ArmInfo. The timid, passive position of the RA authorities, relying on the mercy of Azerbaijan and Turkey, only contributes to the development of the program to seize Armenia and the internationalization of Azerbaijani falsifications. This is written by the former Human Rights Defender of the Republic of Armenia, Director of the Tatoyan Foundation Arman Tatoyan, commenting on the holding of an international conference in Turkey and the demands voiced at it.
As Tatoyan emphasized, Azerbaijan brought its program to seize Armenia to international platforms, forming an agenda literally out of thin air. "Even the name Armenia is no longer used on many platforms, it has been replaced by "Western Azerbaijan", - the former Ombudsman notes.
He stressed that both Ankara and Baku are waiting for specific deadlines from the Prime Minister of Armenia on the so-called issue of the return of Azerbaijanis, presenting this demand as an established reality. "They are making territorial claims to Syunik, calling it "Western Zangezur". The demands they are making are to change the Constitution, renounce the Declaration of Independence, recognize the Armenian Genocide and resolve the problems of Artsakh. In essence, this is a program for the occupation of Armenia, which the Azerbaijani authorities are promoting with all their might. Meanwhile, the fearful, passive position of the Armenian authorities, relying on the mercy of the Azerbaijani and Turkish authorities, only contributes to the development of this program and the internationalization of Azerbaijani falsifications," Armen Tatoyan noted.
In turn, the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the opposition faction "I have the honor" Tigran Abrahamyan recalled that these days in Turkey there is a fairly representative international conference on the topic "Return to Western Azerbaijan as an important condition for the supremacy of human rights", within the framework of which numerous speeches were made directed against the territorial integrity of Armenia. "In his speech, the President of Azerbaijan especially noted that "ensuring the safe, dignified and peaceful return of Western Azerbaijanis to their ancestral lands is an important condition for the protection of human rights and peace in the region." Moreover, Aliyev noted that Armenia should clearly express its position on when and under what conditions Western Azerbaijanis will be able to return to their ancestral lands. According to the latter, Baku expects Yerevan to receive representatives of the community to discuss this issue. Territorial claims against Armenia were openly expressed in speeches in Turkey, and talks about Syunik were conducted as if its solution was a matter of time. Thus, in all this one can find everything that is necessary to know about the content of Armenian- Azerbaijani, Armenian-Turkish relations and the agenda under discussion," Tigran Abrahamyan noted.