Thursday, January 19 2023 14:34

ArmInfo.The international community, including the Russian Federation and the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, should make efforts to put pressure on the  Azerbaijani authorities to open the Lachin corridor and resolve the  very painful humanitarian situation that has developed there. Former  Minister of Defense of Armenia,  MP from the <Armenia> faction Seyran  Ohanyan, stated this during a briefing on January 19.

He stressed that the Armenian authorities are afraid to say that with  the collapse of the USSR, in accordance with the law of the USSR,  Artsakh became self-determined, in the same period, under the same  conditions as Armenia and Azerbaijan. "And in this situation, the  only way to resolve the Artsakh issue is self-determination and  independence," the former defense minister stressed.

Ohanyan noted that if neighboring states want to live in peaceful  conditions, they must be ready for peaceful coexistence. However,  according to him, the rhetoric, the practical actions of the  Azerbaijani- Turkish tandem, provocations, military actions, the  blockade of Artsakh, indicate that the peace agenda is essentially  false. "And the Armenian authorities blindly follow this agenda,  being afraid to say that Artsakh had already self-determined years  earlier, and that under these conditions it is not possible to live  as part of Azerbaijan, and Artsakh should not be part of Azerbaijan,"  Ohanyan said.

Recalling that in 2022 the ring around Armenia and Artsakh was  narrowed by the corresponding actions of the Azerbaijani-Turkish  tandem, the parliamentarian stressed that 2023 will be more difficult  if the RA authorities continue to make inadequate decisions, do not  take into account priorities in foreign policy and in the security  system.

He stressed that the RA government shifts the responsibility for  resolving the current situation in Artsakh to Azerbaijan and Russia,  ignoring the fact that Armenia also signed the tripartite statement  dated November 9, 2020.