Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev had a short conversation “on foot” within the framework of the inauguration ceremony of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. This is reported by RIA Novosti.

“Ex-Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim was present next to them,” reports CNN Türk.

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Hayka Aloyan

Yesterday, June 2, the first discussion of the “Gavit” platform initiated by His Holiness took place at the Mother See. Clergymen, public figures, politicians, and representatives of other spheres participated in the discussion.

In a conversation with “Hraparak”, the leader of the Shirak Diocese, the coordinator of the platform, Archbishop Mikael Adjapahyan said that the list of persons invited to the discussion of the platform was compiled by the Mother See. In the list, they tried to include such persons who are neither extreme power nor titled opposition, in order to avoid the politicization of the platform as much as possible.

To our question, of whether participation from the Diaspora is planned, the Bishop stressed that they prefer face-to-face meetings and discussions and are not so much in favor of specific discussions. In addition, participation in the discussions is possible only by invitation from the Mother See, it is not held in an open format.
He emphasized that the purpose of the platform is to find ways out of the created situation and solutions through discussions, to form unity among the public.

To the question of “Hraparak”, if the authorities only use aggressive rhetoric against the Armenian Apostolic Church, even in the case of offering solutions, will the current authorities listen to the Mother Church, the Bishop said: “They have three ways, either they listen and do it, or they listen and don’t do it, or they leave it and leave, others come and do what they hear.”

Dr. Kev Abazajian,

Today, I was made aware that the offices of City of Irvine Councilmembers have gotten emails requesting May 28 be recognized as the “National Day of Azerbaijan” as, over 100 years ago, there was a less than two-year period of a proclaimed democratic republic on a disputed portion of present-day Azerbaijan. This “republic” existed from May 28, 1918, to April 28, 1920, when the government surrendered to Bolsheviks.

It would defy human decency and rationality to issue a proclamation recognizing Azerbaijan as a republic. Azerbaijan is a dictatorship, or consolidated authoritarian regime—not a democratic republic—scoring 1 out of 100 on their Democracy Score from Freedom House.

In 2020, the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan initiated a genocidal assault on the Armenians of Artsakh, resulting in the deaths of more than 5,000 Armenians, and the displacement of over 91,000 Armenians from their homes. This recent genocidal attack remains largely unknown in the American media-sphere.

More recently, Azerbaijan initiated another genocidal assault on Armenia itself just 8 months ago, resulting in the deaths of over 200 Armenians, and Azerbaijan’s current continued occupation of the sovereign territory of Armenia. In a currently ongoing offensive, Azerbaijan has blockaded Artsakh for 170 days now, using Medieval siege tactics to deprive the Armenian population of food, medicine, energy and clean water, in an attempt to depopulate the indigenous population. The so-called Azerbaijan Democratic Republic does not recognize the Armenian Genocide but is actually acting to continue the genocide.

In the above picture, the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral of Shushi is shown damaged by an attack by Azerbaijani forces in October 2020, and it has since been altered to remove traces of its Armenian history, which is part of an ongoing large-scale cultural genocide by Azerbaijan of removing Armenian heritage in territory it controls.

Under no circumstances should the genocidal, authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan be positively recognized. Instead, defend human rights and help halt the continuing genocide by recognizing the nascent Republic of Artsakh, an actual democracy that represents the self-determination of the indigenous Armenians who have populated the area for millenia.

Dr. Kev Abazajian

Professor of Physics & Astronomy, UC Irvine. City of Irvine Green Ribbon Environmental Committee Member. Active Democrat.

US Ambassador to Armenia, nowadays very busy brainstorming in Armenia justifying Pashinyan Crime

“Together we can overcome challenges, and create a future where freedom, justice, and democracy prevail. We are also building more resilient foundations for democracy by promoting civic education and encouraging more active engagement of Armenia’s strong civil society.” US Ambassador to Armenia Christina Quinn said this in her speech at the “Armenian Forum for Democracy” launched in Yerevan a little while ago.

“We are working together to promote the freedom of the press and ensure the free flow of information, and freedom of speech. The United States supports your efforts to fight corruption and strengthen the rule of law, which will increase public confidence in democratic processes. With this, Armenia becomes a bright spot in the region, which we noticed in the “States in Transition” report published by Freedom House last week. The United States is by your side on this path to a more open, more accountable, prosperous and safer future,” he added.

Western powers, various Syrians, and a large group of Turk-loving and Russian-free Armenia dreamers are participating today in an event organized by Daniel Ioannisyan’s “Union of Informed Citizens”, which has a loud name and a composition aimed at making an impression on the public.

It is called the Armenian Forum of Democracy, the organization of which was supported by the international human rights organization Freedom House. Here are Nikol Pashinyan and Vahagn Khachaturyan, the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee, the Human Rights Council, ministers, deputies, and diplomats.

The title of the forum is “Protection of Democracy and human rights in the Face of national security challenges”, and the goal, according to the organizers, is to “unite the stakeholders of political society, RA state bodies, media representatives, diplomatic and expert community to jointly analyze and discuss the challenges faced by democratic reforms in Armenia.” urgent problems in the presence of relatively old and new security challenges”.

