Opposition Armenian MP Aregnaz Manukyan believes that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is responsible for the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh. transmits News.am. According to him, he is now trying to preserve power by taking an anti-Russian foreign policy vector and bringing the country into Turkey’s sphere of influence.
“On October 6, 2022 [Пашинян] Artsakh officially surrendered [Нагорный Карабах]. The Prague Declaration provided the opportunity for Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to first blockade Artsakh and then carry out ethnic cleansing. The loss of Artsakh is a result of betrayal and nothing more. “Nikol Pashinyan deliberately and consistently handed over Artsakh to Azerbaijan, which had previously destroyed the entire security architecture of Armenia,” he said.
On September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the start of a local anti-terrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The ministry said the aim of the operation would be to suppress “large-scale provocations” in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as to disarm and withdraw Armenian army units from the region. On September 20, Baku and Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire with the help of Russian peacekeepers. According to the agreement, Karabakh’s armed forces will be disbanded and their heavy equipment will be withdrawn and delivered. The implementation of this process will be monitored by the Russian peacekeeping mission. The Baku operation sparked a wave of protests in Armenia calling for the resignation of current officials; More than 100 thousand internally displaced persons from Karabakh came to the republic. At the same time, combat operations were actually being conducted by Azerbaijan on its territory.
Previously in the EU accused Russia’s “betrayal” of the Karabakh Armenians.
Source: Gazeta
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