Armenian authorities` actions evidence of country`s movement to  elimination of statehood - expert 

ArmInfo.All the actions of the current authorities of Armenia indicate that the country is gradually moving towards the elimination of its statehood, Armenian political scientist Beniamin Matevosyan told ArmInfo, as he commented  on the almost simultaneous statements by the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev regarding the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia.

As the political scientist noted, realizing the inevitability of  responsibility for what was done, the authorities are making an  attempt to remove the plaintiff, which is the Republic of Armenia,  because there is no plaintiff, there is no criminal case. Matevosyan  emphasized that Pashinyan and Aliyev have already closed the issue of  the Republic of Artsakh, and now it's the turn of the Republic of  Armenia.

In this vein, Matevosyan recalled how Artsakh surrendered: first the  war of 2020, then the surrender of some of its territories, after  which Granada officially announced the abandonment of  Nagorno-Karabakh, which ultimately led to another outbreak of  violence and a massive outflow of the population. The same thing, the  political scientist continued, is currently being carried out in  relation to Armenia. One of the most important factors preventing the  achievement of this goal is the existing security systems, especially  within the CSTO and Russia. Yerevan nullifies all Moscow's efforts to  provide its platform for negotiations between Yerevan and Baku,  thereby destroying almost all "safety cushions", one of which is the  CSTO.

Steps are also being taken to reset political relations with the  Russian Federation. Yerevan's assurances about diversifying its  foreign policy are just excuses and have nothing to do with security.  "I will say more, the goal of destroying Armenian statehood is also  the reason that Yerevan refuses military assistance from Tehran, the  conclusion of an agreement on military-technical cooperation with  which may become an obstacle to achieving what is planned," the  expert emphasized. In this context, he added that the exclusion of  Iran as one of the guarantors of Armenia's security is perceived by  many as the supposedly pro-Western position of the republic's  authorities, which cannot but cause surprise, since Yerevan wants to  "catch a pie in the sky while holding a bird in its hands,"  especially against the background the fact that only a small part of  Armenian society is a supporter of the pro-Western course.

The expert noted that, along with security systems, systematic work  is underway to destroy the foundations of statehood within the  republic. Various steps are being taken in this direction, including  the rejection of the Constitution, coat of arms, anthem, Declaration  of Independence, everything on which Armenian statehood is based.  "Essentially, this effectively means giving up your birth  certificate," Matevosyan said.

A few days ago, with a difference of several hours, the President of  Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia Nikol Pashinyan spoke with the same texts and both stated the  need to change the Constitution of Armenia and abandon the  Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia. In an  interview with Public Radio on February 1, Pashinyan said that the  new Constitution is designed to legitimize relations between the  state and the people, since legitimacy is very important in all  respects. On January 19, at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic  of Armenia, Pashinyan said that Armenia needs a new Constitution that  will make the Republic of Armenia more viable in the new geopolitical  conditions.

The prime minister's opponents said that the initiative comes from  Baku, mainly with the goal of eliminating from the Constitution  references to the Declaration of Independence, which contains  reference to the resolution on the reunification of the Armenian SSR  and Nagorno-Karabakh. The 11th paragraph of the Declaration of  Independence, which states that the Republic of Armenia supports  international recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in Ottoman  Turkey, is also considered problematic.