While the Armenian government is trying to convince domestically that peace is already a fait accompli, abroad, using various platforms, it is complaining that the Azerbaijani president continues to use the term “Zangezur Corridor” on various occasions. This was stated by Tigran Abrahamyan, Secretary of the “I Have the Honor” faction of the National Assembly, during his speech in the National Assembly.
Furthermore, Pashinyan is upset that Aliyev, when speaking about the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, portrays Armenia as a country that has capitulated, and himself, indirectly, as a capitulator. True, Pashinyan does not forget to emphasize in the end that Azerbaijan’s behavior “will not deviate even a millimeter from its practice of celebrating the peace achieved and fulfilling the stated agreements,” but, as they say, the train has already left.
Although at first glance it seemed the authorities would limit themselves to their statements at the UN podium, it turned out that this issue needed to be discussed at the PACE, as well as at the CIS Heads of Government meeting, where Deputy Prime Minister Grigoryan, responding to the Azerbaijani Prime Minister’s speech, recalled that bilateral documents indicate that Trump’s approach should be used in the context of lifting the blockade.
I am convinced that the authorities would not have raised this issue or responded to the actions of the Azerbaijani authorities if serious problems had not arisen in the region. The negotiation process. Why? Because it is not in the current authorities’ interests to contradict their own words and publicly admit that Azerbaijan is acting outside the framework of existing agreements. The peace messages sent to the public are based not on facts, but on vague promises, and their language in no way corresponds to the logic of photographs with broad smiles.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan announces an increase in its military budget by approximately 4%; in occupied Karvachar, Aliyev speaks of using force to advance Azerbaijani interests and modernize the army. In response, the Armenian government cuts the military budget, circulates a plan to shorten compulsory military service, and consigns the army to storage as a third wheel. Why does Aliyev continue his harsh, ironic, and offensive language, when his ambition and obsession with destroying the enemy are overwhelming him?
And why has Pashinyan found himself in the position of a complainer at the wall, when he long ago surrendered his trump cards, backing himself into a corner with his own hands. “The most he can do is build a dictatorship within the country and keep society under a blockade of lies,” Abrahamyan stated in his statement.