Mirzoyan: Armenian MPs were not allowed to enter Artsakh in order to  avoid possible provocations

ArmInfo.As soon as it became known that the MPs could not enter Artsakh along the Lachin corridor, official Yerevan established high-level communication with the  government of Artsakh and the Russian authorities. Armenian Foreign  Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated this on April 13 during the  government hour, answering a relevant question.

"We were assured that the members of the National Assembly of Armenia  are not allowed to enter Artsakh in order to avoid possible  provocations. As for our position, it is clearly formulated in the  statement of the Foreign Ministry," added Armenian Foreign Minister  Ararat Mirzoyan, recalling that the statement of November 9, 2020  does not provide for any restrictions on the movement of citizens of  the Republic of Armenia through the Lachin corridor.

According to him, all the more so the members of the National  Assembly of the Republic of Armenia should have unhindered access to  Artsakh.  To clarify, that is, that was the answer of the Russian  peacekeepers, Mirzoyan said that the Armenian side was informed that  entry was prohibited in order to avoid provocations in Artsakh.

As ArmInfo previously reported, a group of opposition MPs of Armenia,  led by Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Ishkhan Saghatelyan, was  not allowed into Artsakh to meet with parliamentarians.

As Saghatelyan said, such a decision was made as a result of an  agreement between the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan. "At the  moment, another criminal agreement between Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham  Aliyev is being declassified. Both of them very quickly and at the  same time reacted in a coordinated manner to the statement of the  opposition MPs that they were going to Artsakh and gave the  checkpoint the list of names of political figures leaving in Artsakh,  demanding that they not be allowed to enter Artsakh. Another fact of  a conspiracy and a deal to isolate Artsakh with the subsequent  eviction of Armenians was revealed. It is noteworthy that in  connection with our visit, the reaction of the authorities of  Azerbaijan and Armenia was identical and complementary," the Vice  Speaker wrote.

In turn, another opposition MP Artur Ghazinyan noted that for the  first time in the modern history of Armenia, the entry of MPs of the  National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia into Artsakh was  prohibited within the framework of the "irreversible peace agenda" of  Nikol Pashinyan and Aliyev.

Meanwhile, the Armenian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the  fact that the military personnel of the Russian peacekeeping  contingent did not allow a group of members of the National Assembly  of the Republic of Armenia to enter Nagorno-Karabakh.

" This action contradicts the Trilateral Statement of November 9,  which envisages the unimpeded connection of Nagorno-Karabakh with  Armenia through the Lachin corridor.  All parties to the Statement  must strictly adhere to the latter's letter and spirit, as well as  fulfill its obligations," the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.