Arsen Avakov: Armenia should make difficult compromises by consensus

ArmInfo.In order to avoid a potential big tragedy, Armenia should look carefully, step over its troubles and problems and negotiate directly with Azerbaijan. Former  Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arsen Avakov stated in an  interview on the Chibukhchyan Live youtube channel.

At the same time, he stressed that European democracy, as an  intermediary-guarantor is still better than the President of the  Russian Federation with his future imperial values as a guarantor.

At the same time, Avakov recalled the position of the Europeans  regarding the generally accepted borders of Nagorno-Karabakh, which,  according to the latter, should be part of Azerbaijan. <I'm not  trying to pass for a great specialist or a supporter of a compromise  now. My relatives also suffered greatly from the latest military  events in Karabakh. You just need to be very wise to prevent a  national tragedy. I do not think that Armenia needs to cede its  territories. Today it is necessary to talk about obtaining  appropriate guarantees for the national development, culture,  freedom, communication of Armenia and Artsakh. Build a system of  agreements around this>,  said the ex-head of the Ministry of  Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

In his opinion, the balance in such a situation can be maintained, if  French President Emmanuel Macron, France, the EU, and the USA are  chosen as a grenade. "And get out of this "prison of peoples", which  is now being built again by Mr. Putin," Avakov stressed.

At the same time, he expressed indignation at the deployment of  Russian border guards on the RA border.  Such, according to the  Ukrainian politician, should not be allowed. In this context, he  recalled Russia's statements about the "fraternal Ukrainian people",  which did not prevent the latter from destroying Ukrainian cities  today. Avakov did not rule out a similar scenario for Armenia.

The only advice that can be given to Armenia in such a difficult  situation is to go through difficult compromises by consensus. The  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, according to the former  head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, must gather the  opposition forces, present the situation and by general consensus, by  all the people, choose and support some kind of decision. Only by  agreeing among themselves, according to Arsen Avakov, one can have a  strong position in the negotiation process.  "Moreover, there are few  places where you will find such lobbyism as that of the Armenians.  You have to use it correctly. This is very important," he added.   According to Avakov, Armenia is able to resolve its issues in a  similar way. And after Ukraine coped with Russia, the former head of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs expressed the opinion that Armenia  should move to a completely different level of relations with  Ukraine, which would be quite promising.