Friday, July 2 2021 12:32

ArmInfo.The level of confidence that the Armenian society has endowed the current government for the second time obliges it to take steps as soon as possible towards  solving security problems. Human rights activist Artur Sakunts expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

"Taking into account the serious restrictions imposed on Armenia by  the trilateral statement of November 9 last year, as well as the  actual destruction of our country's subjectivity through this  document, the government must look for sources of ensuring the  country's security outside this document, as well as outside any  trilateral agreements, bilateral treaties with Russia and, of course,  the CSTO. These agreements are not promising for Armenia. To be  convinced of the obviousness of this, it is enough to look at the  court comedies against our prisoners in Azerbaijan," he stressed.

Within the framework of the existing security system, the main  threats to the security, rights and life of Armenian citizens,  according to the human rights activist, are not being addressed. The  Armenian prisoners of war in Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijani military  in the territory of Armenia evidence this. In this light, he recalled  that the unconditional return of all prisoners of war was confirmed  by the same statement of November 9, but even after eight months from  the date of its signing, the Armenian prisoners of war are still in  Azerbaijan.

Moreover, according to Sakunts, against the background of obvious  non-fulfillment one of the points of the statement, Azerbaijan is  illegally prosecuting Armenian prisoners of war. By inflicting  suffering and damage to their sense of dignity, not only for them,  but also for their families and friends. All these facts, according  to the human rights activist, destroy the significance of the  trilateral statement in the eyes of the Armenian society, creating  distrust in relation to its initiators and guarantors of its  implementation.  

"Thus, within the framework of this statement, Armenia is being held  hostage, just as our guys are being held hostage in Azerbaijan. And  all the opposite arguments are untenable, first of all, due to the  fact that they obviously pursue only one single goal - to continue to  hold Armenia. Accordingly, the international subjectivity of our  country can be restored only if Armenia breaks out of this impasse.  In this particular case, through an appeal to the UN Security  Council. It is clear that this scenario is extremely undesirable for  the Kremlin. But another way to ensure security and the ruling force  simply does not have the protection of the rights of the citizens of  Armenia, "Sakunts summed up.