Wednesday, December 13 2023 10:37

ArmInfo.Baku's demands to include a clause in the draft peace treaty with Armenia on the  Armenian side's refusal to take revenge nothing but diplomatic nonsense, political expert Vigen Hakobyan told ArmInfo. 

The political strategist noted that such demands are incomprehensible  from the point of view of their fixation in the peace treaty. It is  clear, the political scientist continued, that Azerbaijan is now  doing everything to forever consolidate the situation that has  developed today and that will take place in the future. "Thus, Baku  foreshadows future events, because the concept of "revenge" can be  understood as anything.

They, for example, can raise the issue of political parties, whose  statements and positions may not please Baku and which may see  revanchist sentiments behind them, demanding the closure of one or  another political force within the Armenian state. The same may apply  even to individuals," the political scientist noted, adding that the  authorities of a neighboring state may issue an ultimatum regarding  Armenia's purchases of weapons and armed equipment, characterizing  this possibility as a threat to itself and a violation of the status  quo regarding the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

Thus, Hakobyan emphasized, Baku will constantly interfere both in the  internal affairs of Armenia and put pressure on its foreign policy  agenda. "Without a doubt, this kind of demand is nonsense. I cannot  imagine a self-respecting state that could subscribe to this kind of  demand, allowing the other side to constantly interfere in its  internal affairs and foreign policy activities," he said. 

He also pointed to Baku's demand to include in the peace treaty the  thesis on the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia. According to the  political scientist, the implementation of this requirement could  lead to both a disruption of the demographic situation in the country  and the emergence of "Cyprus-2". Baku may regard any incident with  Azerbaijanis in Armenia as a violation of their rights with  subsequent actions, including the deployment of troops and the  creation of a new state on the territory of the Republic of Armenia  similar to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

On December 6, at the forum "Karabakh: Returning Home After 30 Years.  Achievements and Difficulties," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev  said that Baku needs guarantees that there will be no attempts at  revanchism in Armenia. He noted that Azerbaijan needs this because  "we know what is happening in Armenia," "we are aware of advisers in  some European capitals." "We would like there to be no war at all  between the two countries, and there should be guarantees in this  regard," Aliyev said, adding that the Armenian side "should forget  about the "NKR" remaining in history and begin delimiting the  border."