Then they will hold sessions dedicated to “human rights, anti-corruption reforms, state policy related to the media and the information environment”.

It is very remarkable that the media are not invited to the forum related to media and information issues, they can only present the speech of the speakers online, but they cannot be there, ask questions, do interviews and reveal the false theses of the gathered. There are not even representatives of the opposition and independent non-governmental organizations at the forum to oppose and express an alternative opinion. In fact, the European institutions and the “elite” democrats gathered in this hall have a unique idea of ​​democracy.

By the way, this is not the first forum of this series, I think it is the third. With these gatherings, the group representing the former political society of RA and some western structures are, in fact, bringing their support to Nikol Pashinyan, supporting the recovery of his undermined reputation to some extent. They also encourage him to take a bold step towards the “era of peace” by establishing strong friendship with the Turkish-Azerbaijani junta.

BY TYLER DURDEN,

One week ago, when the Turkish Lira first tumbled below 20 against the USD, we warned that much more pain was in stock based on a rather dire analysis by Goldman of the central bank’s reserve position, a much more ominous factor for the coming currency collapse then Erdogan’s reelection.

Since then it’s gone from bad to worse, with Reuters also jumping on the bearish lira bandwagon and reporting that the Turkish central bank’s net forex reserves dropped into negative territory for the first time since 2002, standing at $-151.3 million on May 19, as the bank – following Erdogan’s strict orders – scrambled to counter demand for hard currencies (USD, gold, crypto) ahead of Sunday’s runoff vote.

Forex demand in Turkey surged to record levels ahead of May 14 on companies’ and individuals’ expectations that the lira, which lost 44% in 2021 and 30% in 2022, will plunge after the vote (spoiler alert: those fears have been justified).

As we discussed last week, the central bank’s forex reserves have sagged in recent years due to costly market interventions and other efforts to cool forex demand.  The bank’s net reserves dropped by $2.48 billion in the week to May 19, to their lowest level since February 2002. They have dropped $27.7 billion since the end of 2022, and were at negative $3 billion as of May 19. The net forex reserves would be even more negative if outstanding swaps, courtesy of foreign central banks and which stood at $33.50 billion on Wednesday, are deducted (as they should be since the CBRT will have to repay these at some point).

Iain Muir ,

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv issued a ruling to oblige the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation to start a pre-trial investigation in connection with the possible treason of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, former Verkhovna Rada deputy Geo Leros said on May 30 in his Telegram channel.

“Let me remind you that the pocket SBI refused to investigate Zelenskyy’s high treason when he appointed FSB agents to key positions in the SBU, but we were obliged by the court to enter information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations and begin a pre-trial investigation,” the former deputy said.

He cited a photograph of a copy of the ruling of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, by which the court obliges the State Bureau of Investigation to conduct a pre-trial investigation at the request of Leros. In his message on the Telegram channel, the deputy clarified that the court ordered to initiate a criminal case “against Zelensky and co” under Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (high treason).

According to Mr Leos, Zelenskyy himself, the head of the presidential office Andriy Yermak, his deputy Roman Mashovets, as well as the ex-chairman of the SBU Ivan Bakanov and the former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Ruslan Demchenkoare the main defendants, thanks to whom FSB agents were allegedly appointed to the special services.

According to Mr Leros, these appointments have led to tens of thousands of dead Ukrainians. The MP demanded that the traitors be held accountable for serious crimes against the Ukrainian people.

Scotland Today Online has contacted the Ukrainian Embassy in London for Official Comment on this serious development. We will provide any information if and when we receive it.

Iain Muir

Scottish/British Photojournalist – Researcher – Pilot (A&H) – CAA Licensed Drone Operator – Commentator – NUJ Member – SCTS Registered

This person does not realize that he has problems with understanding. I ask for proof: “There are countries that have the most powerful armies, but this does not ensure their external security, because there is no peace.

The only guarantor of external security is peace. Anything else does not guarantee external security.” I assume that the speech of the person clinging to the position of RA Prime Minister is primarily about Israel. The latter has one of the most powerful armies in the world, but that country has a problem in terms of external security. However, the reason for this is not the lack of peace, but another phenomenon. It is that the existence of the state of Israel does not help our friend Iran.

At the same time, the so-called Palestinian Arabs, who have appeared in the historical territories of that country since the early Middle Ages, want to build their statehood at the expense of those territories. And the leadership of the state of Israel, unlike Nikol Pashinyan, does not want to cede its territories. And he is trying to ensure security not at the expense of ceding territory, but by strengthening the country’s defense capability. Because in case of ceding territory, the end of that demand will not be seen, which is a natural phenomenon. And will not get external security guaranteed by peace, but the destruction of the state. Because it is not peace that guarantees external security, but peace is guaranteed by providing external security.

