Declaration on Armenia`s independence must never be changed - expert

ArmInfo. Azerbaijan's demands on  Armenia will be endless until Armenia fulfills two conditions. A  similar point of view was expressed by political scientist Stepan  Hasan- Jalalyan, reacting to the latest demands of Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev to Armenia, made from occupied Shushi on the  sidelines of the media forum.

The latter, in particular, announced the possibility of signing a  peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan under two conditions:  changes to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia and the  dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, which has an international  mandate to resolve the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict.

"Azerbaijan will stop making demands on Armenia in two cases. In the  first, when Armenia inflicts a crushing defeat on Azerbaijan, forcing  it to sign a peace treaty on humiliating conditions. In the second,  when the Republic of Armenia ceases to exist. To eliminate the second  option and implement the first, it is necessary to persistent and  focused work in all directions, which, however, is only possible  after the current Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan is  removed from power," the expert said.

Regarding Aliyev's demands on Armenia, Hasan-Jalalyan noted that the  Declaration of Independence of Armenia, which the Azerbaijani  dictator considers problematic for Azerbaijan, is mentioned in the  preamble of the Constitution of Armenia. "And the preamble of the  Constitution of the Republic of Armenia is not subject to change. The  fact is that the Constitutional Court of Armenia, in its ruling of  April 29, 2021, stated that the preamble of the Constitution is a  provision that is not subject to change. Therefore, the preamble of  the Constitution of Armenia, which mentions the Declaration of  Independence of the Republic of Armenia , cannot be changed under any  circumstances," he noted.

Regarding the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, the political  scientist expressed confidence that Aliyev, in an effort to achieve  the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, wants to abandon his  numerous written obligations to resolve the Azerbaijani-Artsakh  conflict in accordance with the principles of international law. In  this vein, he recalled that one of the fundamental documents for the  settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was the well-known Madrid  principles, which also envisaged the resolution of disputes in  accordance with the principles of the right of nations to  self-determination and the non-use of force or threat of force.

"Thus, at least taking into account the above, neither of the two  demands of Azerbaijan presented to Armenia can be fulfilled," the  political scientist said, noting that Aliyev himself admitted that  these are not the last demands of Azerbaijan towards Armenia and  Others may be put forward in the future.