Armenian authorities` actions encouraging new aggression by  Azerbaijan - opposition MP

ArmInfo.  While Armenian authorities talk about peace with Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev is making new territorial claims against Armenia. This was written on his Facebook page by Ishkhan Saghatelyan, a member of parliament from the opposition Armenia faction, in response to statements by members of the ruling Civil Contract party that peace between Yerevan and  Baku has already become a reality.

In this regard, the MP noted that since the initialing of the peace  agreement in Washington on August 8, Azerbaijan has still not  recognized Armenia's territory with clear borders, continuing to  voice new demands. Furthermore, as Saghatelyan noted, while Armenia  has renounced the right of return for the Armenians of Artsakh, Baku  continues to assert its right to resettle Azerbaijanis in Armenia.  "Meanwhile, the Armenian authorities not only fail to respond, but  their actions actually strengthen Aliyev's position, calling those  who speak the truth to the public 'revanchists,' claiming that  Azerbaijani territories are under Armenia's control, accelerating the  process of amending the Constitution, and cutting funding for the  armed forces and the length of military service," the MP noted.

Thus, according to the opposition figure, Aliyev's statement became  the most convincing proof of the veracity of the opposition's  warnings. "It took Pashinyan and Aliyev a short time to deflate the  huge bubble they had been inflating together for months to convince  the people that peace had arrived," the MP emphasized.

In light of the above, Saghatelyan called on all states that welcomed  the initialing of the peace agreement in Washington to immediately  and publicly condemn Ilham Aliyev's territorial claims against  Armenia.  "Otherwise, your greetings will be an act of welcoming not  peace, but preparation for new aggression against Armenia. Peace is  only possible when there is a dignified state that is not afraid to  defend its land and its citizens," the opposition leader concluded.

As a reminder, on August 8, a trilateral meeting of the leaders of  the United States, Armenia, and Azerbaijan was held at the White  House. During this meeting, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan,  US President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev  signed a joint declaration aimed at resolving the conflict between  Yerevan and Baku.

However, on November 3, President Ilham Aliyev stated that the return  of Azerbaijanis to present-day Armenia should not frighten the  Armenian people and the Armenian state. However, Aliyev did not  mention the possibility of Armenians returning to Azerbaijan.  Moreover, Aliyev once again asserted the sovereignty and historical  territories of Armenia belong to Azerbaijan. According to him, there  is no Lake Sevan, only "Lake Goychey."