deeds and
words of President Ilham Aliyev never diverge, and if Mr. Pashinyan
really wants peace for the Armenian people, he should have
understood for a long time that he has less and less time for
this.
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