Moscow meeting to enable Russia to win tug of war as principal  mediator in Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process - Armen Ashotyan

ArmInfo.Armen Ashotyan, Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has shared his  expectations of the trilateral meeting between the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders in Moscow. 

According to him, the Armenian premier's "twittering" in Parliament  on May 24 concerning the CSTO, Russian atomic energy, spokesperson  for Armenia's foreign office "are abortive attempts to 'alibi' prior  to the Moscow meeting."  

Secondly, after the Brussels and Washington meetings "during which  Nikol Pashinyan and his henchmen made one more step forward to  surrendering Artsakh, Moscow will try to capitalize on all that the  West has done with Pashinyan's consent."  

"That is, the Moscow meeting will enable Russia to win the tug of war  as the principal mediator in the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization  process at the current stage. 

"Thirdly, one more trilateral statement will be a politico-legal act  of this round of the tug-of-war, with the parties sure to highlight  the importance of commitment to the previous trilateral statements  and commit to paper the agreements (that is, the Armenian side's  losses), Nikol Pashinyan agreed to," Mr Ashotyan said. 

He points out the fact that the news briefing of RF Foreign Ministry  Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on May 24 demonstrated that, referring  to the Perague statement and the resulting trouble, Russia is now  shifting the responsibility for de-Armenianization of Artsakh onto  the West collectively and Armenia's premier personally - "the  looking-glass is not to blame if your own face is plain." 

"Fifth, If Armenia has so far been putting up with the leader selling  it out, why geopolitical actors - even strategic allies - not make  use of the spineless 'leader'," Mr Ashotyan said. 

He points out that Ms Zakharova mentioned Armenia's people does not  agree with the premier on all points. 

"Armenians, let us find the way of showing the world Nikol is not  actually representing us, and we are ready to put the kibosh on him,"  Mr Ashotyan said.