April 30, 2026
Yesterday, on April 29, the delegation headed by the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Demarcation and Demarcation Commission Shahin Mustafayev arrived in Armenia.
Armenia first learned about this from the Azerbaijani media, then the Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed the information without revealing the details of the visit. Then it became known that the delegation led by Mutafaev was taken to Aghvera, where there was also a meeting with Armenian businessmen.
Today, after the Government session, Nikol Pashinyan said that the list of mutual trade between Armenian and Azerbaijani businessmen was initially transferred through the Governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan, but now both sides communicate without intermediaries. He also said that he is aware of which Armenian businessmen met with Azerbaijanis under the pretext of not targeting them, but he could not name names.
international scholar, “HayaVote” member Menua Soghomonyani According to him, there is no information regarding the visit of the delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan to Armenia, therefore, one can make assumptions about the purpose of the visit.
“Mutafaev is the person who coordinates the so-called demarcation and demarcation processes from the Azerbaijani side. Naturally, here we are talking about some kind of arrangements to continue that process, but this can be an assumption, since we do not know any information related to the visit. But it can be assumed that Azerbaijanis, who bet on Pashinyan and support Nikol Pashinyan’s re-election in every possible way, have something to gain.
At this stage, the demands of Azerbaijan will refer to Tigranashen, Verin Voskepar, the adjacent areas of Azatamut, which are conventionally called Sofulu and Barkhudarlu. This is my rational assumption, and the agenda should be about these issues, moreover, we see that they are in some kind of secret agreements.” 168.amMenua Soghomonyan said in a conversation with
According to our interlocutor, using the current pre-election period, the events in it, when various forces are focused on their pre-election organizational issues, they probably chose a suitable period to secure some agreements with Azerbaijan.
Regarding the news circulating since yesterday that Mustafayev had expressed his desire to be in Jujevan village of Noyemberyan region, where he was born during the Soviet Union, and considering in this context the problem of Artsakh Armenians who do not have the opportunity to go to Artsakh and visit the graves of the deceased, Menua Soghomonyan said that the Armenian nation has fallen into a big trap built by Pashinyan-Aliev, and this trap is being served to the public. as peace. Mustafaev’s visit to Armenia is presented in that “sauce” of peace.
“It is impermissible to give consent to Mustafaev’s visit to Jujevan, it is impermissible at all levels. People who are patriotic and have a sense of statehood will not agree, and if they don’t agree, everything happens with violence. Probably, what pro-Azerbaijani programs were conducted during this entire period, they were conducted through violence. Although there was resistance, they managed to pass. Even now, they are taking advantage of this pre-election period and they want to wrap their agenda around the neck of the people once again,” emphasized the international expert.
He also emphasized that today Pashinyan and Aliyev want to wrap everything in “peace”, including the upcoming visit of representatives of the European community to Yerevan and everything that is happening around Armenia today.
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