Various foreign sources, figures on the days of the 44-day war in 2020 and beyond claimed that Azerbaijan used phosphorus ammunition in Artsakh, which was supplied to it by Ukraine. Of course, other sources also considered their supply by Israel likely.

President of Ukraine Zelensky in Yerevan today had a chance to deny the information circulating these years, when an Armenian journalist asked him why Kiev supplied phosphorus ammunition to Baku during the 44-day war, but he simply “ran away”. Maybe Zelensky had a reason for such behavior?

Now let’s turn to French President Macron, more specifically, the following he made during the 8th summit of the European Political Community (ECC). to the announcement. 

“Let’s be honest՝ 8 years ago no one would have come here and the fact that we have so many first visits to your country is a really good indicator because 8 years ago this country was considered by many countries around the table as a de facto satellite of Russia.”

Does the first visit also refer to France, but it is worth reminding that 2006 թվականին Հայաստան է այցելել Ֆրանսիայի նախագահ Ժակ Շիրակը, and within the framework of the visit, the opening ceremony of the French square took place, He came to Armenia in 2011 President Nicolas Sarkozy, 2014 and François Hollande visited Armenia in 2015.

 And since we were talking about visits, let’s add that in 2024 168.amthe wrote About Pashinyan’s French visits and those of Macron, moreover, at that time, in July 2021, in the booth of Azatutyun radio station, the French ambassador, in response to a journalist’s question about the specific dates of Macron’s visit, had said. “It will happen when it is most useful.”

Maybe after the depopulation of Artsakh and before the RA NA elections, this period is useful for Macron? By the way, let’s note that in 2025, French President Macron had announced that he conveyed to Nikol Pashinyan during a telephone conversation “France’s solidarity against attempts to destabilize Armenian democracy»:

We have written many times that France decided to supply arms to Armenia only after the depopulation of Artsakh.

168.am–also published: “Did the result of France-Azerbaijan military cooperation “appear” on the field of the 44-day war, or in what form was it observed?” with the text article: We have no intention of discrediting our friend France, we only present dry facts.

And since the Prime Minister of Canada is also in Yerevan, let us recall an episode revealed during the 44-day war in relation to them.

In particular, during the war, the Armed Forces of Artsakh managed to shoot down a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 ATS. Later, the Armed Forces of Artsakh published a video, and in one of the frames երևում էր կանադական արտադրության CMX 15D օպտիկա, of which there is on Turkish-made strike Bayraktar TB2 UAVs. After this, an embargo was imposed and Turkey was forced to develop the ASELFLIR-500 optical system.

And in order to participate in the 8th European Political Community (ECC) summit, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is also in Armenia, who was in Azerbaijan a few days ago, where he made serious military or defense agreements with Aliyev, i.e., the Czech Republic followed the example of Slovakia. intends to Not only to sell weapons to Baku, but also to open a joint venture.

The international political event in Yerevan did not ignore Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who, according to Azeri sources, will leave Armenia for Azerbaijan, which will follow the visit of Azeri Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov to Italy. Baku is also strengthening defense cooperation with Italy.

It should be noted that in 2024, Italy supplied Azerbaijan with C-27J Spartan military transport aircraft, which allows to provide tactical support to the army, special forces, etc. And Azerbaijani sources promise that there will be news related to Azerbaijan-Italy defense cooperation in the near future.

As for the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace agenda and relations, the summit of the European Political Community proved that there is no such thing as a mirror. For example, Aliyev ensured his participation in the meeting of European officials with a kind link, but Nikol Pashinyan is ready to visit Baku in 2028 to participate in the 12th summit of the European Political Community, which will be held there. Moreover, Nikol Pashinyan regularly accuses his opponents of making warlike and provocative statements, while during his speech, the dictator of Baku emphasized:

“In September 2023, Azerbaijan put an end to separatism in Karabakh. We turned into reality the 4 resolutions of the UN Security Council, which remained on paper for 30 years. The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan has the same value as the territorial integrity of any other country, and double standards in this matter are unacceptable.”

Aliyev then accused the European Parliament of harming and sabotaging the peace process.

“And the reason for this is that Azerbaijan has restored its territorial integrity and sovereignty, put an end to separatism and brought war criminals to justice.” he emphasized.

In other words, Aliyev considers the participants of the Karabakh movement, the participants of the Artsakh war, the former military-political leadership of Artsakh to be outright criminals and says that he conducted a “Nuremberg trial”, and Nikol Pashinyan does not respond in any way.

And this is despite the fact that when today’s government was an opposition, the third president of RA, Serzh Sargsyan, was accused of why he did not respond to the then president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, when he was reading the letter of the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, during the EAEU session.

On the other hand, Aliyev said today what Pashinyan is thinking and implying. And the President of Azerbaijan is right in one matter: Europe and European civilization should not resort to double standards, especially when it comes to the self-determination of nations and human rights.

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