Pashinyan does not forget that Bako Sahakyan is Serzh Sargsyan’s sympathizer and friend. Melikyan

I am interested in the current political events to the extent that they will lead to the preservation of the positions of the RPA and its satellite political forces or, on the contrary, to their ultimate marginalization. Armenian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Artsakh Arman Melikyan mentioned this in a conversation with VERELQ.

“I proceed from the fact that now the political struggle for power has somewhat intensified and the competing teams, at least in their verbal words, neither see the meaning nor have the desire to spare each other. In this context, I consider it natural that every wrong or ambiguous expression can become an occasion for mutual accusations and reprimands,” he said.

Melikyan emphasized that there are factors that may not be clearly visible in today’s unique political confrontation, but they influence the approaches and rhetoric of the parties. According to him, acting prime minister can be considered from this point of view Nikol Pashinyan the harsh exhortation addressed to the President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan.

“The thing is that it is difficult to imagine how the secretary of the National Security Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan or the spokesperson of the president can make comments without agreeing their main points with their superiors. In other words, their words are perceived as Bako Sahakyan’s words. The latter, quite legitimately, has always been perceived as Serzh Sargsyan’s closest associate and like-minded, close and reliable friend. Therefore, Nikol Pashinyan can consider the exhortations and criticism voiced by Artsakh officials as a systematic attempt to hinder the political success of his team, the real author of which is sitting in Yerevan,” he said.

At the same time, Arman Melikyan noted that in any case, it would be good if all the representatives of the Prime Minister’s team understand the weight of every word they utter and the possible negative consequences, and the political elite of Artsakh “would do well to seriously focus on the issue of a smooth transition of power and make the issue of holding early presidential elections a subject of discussion.”

To remind, during these four days of the campaign, the topic of Artsakh is mentioned many times by one of the active actors of the Armenian political field, the representatives of the “My Step” alliance, which is considered the favorite in these elections. A few days ago, a deputy candidate Sasun Mikayelyan declared that “the victory of the Velvet Revolution was more important than the Artsakh liberation war”, then Nikol Pashinyandeclared that the son of Artsakh and no president served in Artsakh and in the Armed Forces in general. It is clear that Stepanakert could not respond to these statements and answers were given regarding the accusations against Artsakh. However, the Acting Prime Minister urged President Bako Sahakyan in an almost threatening tone to calm down the representatives of his government and the press spokesperson and send them to work, not to make comments. He also announced that he will discuss all this with Bako Sahakyan after the elections.

Lia Khojoyan