And if indeed “uncertainty is the #1 formulator and definition of international politics”, then the challenges it brings must be faced. And not, as he thinks, just trying to understand the “deep processes of global processes”. But, as it appears, he does not understand the reason for the changes in Aliyev’s rhetoric even after observing the deep processes. And I have to explain to “honorable Mr. Pashinyan” that this is happening as a result of constant concessions by RA to Azerbaijan under his patronage. The more he gives in, the more Ilham demands. And its end will come not with the signing of a piece of paper called a peace treaty, but with the abolition of the state of Armenia. And in that case, real peace will be established in our region, until the moment when problems start to arise with neighboring Georgia.

And one more thing. when the process of unipolar world becoming bipolar takes place, no piece of paper, whatever name it bears, can have a long life. And in that sense, our republic is in the most vulnerable position. Which has been in the Russian security system since independence. However, thanks to his prime ministership, he is gradually deprived of that roof. And now he is trying to get the support of the enemy of that system. Which will not lead to mechanical changes in security systems, but shocks. What will happen on our heads and at our expense? As far as I understand, a person trying to perceive deep processes simply does not realize it. And one additional piece of information. the world change did not start with the 44 day war of 2020. It started earlier, with the second Ukrainian “Maidan” in 2014. And it continues in that direction until today. And the second Artsakh war with our defeat under his command was one of the non-key manifestations of that process.

P.S. For example, I would be ashamed that, being the prime minister of the country, I do not cope with deep geopolitical processes. And I would resign from the post of Prime Minister. But, as you can see, this was not said for him: he is irreplaceable and unchangeable…

Vakhtang Siradeghyan

In the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, instead of protecting the interests of Karabakh, the Armenian leadership preferred to retreat and recognize without reservation the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan within the borders of the former Azerbaijan SSR.

Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee for CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots of the Russian State Duma, told this to Rusarminfo.

“It was emphasized during the meetings held in the West last year and confirmed there, in the West and during the recent meetings in Moscow,” he emphasized.

In this connection, Zatulin recalled that the issue of self-determination of the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh and the issue of the status of Nagorno-Karabakh have been the subject of talks for many years. The leadership of Armenia argues about other issues, but not about the issue of status, the Russian lawmaker noted.

He recalled the statements by Armenia’s leadership before the Moscow meeting, particularly about being a member in the CSTO.

“It all paints a very worrying picture for Russia as it struggles to maintain its presence [in Nagorno-Karabakh]. Certainly, one of the most important issues—moreover, not only for Russia, but primarily for the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh—is the issue of the future presence of Russian peacekeeping contingent in Nagorno-Karabakh,” Zatulin added.

“I believe you don’t have to be far-sighted to imagine that despite all the bows and compliments, the Azerbaijani side will seek to push the Russian peacekeepers out from Nagorno-Karabakh as soon as the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan is signed, in order to finally resolve for itself the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict issue related to it, stop calling it ‘Nagorno-Karabakh,’ as they are already doing. They implement their political line [towards Karabakh Armenians]: ‘get Azerbaijani citizenship or leave!’ What makes this line different from the Armenian Genocide of the beginning of the 20th century is that it does not imply direct physical annihilation,” he said.

“But as we recall, the Armenian Genocide was accompanied by the mass displacement of Armenians from the places of historical residence in the Armenian provinces of Turkey. Azerbaijan is now striving for it, and they don’t need witnesses; they don’t need Russia and its peacekeeping forces,” Zatulin said.

“The hopes that someone is perhaps artificially creating that the West has joined the process, they do not take into account the fact that the main interest of the West is to cause damage in the region; first of all, to Russia, and secondly to Iran. Both are being implemented,” he added.

“Russia’s influence in Armenia is under question. And as for Iran, the West will turn a blind eye to many things, including the deportation of [Karabakh] Armenians if Azerbaijan enters into a more active confrontation with Iran. Azerbaijan follows this path as it realizes what the issue is. Every week, another batch of Iranian spies is exposed in Iran. Anti-Iranian hysteria is being sown there. Who is interested in aggravation of relations? First of all, the US, Israel,” said Zatulin.

Inal Ardzinba, occupied Abkhazia’s top diplomat, has expressed concern over the recent statement by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in which he indicated Armenia’s readiness to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan.

Ardzinba described Pashinyan’s statement as a significant departure from previous positions and highlighted its contradiction with a resolution adopted by the Supreme Council of Armenia in 1992. Inal Ardzinba said: “Only a couple of years ago we couldn’t have imagined that the Prime Minister of Armenia would make such a statement. Moreover, in 1992 the Supreme Council of Armenia adopted a resolution that strictly forbids execution, on the territory of Armenia, of any normative legal act, whether internal or interstate, recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan. Pashinyan’s statement contradicts this resolution, which is quite unprecedented”.

Ardzinba went on to emphasize the geopolitical dynamics at play and the potential consequences of Pashinyan’s statement. He stated: “We are living in an era of very rigid geopolitics. What happened to Nagorno-Karabakh is the result of a geopolitical consensus… and the consequences of which can be quite tragic. What happened to Nagorno Karabakh is a tragedy, if we recall how many human lives have been lost, and what has been the result of this.”

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on May 22 that Armenia is ready to recognize the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, including Nagorno-Karabakh, after receiving guarantees for the security and protection of the rights of its people. This statement has caused dissatisfaction among the Armenian and Nagorno-Karabakh population.