The State Border Service of Azerbaijan has officially announced the installation of a checkpoint in the Berdzor (Lachin) corridor, as stated by the command of the Russian Peacekeeping Contingent.

This latest blockade is a gross violation of the 2020 trilateral agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia, as well as a human rights violation. Since December 12, 2022, Azerbaijan has blockaded 120,000 people in Artsakh. As part of the agreement, the Hakari Bridge was located in the Russian peacekeeping contingent’s area of responsibility, meaning Azerbaijan does not have the right to close it. The authorities of the Republic of Artsakh strongly condemn this latest provocation by Azerbaijan, considering it a criminal step aimed at deepening the blockade of Artsakh and ethnic cleansing. This action violates not only the tripartite statement but also the binding decision of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations and other fundamental norms of international law. The Hakari Bridge serves as a vital link connecting the villages of Lisagor, Mets Shen, Hin Shen, and Yegtsahogh in Armenia and Artsakh, but it is currently closed due to the blockade. President of Artsakh, Arayik Harutyunyan, has called for an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss the latest developments and the relevant actions of the authorities of Artsakh. The Artsakh Info Center stated that they will provide further details on the events and urged everyone to follow official information and refrain from spreading unverified information.

“Dukhov” of 2018 and once “savior of the people” Nikol is no more. Instead of him, the position of RA Prime Minister is occupied by a person who “does not deserve to be called a man and runs away from the people”.

From the people who once appointed themselves prime minister, violating Armenian laws. Nikol’s thanks was that he called everyone prime minister and gave him the right to open the door of the government building with his foot when necessary. And then he fortified that door with iron bars, sheltering himself from that same people. This is the reality, which means that he has nothing to say to the people protesting in front of the government building. Moreover, there is nothing to say in terms of all possible problems. That being said, there is no point in gathering in front of that building and waiting for hours to meet him. Especially since it is neither the first such gathering nor, unfortunately,

There’s an old saying that if a problem isn’t being solved with a set of tools you’re constantly using, you need to change tools. Because constant failure in terms of a problem leads to feelings of hopelessness. And it is the worst feeling that our society needs in the present times. And what should be done by the parents of the fallen soldiers, they should decide themselves. All the non-violent methods of civil disobedience presented by the American political technologist Gene Sharp can be used. By the way, the latter’s methods are usable during Nicol’s rule just as they were during the previous ones. And no one should be fooled by the fact that there was a dictatorship under the former, and Nicol was the “father” of democracy. Because today his dictatorial tendencies are much more pronounced than they were during Serzh Sargsyan’s time.

Although the pain of the parents of the boys who died in the 44-day war has somewhat dulled in two and a half years, it would be right if they joined the struggle of the parents of the boys who died in Azat Village. And they supported it with their numbers and directed it with their experience of struggle. In that case, their united struggle could have been more effective. Which could also give hope that many other Armenians will join the struggle. And in that case, not only the issue of the meeting with the “honorable” (as he is addressed at government meetings) Prime Minister Pashinyan would be resolved. Also, what is more important, the problem of removing that honorable person from the post of Prime Minister. And after that, it can be confidently asserted that all the problems that arose because of him in Armenia and Artsakh will find their logical solution.

H. C. The unquoted part of the second sentence of the article is taken from the regular protest of the parents of the boys who died in Azat village on April 21. I hope that a beautiful day will come when not only the parents of the victims, but the whole society in general will not care about the need to meet Nicole.

Vakhtang Siradeghyan

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The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church has addressed the issue of Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation in its statement, “The call for the resignation of the prime minister is fatherly advice that has no deadline.” Today, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, noted during a conversation with media representatives in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

“Unfortunately, we see that the situation in our country continues to be worrisome with incorrect and unacceptable statements being made regarding the status of Artsakh. The deepening disunity and irreconcilability among our people are also concerning, and we have a lot of work to do here. We can only find solutions to these problems through the complete consolidation of our national potential,” added the Catholicos of All Armenians during the conversation.

NA MP Taguhi Tovmasyan decided to carry out a political action today and started her action with the following words addressed to Nikol Pashinyan:

“As a result of various documents signed by you, after the war, the map of Armenia and Artsakh was changed in favor of Azerbaijan, and are you talking about patriotism, are you giving lessons from the pulpit?” By your order, the troops withdrew, and you did not bring peace with it. My hometown, which has become the frontline, has been shooting for 5 days in the area of ​​Vardenis, about 800 employees of the Sotki mine have not been able to go to work for 6 days to earn their daily bread, the administration has closed the mine, and you are not able to ensure the safety of my compatriots.

Are you talking about morality? You have failed everything and everywhere. Here you are talking about abstract achievements, say more specifically: in the past years, the people in power, your teammates, have achieved achievements. Speeches disconnected from reality no longer convince us. You
have expired.

