He spoke of the Almaty declaration as if he had discovered a "new gospel". I watched Pashinyan's speech at the session of the CIS Heads of State Council. He talked about the Almaty declaration as if he had discovered America. In fact, the Almaty declaration was forgotten for decades and was actually rediscovered on October 6, 2022. Noting that the Republic of Armenia accepted the Almaty declaration, it can be said with reservation and its interpretations. We have said a thousand times that at the time of the adoption of the Almaty Declaration, as of December 21, 1991, Artsakh had already declared its independence/September 2, 1991/ and held an independence referendum/December 10, 1991/. But this was not the only problem in his speech �: When Pashinyan spoke about the epoch-making principles of the Almaty Declaration and pointed out the inviolability of the borders of the CIS states, did he not remember that at least there was a head of state at that table, for whom the right of nations to self-determination exists? At least at the time of Crimea and Donbass, not the Almaty declaration. And for decades, the right to self-determination has also been one of the negotiating principles of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship. And instead of taking advantage of the applicability of the principle of self-determination of nations, he renounced Artsakh's right to self-determination and recognized Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan.