What matters is to have official vehicles, and you can work just as fine in “Western Azerbaijan”

An article titled “Is bad blood brewing between Pashinyan and Mirzoyan?” was published in the morning issue of the “Past” newspaper. During his latest interview with Armenian Public Television, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a number of statements that, all other things being equal, could have caused an aggravation of his relations not only with the Armenian foreign minister but also with the entire diplomatic corps of the country, the Armenian generals. Moreover, General Staff Chief Edvard Asryan decided to “relive his youth,” that is, 2021, and re-sign a paper demanding Pashinyan’s resignation.

What statements are we talking about? Take at least the statement in which the head of the Civil Contract Party equated the concepts of Western Armenia and “Western Azerbaijan”. Mirzoyan, as the head of the Armenian diplomatic corps, and all Armenian diplomats should know that the term Western Armenia goes back to the historical name of this region, and most importantly, it is not opposed to the modern Turkish state. Whereas the artificial term “Western Azerbaijan” is opposed to the modern Armenian statehood within the boundaries of 29,800 square kilometers. Moreover, “Western Azerbaijan” means the formation of an Azerbaijani puppet quasi-state following the example of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at the expense of the territories of the Republic of Armenia.

If we analyze the situation taking into account completely “fresh” processes, then we should say that there is no “initiative group for returning to Western Armenia” in the Armenian parliament, whereas in the Azerbaijani parliament a body for “returning” to “Western Azerbaijan” is already functioning. Both Ararat Mirzoyan and the diplomatic corps as a whole cannot but know all this.

However, after reading the news till the end, it becomes clear that Mirzoyan’s dissatisfaction is caused by the fact that Pashinyan decided to reduce the number of official vehicles in the Armenian Foreign Ministry by 70-90%. “Mirzoyan tried to save the situation by worrying about the reception of foreign guests, but the prime minister made it clear that there should be alternative options, for example, car rental,” the newspaper writes. According to the newspaper, against this background, some bad blood brewed between the prime minister and the foreign minister.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry has not yet commented on this news in any way (neither on the disagreements between Mirzoyan and Pashinyan nor on a potential reduction in the Foreign Ministry’s vehicle fleet), which allows us to say that “there is no smoke without fire.” This, in turn, allows us to reflect on the priorities of Mirzoyan and the Armenian diplomatic corps. In fact, we have here the formula: “what matters is to have official vehicles, and you can work just as fine in Western Azerbaijan.”

Do you think that the political leadership and the diplomatic corps of the Republic of Armenia, guided by such principles, are able to effectively defend the interests of Armenia in negotiations with Turkey-backed Baku?

Think about it…