Tuesday, September 13 2022 12:35

ArmInfo.All the statements of the Azerbaijani side about alleged retaliatory actions  against the "provocations" of Armenia are completely untrue. Prime  Minister of the Republic Nikol Pashinyan stated this on Tuesday,  speaking from the rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic of  Armenia.

He noted that in recent days, the Azerbaijani side has been  constantly spreading reports in the genre of information warfare  about the alleged offensive actions of the Armenian armed forces, to  which the Ministry of Defense each time issued denials. Pashinyan  linked the provocations of the Azerbaijani armed forces with the  process of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. He recalled that in March  2022, Baku submitted five proposals, proposing to conclude a peace  treaty on their basis. Yerevan, in turn, responding to these  initiatives, stated that there is nothing unacceptable in these  proposals, but these points should be supplemented, and on the basis  of these additions, the Armenian side is ready to negotiate with the  aim of signing a peace treaty with the consent of the parties on all  points. At first glance, the head of government continued, it seemed  that there was an understanding of the parties on this topic, but the  development of the situation, and in particular, the results of the  last meeting of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels,  showed that Baku refuses to negotiate a peace treaty, taking into  account the proposals of the Armenian side. The proposals of the  Armenian side included several points, one of which concerned the  strict implementation of the tripartite statements of the leaders of  Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan dated November 9, 2020, January 11,  2021 and November 26, 2021. Another point concerned the issue of  security, the rights of the people of Artsakh and the resulting  status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Meanwhile, as the Prime Minister noted,  Baku refuses to negotiate with Armenia on the issue of  Nagorno-Karabakh, stating that this issue has been resolved, and, at  least, this problem is an "internal affair" of Azerbaijan.

However, according to the Prime Minister, the story does not end  there. Baku's proposal on mutual recognition of each other's  territorial integrity for the Armenian side is both unacceptable and  acceptable.  First of all, we are talking about what is meant by the  concept of "territorial integrity". ,  Pashinyan emphasized, adding that Azerbaijan expects Armenia to  recognize Artsakh as part of its territory. The question of whether  Azerbaijan has territorial claims against Armenia continues to remain  open. , the  head of the Armenian government emphasized. He added that if it was  only about conversations or interviews, then this issue could not be  addressed. But all facts, including diplomatic and negotiation,  testify to the implementation of its consistent policy by official  Baku.

Pashinyan stressed that Azerbaijan constantly raises the issue of a  transport corridor through the territory of Armenia. Meanwhile, the  position of the Armenian side continues to remain the same, namely:  Yerevan is not going to provide corridors to anyone, but the country  is interested in unblocking all transport and economic ties that all  countries of the region, including Armenia, could use them. A  trilateral working group co-chaired by the vice-premiers of Armenia,  Russia and Azerbaijan is engaged in resolving this issue. Russian  Co-Chairman Aleksey Overchuk stated bluntly in Yerevan that all  transport communications should be under the sovereignty of the  states through territories  of which they will pass. As Pashinyan  noted, in this context, the demands of the Azerbaijani side seem  illogical, and their latest actions testify to Baku's attempts to  archive the agreements reached on November 9, 2020.