A rehearsal of Armenia’s complete and unconditional surrender took place in Antalya

The 4th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, organized by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, was held on April 11-13. Unfortunately, we have to state that Armenia was not at the negotiating table during the forum but rather “on the table.” This conclusion can be reached after reviewing both the agenda of other forum participants and the statements made by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on the sidelines of the event.

Turkey’s special representative for the normalization of relations with Armenia, Serdar Kilic, expressed confidence that Armenia would make the necessary amendments to its Constitution. Meanwhile, Elchin Amirbayov, the representative of the President of Azerbaijan for Special Assignments, decided to strengthen trust in the South Caucasus region at the expense of Armenia. “The Zangezur corridor can be considered an important confidence-building measure in the South Caucasus region,” he said.

Ararat Mirzoyan, for his part, stated that Yerevan is ready to dissolve the OSCE Minsk Group, inviting Baku to sign a “peace agreement” and a document on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group with a 10-minute difference. He also noted that Yerevan has made a communication proposal to Azerbaijan, according to which the Azerbaijanis will have access to the Armenian railway infrastructure, and the Armenian side will have access to theirs. “We have proposed using electronic devices that will allow us to avoid physical inspection of goods, as well as to introduce electronic declarations to transmit the necessary information between the relevant departments, ensuring transit can be carried out as quickly as possible,” Mirzoyan said. In simpler terms, Armenia is prepared to provide Azerbaijan with a corridor—unimpeded passage through Armenia—replacing traditional border control and screening with scanners.

In essence, a rehearsal for Armenia’s surrender took place in Antalya, while Nikol Pashinyan visited villages and convinced the citizens of Armenia that Armenia would receive billions of profits from the railway’s opening. In other words, Pashinyan actively campaigned for the corridor. “We don’t need to survive, we need to live. This railway will not harm us, but will bring billions in profits, security, sovereignty, territorial integrity, jurisdiction and reciprocity,” Pashinyan said at a meeting with residents of the village of Nrnadzor in the Meghri community.

It is noteworthy, however, that even this capitulation is not enough. Even after the final change of the Constitution and the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, Baku will put forward new demands on Armenia: from “compensation for damage” for the “years of occupation” to the resettlement of “Azerbaijani refugees” to Armenia. Read the statements of various Azerbaijani officials, from Hikmet Hajiyev to members of the local Majlis. They are frank with the people of Armenia and make their statements not only for internal purposes.

Logic and common sense suggest that Pashinyan will not be able to lead Armenia out of the situation he has created while preserving the country’s current territories and level of sovereignty. It is crucial for both the political elite and the Armenian business elite to recognize this simple truth.

Think about it…