Expert lists myths disseminated by "grant-eating propagandists" in Armenia

ArmInfo.  Arthur Khachikian,  PhD in International Relations, Stanford University, presented "a  list of false promises and fairy tales spread over the past few years  by a group of grant-eating propagandists in Armenia."

The political scientist listed 15 points of such promises and myths.  The list was topped by the thesis that the visit of the head of the  House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi means that the United States  will help Armenia.

"The statements of French President Emmanuel Macron and his touching  posts in Armenian about supporting the Armenians mean that France  will help us," the expert noted, recalling that Macron himself said  that there would be no sanctions, ignored the ethnic cleansing of  Artsakh, and never visited Armenia , unlike Ukraine, Uzbekistan,  Kazakhstan, etc.

Another myth, according to the expert, is that the West will help  Armenia, since it is a stronghold of democracy. In this vein,  Khachikyan recalled that the West declared Azerbaijani President  Ilham Aliyev its reliable and trusted partner.

"The decision of the Hague court to open the Lachin corridor and the  pressure of the international community will help us. Meanwhile, the  nine-month blockade of Artsakh went unnoticed, despite numerous  requests for help," the expert added.

"Another thesis is that the West will help us if we are not allies of  Russia and leave the CSTO. Meanwhile, France provided symbolic  assistance, although we are still considered allies of Russia and are  still in the CSTO. Azerbaijan is an official partner of Russia, but  receives military help from the US. Georgia was not an ally of  Russia, but did not receive help from the West during the 2008 war,"  Khachikyan further noted.

According to him, the assertion that the West will help Armenia in  the same way as it helps Ukraine is also a myth. Khachikyan  emphasized that the West provided much more serious assistance to  Ukraine, 250 billion dollars and the most modern weapons, but is now  abandoning Ukraine, leaving it alone with the enemy, saying that the  money has run out.

"It is also a myth that European observers will help us, by their  presence marking the border of Europe, ensuring our security.  Meanwhile, European observers did not help either during the attack  on Armenia itself in Sotq and other areas, or during the ethnic  cleansing of Artsakh," continued the expert.

The political scientist also called the assertions that Turkey's  "brotherly" assistance during the earthquake led to an improvement in  relations a fairy tale. In this vein, he recalled that Turkey  accepted help, and then helped Azerbaijan expel the Armenians from  Nagorno-Karabakh and took the same tough, anti-Armenian position.

"It is a myth and assertion that the West will not allow ethnic  cleansing of Artsakh, as stated by representatives of the State  Department and the European Parliament, since Western governments  allowed the expulsion of Armenians and refused to admit that ethnic  cleansing had occurred. Western governments ignored the blockade of  Artsakh even after the famous Decampo report, which called what was  happening genocide," Khachikyan further emphasized.

He also called untenable the thesis that the West will apply  sanctions if there is an attack on Armenia or ethnic cleansing in  Artsakh. The political scientist once again emphasized that Western  governments have stated that there will be no sanctions.

"It is a myth that Artsakh must be surrendered in order to live  peacefully with its neighbors. After all, after the death of Artsakh,  the neighbors are making new demands on Armenia, including enclaves,  corridors and the return of Azerbaijanis to the territory of  Armenia," the expert stated.

According to him, the statement that the West will help Armenia if it  continues its democratic course and the European vector is also  empty. "The West silently accepted the ethnic cleansing of Armenians,  did nothing to punish Azerbaijan, and declared that authoritarian  Azerbaijan was its main ally in the Caucasus due to its oil  resources," he added.

Khachikyan also considers the claims that France provided military  assistance to Armenia to be a myth.  "France sent Armenia combat  vehicles that it abandoned 23 years ago, which Ukraine abandoned,  which cannot protect personnel from shells, missiles or drones, and  which are exported to the poorest African countries for peacekeeping  and reconnaissance missions," the political scientist noted.

"The democratic West and the civilized world community - the future  of Armenia - are also a myth. The democratic West provoked Ukraine  into war, forced the Ukrainians to stop peace negotiations in the  spring of 2020, and now left it to the mercy of fate. The West  silently accepts the genocide of the Palestinian population, the  extermination of civilians in its own territory, recognized by the UN  back in 1947. The number of victims reaches 20,000, most of whom are  children. The US government and the State Department continue to  actively help the Israeli army, ignore the genocide of the  Palestinians and block the attempts of the world community to stop  the war," he noted.

And Khachikyan considers the fifteenth false thesis to be the  assertion that a peace treaty with its neighbors will protect Armenia  from war in the future. "The agreement of November 9, 2020 was  violated only 3 years after its conclusion. The Minsk agreements of  2014 were violated six years later, and the leaders of Germany and  France admitted that they used this time to prepare for a new war,"  he concluded.