Tuesday, January 29 2019 17:58

ArmInfo.All those approaches and principles related to the settlement of the Karabakh issue, which Levon Ter-Petrosyan once voiced are heard today from the mouth of the new government of Armenia. The press secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, stated this at a press  conference on January 29.

He noted that today they often talk about concessions from the  Armenian side, while the Armenian side won twice. "There is very  little talk about the right of peoples to self-determination, while  during the reign of Vazgen Sargsyan, Robert Kocharyan, Serzh  Sargsyan, the Armenian side has repeatedly stated that the  concessions should be bilateral, moreover, the importance of the  international principle of law people to self-determination ", - said  the politician.

Sharmazanov also noted that the Azerbaijani side is now talking about  the year 2019 as a turning point, while the Armenian side is mostly  silent. Also, the press secretary of the RPA noted that in his  statements often the prime minister refers not to the statements of  the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, but to the words of Aliyev.  "This is an extremely wrong approach. There are a number of people  with whom one could discuss the Karabakh conflict, for example,  instead of putting Robert Kocharian in prison, he should talk about  it," the RPA spokesman stressed.

Sharmazanov also touched upon the meeting between Aliyev and  Pashinyan, which was held in Dushanbe:  "In Dushanbe, the Armenian  Prime Minister ran straight into Aliyev's trap," the politician  emphasized.

A spokesman of RPA also noted that "today we are asking for peace  from Azerbaijan, and this can lead to a catastrophe". "We are not  against peace. We also wanted to achieve peace through mutual  concessions, but we were always against the formula of" territory for  peace ". The issue is how much this world should be achieved. After  all, the problem is not in us, but in Baku "Azerbaijan is still not  ready to recognize the full realization of the right of the people of  Karabakh to self-determination. Therefore, Yerevan's policy should be  aimed at protecting the results of the Karabakh referendum of 1991,"  the politician emphasized.

Also, the RPA press secretary noted that during the RPA rule, five  statements of the co-chairs were published, which noted the people's  right to self-determination. Recently, there has not been a single  statement of intermediaries in which this principle is mentioned.

"Pashinyan meets with Aliyev in Davos, speaks with him for an hour  and a half and as a result it turns out that they did not talk about  anything concrete. How is this possible? What did they discuss then?  It is extremely strange that abstract statements are made about the  just resolving the conflict, but in fact Baku and Stepanakert see  justice differently. It is also extremely strange that the provisions  of the Vienna, St.  Petersburg, and Geneva agreements came out of  circulation, "Sharmazanov added, saying that probably on the Karabakh  issue as no secret negotiations.  In conclusion, the RPA press  secretary also noted that the reaction of the Prime Minister to the  words of Ambassador Richard Mills that the surrender of the  territories was necessary was very peculiar. "Pashinyan said that  these are the words of the outgoing ambassador, and the statement by  the US National Security Advisor to the President, John Bolton, that  we should abandon our historical patterns, did not follow the  reaction at all. Foreign policy should not be viewed through our  fingers," concluded Sharmazanov.

To note, the last meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev took place on  January 22 in Davos. As Pashinyan told later, they discussed the  history of the negotiation process, the possibilities of creating  conditions for settlement, the existing obstacles, etc. The prime  minister also noted that no specifics were discussed during the  meeting.