ArmInfo. Armenia today is in state of deep crisis, and not only Azerbaijan, but also the Armenian authorities bear responsibility for that. Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, stated this on December 11 during a round table in Sputnik dedicated to the Karabakh conflict.
According to the Russian parliamentarian, Armenia at one time committedthe mistake of taking full responsibility for the negotiation within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to him, the previous format, with the participation of Nagorno Karabakh was more logical and acceptable.
"But, this probably happened due to the fact that the leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh became the leaders of Armenia. They knew the situation and hoped that goodwill would be shown and a quick settlement of the conflict would be achieved through the mediation of not only Russia, but also of France and the United States. This aspiration was gaining more and more strength, especially after the change of government, after Heydar Aliyev left and his son Ilham came to power. From that moment on, the trumpets of the war sounded in Baku all the time, and the tension grew all the time, "Zatulin noted.
In his opinion, after the famous velvet revolution in Armenia, this was not properly taken into account by the Armenian side. According to him, in addition, new mistakes were made due to the lack of experience and competence of those people who replaced the more experienced negotiators. "I mean, again, , the statements of the leader of Armenia, Mr. Pashinyan, made for internal reasons that "Karabakh is Armenia and that's it", various public events designed to confirm this. A demonstrative belittling of the status of the leadership of Nagorno-Karabakh, which they tried to bring to the level of the governor of one of the provinces of Armenia. Some like-minded people of the Armenian prime minister stated that directly. All this played a role as a result, "the Russian lawmaker said, adding that Pashinyan, apparently, again for internal reasons, fighting with the previous authorities and the Karabakh clan, tried to outmaneuver the winners of the previous Karabakh battle with super-patriotism and a desire to demonstrate that there were no problems, everything is already cemented in. According to him, all this played its evil role.
At the same time, he once again stressed that the will of Turkey and Azerbaijan to resolve this issue by force also played an important role. Zatulin stressed that it is they who bear the main responsibility for what happened. "The most important thing after the yesterday's ceremony called the parade, is that the violator of the agreements became a beneficiary in this fight. This is a very hard lesson, a very bad example to follow, since it can be applied by different parties in their interpretation," Zatulin said, adding, that because of those who rely on force in resolving conflicts inspired by the capabilities of drones, ordinary people may suffer, on both sides of conflicts and confrontations. .
He stressed that he continues to believe that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Republic of Artsakh, albeit not recognized, have the right to self-determination. According to him, especially since at the time of the collapse of the USSR, in fact, Azerbaijan no longer had control over Nagorno-Karabakh, and the recognition of Azerbaijan within the borders of the Azerbaijan SSR was hasty and conditional, since it did not correspond to the situation on earth. "And this parade in Baku was not only an insult and an attempt to humiliate Armenians and Armenia, but also its ally Russia, "Zatulin emphasized.
At the same time, he expressed the conviction that Russia understands that the signing of this agreement is not the final settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, since nothing is said there about the status of a part of Nagorno-Karabakh. "This is a question of subsequent negotiations, and I am categorically against that these negotiations are conducted on the position of strength, a parade of a position of strength - this is the road to nowhere," Zatulin concluded.