Wednesday, September 4 2024 16:52

ArmInfo. The head of the Enlightened Armenia party, former member of parliament, former ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan appealed to the political elites of Armenia to clearly express their position regarding Pashinyan's statement on refusing to revoke Armenia's signature on the Trilateral Agreement of November 9, 2020. 

"After Azerbaijan attacked Nagorno-Karabakh, occupied it and carried  out ethnic cleansing, it became obvious that the Armenian government  does not want to raise the Artsakh issue, avoiding any discussions  related to this topic. Almost a year has passed since those events,  and the current Prime Minister speaks about the country's readiness  to fulfill its obligations under the Agreement. Thus, Armenia chose  the worst option, not demanding the fulfillment of other points of  the November 9 agreement, including the opening of the Lachin road,  the Goris-Kapan road, the return of the Artsakh people to their homes  with all their rights and adequate security. How can one make  unilateral commitments without demanding the fulfillment of the  obligations of other parties in turn?" Marukyan asked.

In this regard, the politician also recalled another case: on  September 19, when Azerbaijan launched the so- called <anti-terrorist  operation> in Artsakh, point 4 of the agreement was <closed> through  military arrest, so it is possible that point 9 can also be  implemented in a similar way through the military seizure of the so-  called <Zangezur corridor>, although for Armenia it is a road, and  Azerbaijan will turn it into a corridor that violates the integrity  and sovereignty of Armenia.  Therefore, Marukyan believes that  today's Armenian narratives voiced by Pashinyan do not work, since  they are made up of half-truths. In conclusion, he emphasized that  the position of the authorities is clear, and the obligations  announced by the Prime Minister will be fulfilled unilaterally. In  this regard, Marukyan again addressed the political elites of  Armenia, urging them to deal with "irrelevant" issues in order to  avoid a new war. "This is an unpopular topic, but it is something  that can save us from a new disaster if we deal with it now,"  Marukyan concluded.