It is inexorable to tolerate the words that are heard from the NA podium, de facto recognizing Artsakh as a part of Azerbaijan. Leaving 120 thousand Artsakh Armenians alone is the greatest immorality and ruthlessness. I, as the chairman of the commission of the MHRD, have sent more than 650 letters to my international colleagues in the last 4 months, alerting them to the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh.
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After all these records, I am carrying out a political action and, as a sign of protest, I will not get off the podium, I will not allow you to tell lies again from the country’s number one podium, to question the Armenianness of Artsakh or the history of the Armenian people in general. Dear colleagues, if you agree with my observations, you can join my campaign. I can’t tolerate lies, falsehoods, backbiting, calling people names from this high pulpit: enough is enough. Sober down, understand what you are doing, and realize the extent of your responsibility.”

After these words, a scuffle started in the NA hall and the Speaker of the National Assembly invited the security officers to the hall, who forcibly removed the deputies. The course of the session was disrupted.

There is a tense situation and a fight in the parliament. NA deputy Taguhi Tovmasyan announced that she is carrying out a political action and is not going to leave the podium.

NA Speaker Alen Simonyan invited the security officers to the meeting hall. A tug-of-war started between the deputies and the security guards.

“Peace is possible if we clearly state in all our int relations that we recognize as the Republic of #Armenia the territory of 29 800 sq km, rather the territory of the Armenian SSR and we do not and will never have territorial claims to any of the countries…” –

If this is not done, Pashinyan believes, then no one will allow #Armenia to develop, will not accept the fact that Armenia is developing and strengthening, because they will think that it is directed against them – to expand Armenian territory.

In these circumstances, according to Pashinyan, the issue of the very existence of the Armenian state will be on the agenda of other countries.

In parallel, Pashinyan stated that after the 44-day war in #NagornoKarabakh, #Azerbaijan is in euphoria and seeks to get more, and perhaps – everything.

We must fundamentally reflect on the concept with which the Nagorno-Karabakh issue was pursued during the years of our independence. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stat this during Wednesday’s question-and-answer session at the National Assembly of Armenia.

“There we have two parts: before the Madrid Principles, and after that. Before the Madrid Principles, the position of the Armenian parties was that Nagorno-Karabakh was never part of independent Azerbaijan and exercised its right to self-determination in the context of the collapse of the USSR. Just as other subjects of the USSR, exercising the right to self-determination which is recorded in the Almaty Declaration [of December 1990], received independence, so did Nagorno-Karabakh received that right. Consequently, Nagorno-Karabakh became independent from the USSR.

“In 2007, during the period of transformation or transfer of power [in Armenia] when Serzh Sargsyan was the Prime Minister and Robert Kocharyan was holding the office of the President of the Republic of Armenia, the Madrid Principles emerged at that time, where the principles of territorial integrity and the right to self-determination were being emphasized. It was recorded that the status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be adjusted by some mechanism, and that mechanism should, in fact, be agreed upon by Azerbaijan as well.

“A very serious, conceptual change has taken place here. If before the Madrid Principles, the position of the Armenian parties was that Karabakh was never part of Azerbaijan and is not now either, therefore, there may not be a need to agree on the future status because Nagorno-Karabakh has already self-determined, the Madrid Principles record that an agreement should be reached with Azerbaijan regarding the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. Moreover, according to reliable information, the author of those principles was the Armenian side itself,” said the Armenian PM.

According to him, a question arises here that if we do not consider Nagorno-Karabakh to be a part of Azerbaijan, why the issue of its status should be agreed with Azerbaijan.

“This logic that they have placed, in the case of paraphrasing, means that Nagorno-Karabakh must be a part of Azerbaijan to be self-determined. Otherwise, from whom is it self-determined? This is the actual content of that policy. This is our greatest shortcoming, that we have not come forward with all this since 2018, and have not explained [it] to our people,” said Pashinyan.

Also, he emphasized that after leaving Nagorno-Karabakh out of the negotiations, Armenia has come and said: “I have come to exercise the right of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination.”

“But wait a minute, who are you, dear friend? It says, ‘We are Armenia.’ But self-determination is about it [i.e., Nagorno-Karabakh] should be at the [negotiating] table, it’s not someone else’s decision, it’s self-determination. Armenia has come, said, ‘I have come to protect the right of self-determination of Nagorno-Karabakh by leaving Nagorno-Karabakh out of the negotiation process.’ They said, ‘If you are talking, then this is a territorial dispute, a territorial demand.’ And the whole essence of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue has been deformed.

“If before the Madrid Principles, the place from which Nagorno-Karabakh was to self-determine was the Soviet Union, then after the Madrid Principles, as a result of the ‘genius’ diplomacy of the Armenian side, the place from which Nagorno-Karabakh had to self-determine became Azerbaijan. According to the Madrid Principles, Armenia recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan. We may be lazy most of the time from that record, but we are reaping its ‘fruits’ today. It is very important that all this is said. It is our fault that we did not say this in May 2018. We thought that somehow we can get out of this trap, or at least it is our duty to do what is up to us to get out of that trap. But since the trap was internationally agreed upon, we could not do it,” emphasized the Armenian premier.