Gor Abrahamyan: It is necessary to fight at the state level in every  possible way to preserve the Russian peacekeeping mission in Artsakh

ArmInfo.The key to the existence of the Armenian Artsakh in the conditions of post-war realities is the presence of the Russian military contingent in the  NKR, with all the problems of the peacekeeping mission and along with  the facts of violation of security guarantees.  Former adviser to the  RA General Prosecutor Gor Abrahamyan shares a similar opinion.

At the same time, he believes that in fact the meaning of the  competition between the American and Russian visions of the Artsakh  problem lies in determining the possibility of the future presence of  this Russian contingent in Artsakh or its exclusion.

"For the preservation of this contingent, it is necessary to fight in  any way at the state level, if this does not require territorial and  sovereign concessions from Armenia (until real alternative security  mechanisms are formed).

At the level of the movement, of its people, Artsakh, today  formulated its expectations of resolving its issue, marking red lines  and almost completely ignoring the consequences of the 44-day war,"  Abrahamyan said, referring to the all-republican rally held in  Stepanakert on October 30.

In his opinion, at the same time, to what extent it corresponds to  current realities depends on what underlies the statement adopted by  the Parliament of the Republic of Artsakh - on what rational analysis  of regional and global challenges it is based.

"The rally was, of course, influential, beautiful and important. But  now the moment has come for concrete proposals for political  decisions and full responsibility for them," Abrahamyan summed up.

It should be noted that a nationwide rally was held at the  Renaissance Square in Stepanakert on October 30.  The purpose of the  rally is to state that the people of Artsakh do not see Artsakh as  part of Azerbaijan, to emphasize that no one has the right to sign  any document by which Artsakh will be recognized as Azerbaijani part,  the protestors also appealed to the Russian Federation to extend and  strengthen the peacekeeping mission in Artsakh.

In parallel with it, an extraordinary meeting was held in the  National Assembly of Artsakh, as a result of which a joint statement  was adopted. According to the media, from 65,000 to 70,000 people  came to the Renaissance Square, and this is about half of the  population of the Republic of Artsakh.