ArmInfo. Moscow's accusations against Yerevan are the result not only of conspiracies against Armenia, but also of the inconsistent, adventuristic policy of the republic's authorities, President of the Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardyan wrote on his Facebook account, commenting on the attacks of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova against Armenia.
"If you watched Maria Zakharova's latest briefing, which some Armenian media diligently broadcast live for two hours, you would hardly understand what kind of "combination" Moscow and Baku are playing against Yerevan. Azerbaijan is using threats to force Nikol Pashinyan to announce the surrender of four villages of Tavush region, and a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, answering a question from the Baku TV channel, warns that the Russian Federation has nothing to do with this "deal" and that Pashinyan was prompted to take such a step by his "campaign to the West." Behind the invasion of Russia, the CSTO and Azerbaijan into the territory The RA in several directions followed the spread of the concept of a "conditional Armenian-Azerbaijani border", invented by our "strategic ally" in Baku (it is Zakharova who is most active in this), which, in fact, legitimizes any Azerbaijani aggression," the political scientist believes.
Navasardyan noted that it would be okay if Baku and Moscow planned to include the transfer of four Tavush villages in the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020. "What is significant, according to the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, is the coincidence of time between the transfer of the same villages and the rapprochement of the Republic of Armenia with the European Union, hoping that our society will not notice much, does not remember much, and, taking advantage of this, we can try to blame the loss on Macron, Scholz, Michel, Blinken and Stoltenberg, discrediting the prospect of Europeanization of Armenia.
As can be seen, Azerbaijani and some Armenian media contribute to the delivery of relevant information. It would be misunderstood if my message was taken as a call to hide information. But the allocation of a huge amount of airtime, Zakharova's desire not to miss a single word and to convey it without delay to a frightened and whispering audience cannot but raise questions. Yerevan found itself in zugzwang.
By not submitting to Baku's demands, you increase the risk of a new escalation; by obeying, you are calling into question the effectiveness of cooperation with the West, including in the field of security. In turn, Moscow finds itself in a "win-win" situation: escalation increases the opportunity to regain the status of a "player", and a unilateral concession to Armenia weakens the country's resistance to such new "combinations". Unfortunately, this is the result not only of conspiracies against us, but also of our own inconsistent, adventurist policies. Whether we were able to learn a lesson from this will be shown by further developments," emphasized the President of the Yerevan Press Club.