I hope that the RA Foreign Ministry will not in any way criticize Aliyev’s statements yesterday, in particular, the words about interfering in the internal affairs of the Republic of Armenia.

And in fact, Aliyev’s speech yesterday, the unconcealed texts of interfering in the internal affairs of the Republic of Armenia, not only contradict the talks about peace, but also contradict the text of the agreement signed in Washington on August 8, where there is a clear clause that the parties have no right to interfere in each other’s internal affairs.

Actually, today Azerbaijan decides what kind of constitution Armenia should have, whether it should have a nuclear power plant or not, and it allows itself to openly express all that. And in fact, under the name of peace, a process of “Finlandization” of Armenia is taking place, and if at one time Finland, based on the situation, was subject to the conditions dictated by the rather influential Soviet Union, now the Armenian government has agreed to make Armenia a country subject to Azerbaijan’s conditions. And, unfortunately, this is happening under the approval of various external actors, because Armenia itself has made a decision not to fight, not to resist, not to take steps to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

What is being served is not peace, but the process of fulfilling the list of dreams of Azerbaijan, which is actually being implemented today by the ruling party “Demolish the State” in RA.

Azerbaijanologist Tatev Hayrapetyan

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