Month: February 2019

During the recent months Azerbaijan has gained a serious privilege and its positions in the negotiation process are better than previously, political analyst Aghasi Yenokyan said, speaking to Aysor.am, referring to the statement of Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev that Azerbaijan has privileges at the table of negotiations and in battle field.

He said Azerbaijan’s privilege is seen both from their rhetoric and toughening of their formulations.

“With all this, I may say that Ilham Aliyev’s remark is right. As to Azerbaijan’s status in the battle field, according to the open sources and the available information on how many weapons the country has acquired during the recent years, then yes, we may register that Aliyev is right,” Yenokyan said.

As to the recent thought voiced by Aliyev in an interview with Real TV that Artsakh conflict must be regulated only in the framework of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, the analyst said that it is the Azerbaijan’s dream and Armenia’s recent steps at the negotiation process aroused some hopes among the Azerbaijani president.

“But I think both Armenia and the OSCE mediators will not allow unbalanced solutions. In any case Aliyev’s statement’s are addressed both to the domestic and foreign audience and such rhetoric of the country’s president is agreed with the Azerbaijani progress in the process, or more right to say Armenia’s regress,” he said.

As to Aliyev’s statement that “force factor becomes dominating in the world today” and “force gives birth to right,” Yenokyan said that Azerbaijani president allows himself such phrases because OSCE Minsk Group mediators do not forward the pre-condition of exclusion of force.

“Of course, force is not the only thing that determines everything. Issues in the world are being solved in combination of different factors,” the political analyst said.

The Armenian National Assembly adopted today the government’s action plan for the next five year.

A total of 82 lawmakers voted for the program, while 37 voted against.

Earlier the Bright Armenia faction announced its intention to vote against the document, while Prosperous Armenia faction said it would vote in favour of the program if their proposals are accepted. 

Our government is symbol of trust, Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan said at the concluding speech in the NA today, referring to the criticism of the opposition that citizens must believe in themselves.

“We consider our mission to help citizens believe in themselves, overcome the misery, leave despair behind, while they say you are putting responsibility on the people,” he said.

Referring to the criticism that “poverty is in their heads” Pashinyan said that he says it as a person who did it himself.

Pashinyan also applied to the head of the Bright Armenia faction calling on him to never compare him with the previous leaders.

“You were telling the same in 2018.  Serzh Sargsyan has nothing to do here, we are not fighting against personalities, let us go and take posts of deputy ministers and build from inside,” he said.

As to some comments that what happened is not a revolution, Pashinyan said, “Look in front of you and your sides, if revolution has not happened what are you doing here with 18 MPs. Of course, for you revolution has not taken place.”

The program of the Armenian government was adopted at the NA today with 82 for and 37 against.

Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia faction MPs stated that they would vote against the program.