Tuesday, April 9 2024 14:40

ArmInfo.Azerbaijan, with its provocative actions on the border, is trying to increase pressure on Armenia, opposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan told reporters.

According to him, the pressure is not exerted at the verbal level to  influence the negotiation process, but directly at the country's  borders. Moreover, this time the targets of the Azerbaijani armed  forces are peaceful settlements. After the 44-day war, when the  Kashatagh region of Artsakh was surrendered, a number of villages in  Armenia, including Khoznavar, Aramus and others, became border  villages.  Previously, as the deputy noted, there were isolated  incidents in areas adjacent to these villages, but there were no  attacks directly on the houses of local residents.

However, Abrahamyan sees no threat to large-scale military  operations, which does not mean the enemy's appetite has diminished.  It's just that Baku is currently more focused on local actions in  areas that may be of strategic interest to Azerbaijan. In this  context, the discourse regarding the four villages of the Tavush  region, which the Armenian authorities want to transfer to the  control of Baku, is quite painful. According to Azerbaijan's  calculations, the 4+4 format (4 border villages of Azerbaijan and 4  so-called enclave villages) will create a rather vulnerable situation  for Armenia. Organizing defense in these areas will be a very  difficult task, not to mention the most serious problems associated  with infrastructures. By creating an atmosphere of terror, Abrahamyan  emphasized, Azerbaijan is seeking to create favorable conditions for  itself for the negotiation process.

The deputy, referring to a message from the office of Deputy Prime  Minister Mher Grigoryan, accused the current Prime Minister of the  Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan of lying, who had previously  stated that the process of delimitation and demarcation of borders  will begin with the Tavush region.  According to a statement from the  Deputy Prime Minister's office, there are no agreements about the  start of this process. To start negotiations, an appropriate  contractual and documentary base is needed, including maps, on the  basis of which the process of border delimitation should begin.