To all those who still have doubts that both the war and the post-war disasters, the depopulation of Artsakh, the occupation of the sovereign territories of Armenia and the submissive agreement to all conditions of Azerbaijan could have been avoided if the person at the helm of the state had any idea of what diplomacy, foreign policy and the value of words are, I simply recommend listening to just one part of Pashinyan’s speech.
The man went from the podium of the European Parliament and said that the bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church violated some spiritual rules known to him, are agents of influence and want to disturb his “peace”.
If you cannot imagine what an absurd, at best, ridiculous, and at worst, respectable impression such a speech can leave on those sitting in the hall, I will not be able to describe it in words.
And if you imagine, then it is also not difficult to understand that since 2018, neither in the Artsakh negotiation process, nor before the war, nor during it, nor after it, nor until today, has he understood exactly what can be said, what cannot be said, what is expected of you, what nobody cares about, and what betrays your weakness, ignorance, fears and simple insanity.
Why Armenia has found itself in this situation, the answer to the question lies in this simple reality.
Former RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan
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