Author: Chakrian Hovsep

The participants of Resistance movement started a procession from France Square along the central streets of Yerevan.

The procession will pass through Sayat Nova, Abovyan, and Nalbandyan streets, then the movement members will return to France Square and discuss actions for tomorrow.

“We will also march past the hotel where Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is spending the night, show our strength, show our will, once again voice our demands.

Tomorrow morning we will invite you again to the France Square because there will be an enlarged meeting of the CSTO, where we must also voice our demands. We have to make those demands to any delegation visiting Armenia,” said Ishkhan Saghatelyan, NA Vice President, ARF Supreme Council representative.

Azerbaijan is in a hurry because it sees that PM Nikol Pashinyan does not have a mandate to negotiate, MP from the Armenia bloc Aram Vardevanyan noted.

He recalled that in March-April 2021, Nikol Pashinyan said from the rostrum of the parliament that the de-occupation of Hadrut and Shusha, the promotion of the right of Karabakh to self-determination come from the interests of Armenia, in September 2021 he no longer uttered the word Artsakh, and now they have reached the wording ethnic population of Karabakh.

“What is Nikol Pashinyan guided by, leading us to these concessions? After all, he knows that with his departure the situation will change, but he is trying to ensure that Karabakh becomes part of Azerbaijan. Pashinyan does not embody the Armenian people, who have always fought and developed,” the MP added.

From now on Pashinyan will see the people only from behind the iron curtain, vice-speaker of the National Assembly, member of the Armenia bloc Ishkhan Saghatelyan said.

His remarks came during a meeting in front of the government building.

“I look at the windows of the first floor – there appeared a metal shutter. That’s how he got scared. Remember the guy in the cap? That’s him. Don’t be afraid, we’re not going to go into the building. We’ve more than accomplished our goal. But he will now always see the people from behind the Iron Curtain,” Sagatelyan promised.

As previously reported, Pashinyan is meeting with the President of Montenegro today in the government.

The resistance movement came to the government building to show the President of Montenegro that Pashinyan no longer represents the people of Armenia.

The particular issue of exclaves/enclaves was reportedly not discussed by the leaders during the meeting of the head of the European Council with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Brussels, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar told Armenian News – NEWS.am.

“The leaders looked at broad principles which would provide a framework to govern future transit and international transport once the connectivity infrastructure is unblocked. Details will be worked out by Deputy Prime Ministers.

“To my knowledge, the particular issue of exclaves/enclaves was not discussed by the leaders during their meeting on 22 May in Brussels. I believe it was not particularly discussed by them as a separate agenda point on previous occasions either,” he said.

When asked if he was aware of any agreement on the opening of the so-called Zangezur corridor, which was announced by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, and which was denied by the Armenian side, Toivo Klaar said: “On this particular aspect, I want to reiterate that the discussions in Brussels addressed the issue of connectivity and principles for reopening communications between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on the sovereignty of both countries.”

“The EU also sometimes uses the term “transport corridor” when talking about roads or railways inside the EU.

“It is important to stress here that both sides explicitly acknowledged that there were no extraterritorial claims in relation to the communications that would be reopened. It is good to be clear about that as this allows us to address concerns and misperceptions which are sometimes raised in this context where confidence still needs to deepen.

“The parties also discussed practical arrangements for border controls, fees, safety and security, and in the case of international transport to third countries, also customs.

“On our side, we hope that the discussion between the leaders on Sunday will pave the way to unblocking these roads as the connectivity potential, also with an emphasis on the growing opportunities of the “Middle Corridor” transit between Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and the EU in mind.

“We warmly welcome the first meeting of the border commissions that took place today, 24 May, on the inter-state border between the Deputy Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.”