Tuesday, December 13 2022 14:46

ArmInfo.Those failing to draw lessons from their own history suffer severe punishment. The blockade of the Stepanakert-Goris road is a provocation by Azerbaijan  and Turkey against Armenians and Russian peacekeepers, stated Eduard  Sharmazanov, a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and  ex-speaker of Armenia's Parliament. 

He recalled his warning that the Russia-NATO confrontation in Ukraine  and possible weakening of Russia's positions in the South Caucasus is  of benefit only to NATO, Turkey and Azerbaijan. 

"On the one hand, Aliyev and Erdogan will take advantage of Russia's  'busywork' in Ukraine. On the other hand, they will be making use of  the anti-Russian propaganda by the antinational circles in Armenia.  

"Turkey and Azerbaijan have obviously failed to 'digest' Russian  peacekeepers' presence in Artsakh, while the West cannot put up with  the Russian military base in Armenia. Turkey and NATO are sparing no  effort to strip Armenia of its security guarantor, Russia, seeking to  demonize Russian and accuse Russians of a new disaster," Mr  Sharmazanov said. 

The reality is being distorted by the claims that "we are going to  live a prosperous life if Russian go away." However, the fact is that  "Nikol's regime has been stirring up anti-Russian sentiments since  2018.  On October 19, 2020, they rejected Putin's proposals for  ending the war. Most of the Artsakh people had left before the  Russian peacekeepers arrived. The enemy intended to capture the whole  of Artsakh and Syunik. And it was only the Russian peacekeepers'  presence that prevented Turks from implementing their fiendish plan,"  Mr Sharmazanov said.  

And NATO and Azerbaijan are seeking a second front making use of  Russia's being "bogged down in" Ukraine. 

"Russia's possible failure would be an end to both Artsakh and  Armenia. Regrettably, Nikol's regime is bowing down to Turks and  rejecting military aid by the CSTO, in fact, by Russia.  

"We have been thinking so for 100 years and so we had to welcome a  Turk in Yerevan and record a decline of our statehood. At that rime  Armenia was saved only due to Sovietization. Those failing to draw  lessons from their own history suffer severe punishment," Mr  Sharmazanov wrote.