Does Pashinyan want Azerbaijanis to “return” to Armenia with “delimited borders”?
October 23 2024, 12:37
The Armenian and Azerbaijani realities have nothing in common, and on October 21-22, this became very clear. Let’s see what is being discussed in the parliaments of the two neighboring countries:
After the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations of the Armenian National Assembly approved the Regulation on the Joint Activity of the Armenian and Azerbaijani Commissions on Border Delimitation at a meeting on Monday, the issue was put on the agenda of the parliament’s session. Members from the Civil Contract Party told how important this regulation was and that its ratification would allow Armenia to finalize its borders, that is, finally become a state. If, according to the authorities, Armenia had no borders, and they are only now being formed, then what have they been controlling for the last 6 years?
At the same time, the Azerbaijani Parliament established an initiative group on return to “Western Azerbaijan”.
Admit that the situation is at least paradoxical. One could make a joke and say that Pashinyan, apparently, wants the “Azerbaijanis” to return “to Armenia, to a state with borders already delimited according to Azerbaijani maps,” but the situation is too serious to treat it superficially.
At the same time, observing the process from the outside, one might think that despite the apparent opposite actions of Yerevan and Baku, the parties carry out the same geopolitical plan. For its implementation, it is simply necessary that one side prepares for war and the seizure of new territories, while the other side keeps its people in the dark until the “very last moment.”.
In this situation, there is another important nuance: louder statements are coming from Baku that “Azerbaijan wants peace not with Nikol Pashinyan, but with Armenia and the Armenian people,” which may mean that Aliyev wants to see a new “process operator” in Armenia, who must complete what Pashinyan started.
Do you think this could be the reason for the fact that a number of Armenian officials began to make more pro-Azerbaijani statements on the same topic? For example, statements that “during the 44-day war, Baku acted within the framework of UN resolutions” or that “the issue of occupation of Armenia’s territories by Azerbaijan is a minor issue”. Are we witnessing a public political audition?
Think about it…