Monday, December 27 2021 12:34

ArmInfo.The general essence of the position voiced at the last online press conference of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on defining borders and  establishing peace with Azerbaijan leads to the need for coexistence  with Azerbaijanis and Turks sooner or later.  Chairman of the  Conservative Party Mikayel Hayrapetyan expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo.

"Pashinyan actually offers his version of coexistence with both  Azeris and Turks. And, in principle, his thoughts are not new, they  were also present in the Armenian political thought a century ago. In  this light, I consider it necessary to display a persistent political  will at the beginning of processes in this direction.  That, it will  be quite difficult for Armenia, which lost in the last year's war,  "the politician thinks.

As for the process of demarcation of the borders between Armenia and  Azerbaijan, Hayrapetyan considers it necessary at least to secure the  same borders as they were during the early USSR. In his opinion, as a  result of such an approach, Yerevan will not be able to get tangible  solutions here and now. However,  in his opinion, taking into account  the long-term nature of this process, the gradual deliverance of  Armenia from the complex of defeat, as well as the rather rapid  geopolitical transformations of the international level, time plays  on Armenia.

According to Hayrapetyan, this is about gradual changes in both  Russian-Turkish relations and Moscow's relations with the collective  West. Which, in his opinion, opens up quite wide, objective  opportunities for Yerevan to maneuver in order to advance its own  national interests. The success of the latter, according to the  politician, entirely depends on the level of political will and  flight, the strength of thought of the current government.

Hayrapetyan considers the appointment of a special representative  with the aim of normalizing relations with Turkey to be unambiguously  the right step, with the correct implementation of which it will be  possible to have positive expectations from this process, including  the formation of Armenia as a regional geopolitical crossroads. The  politician thinks that the possible threats and problems that may  arise for Armenia as a result of the process of normalization of  relations with Turkey are mainly economic and cultural. However,  according to his forecasts, in case of inept actions of Yerevan,  geopolitical threats may be added to them. That can already deprive  Armenia of any development prospects.

"We should also understand the interest of all centers of power in  the establishment of Armenian-Turkish relations. It is also clear  that in today's rapidly globalizing world, not only the interests of  Armenia and Turkey collide and harmonize in this process. In this  light, we should by no means confuse the undoubtedly necessary and  important caution with cowardice. Ankara, of course, with the support  of Baku, will continue to insist on its own preconditions with regard  to Yerevan. But we must also understand that interests in the world  do not end with Turkish interests at all. There are many other  interests that we can quite successfully compare with ours, "summed  up Hayrapetyan.