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Yerevan Deputy Mayor Suren Grigoryan clarified what Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan meant, saying that “cars entering Yerevan from the provinces should be parked at a certain point and used by public transport in Yerevan, but all this takes time and there should be parking lots for that.”

According to the deputy mayor, this program is one of the strategic goals of the city government.

Vahagn Sahakyan, president of the branch union of taxi services of Armenia considering the traffic of the capital, the situation of public transport, it is certain that the city government will not be able to achieve it at this pace.

It was said years ago that if this continues, the city authorities will have to ban the entry of cars with odd number plates into Yerevan one day, and even ones one day. However, this is not a solution to the problem either.

“The city government has no idea what number of cars and what areas we are talking about, where the cars will occupy and how much the load of city transport will increase after that. It is not enough that the equipment of our city roads is below par, and they have decided that in this situation they can provide enough space for all those cars that come to Yerevan to park and then enter Yerevan.

These are neither the builders nor the furnishers of those parking lots, because if there is no serious supervision, God knows what could happen. People park their cars in yards, steal the license plates, then leave a phone number saying: bring this much money, take the license plates, and leave them in the parking lot outside the city.” 168.amVahagn Sahakyan mentioned in a conversation with

According to Vahagn Sahakyan, it is not the case that, for example, 1000 cars enter Yerevan from the regions, their number is more. The number of cars in the capital increases twice a day from that flow. The solution to this problem is somewhere else, the city government is just not smart enough to find or see those solutions.

“There is no one to ask why so many cars come to Yerevan, let them be interested in this, do a social survey, and find out: what part of those cars come to work, and what part come to “taxi”? In Berm, they take the residents of the city to the market, drive them under the taxi, then in the evening they pick up the residents and go home.

They should think, make it so that these cars don’t need to enter Yerevan so much, all business centers should be urged to help, at least some of them should be taken out of Yerevan, not all of them should be concentrated in Yerevan, and people will have to park their cars in such a place that they will be fined several thousand. Let them think about this, it should have been thought about a long time ago. the ministries should have been removed from Yerevan, not the universities, because after removing the universities from here, Yerevan will not become a village, but a city. 

In short, the city government will not be able to implement this scheme, it’s just talk, they want to show that they are doing something,” added our interlocutor.

He drew everyone’s attention to the daily traffic on the Yerevan-Sevan road, which makes him think that in 2-3 years, if the road is not widened, there will be a collapse on that road as well. Meanwhile, the authorities continue to sell the lands adjacent to those areas, until now they have no plan as to when and how much these roads will be widened. If they had such a plan, they should have kept the adjacent lands, instead of allowing everyone to buy and put his “dukan” on those roads.

“Can you imagine, a person comes to Yerevan by car to do work, and has to increase the cost by parking the car in some part of Yerevan and using public transport? And did they think that this will lead to an increase in real estate prices, they are doing everything to artificially raise prices, because today the prices of houses in Yerevan have exceeded the prices of houses in Los Angeles, this is a shame.

They took over “Araratcement”, they allegedly nationalized it, but they are dividing the property, after that the price of cement increased, they declare otherwise that it has not increased in price, but they buy real from the factory at a higher price. These people are openly lying,” emphasized Vahagn Sahakyan.

Vahagn Sahakyan answered the question: can public transport become a real alternative in this situation to implement such a program?

“We don’t have such a transport system, we can’t have it in the near future. Or they will increase the state debt by another 2 billion dollars in order to bring so many cars. At our bus stops, public transport vehicles arrive and pile up, they cannot accommodate, how are they going to solve the problem, for example, Vahagn Sahakyan emphasized.

32-year-old detainee Ashot Badalyan has been on hunger strike for a month in the “Nubarashen” penitentiary. In this way, he expresses his protest against the judicial system. He demands to change the preventive detention and appeals against the two articles attributed to him: Article 155, Part 2 of the Criminal Code (murder of a close relative) and Article 335, Article 1 of the Criminal Code (illegal arms trafficking).

Ashot Badalyan’s advocate Hayk Harutyunyan Ashot Badalyan is not going to stop the hunger strike until his demand is met.

“I wrote to the General Prosecutor’s Office a few days ago, but I still haven’t received an answer. I received a response from the HRD office that a visit took place yesterday. The office also submitted in writing that they are monitoring the situation and regularly receive clarifications from the penitentiary regarding the state of health. Naturally, they have nothing to do with the substantive part of the case, this is in the domain of the courts and the prosecutor’s office.” 168.am–the lawyer conveyed to him.

According to him, during the preliminary investigation, the prosecutor’s office essentially stated its position, noting that the case is a particularly serious crime against a close relative under the articles of “murder” and “illegal weapons trafficking”.

To the question: How do you assess the state of health of your client, the lawyer answered that Ashot Badalyan is regularly provided with medical care in the penitentiary.

“Generally, when a person is on a hunger strike, and that is for a long time, they are kept in special conditions in the penitentiary, constantly visited by medical personnel. A few days ago, his health condition was assessed as satisfactory, but I was informed internally that his condition has worsened in recent days, he has signs of kidney and intestinal problems. The problems are gradually raising their head. When I visited Ashot two days ago, he had lost 20 kilograms of weight, and it was difficult for him to speak.

“My client has clearly stated that he will not leave the hunger strike until the restraining order is changed,” Hayk Harutyunyan emphasized.

Let’s remind that a few days ago, the lawyer presented details regarding the case of Ashot Badalyan in a conversation with us: saying:

“About a year ago, there was a rather big conflict with Ashot Badalyan and his sister’s son, which reached such a state that the victim, who died, approached Ashot’s house and wanted to harm his wife and 3 children with a grenade. Ashot took the firearm from the victim’s hand and fired a shot, as a result of which the boy died. In other words, it turns out that there are elements of necessary protection here.”

Loud announcements are being made behind the scenes of the UN Biodiversity Summit (COP17) in Armenia regarding the procurement process of organizing the event.

Deputies of the “Strong Armenia” opposition faction publicize concrete documentary examples, pointing out the unprecedentedly inflated expenses of the state budget and corruption risks. contracts, where only one thread of the badge was bought for 1248 drams, vehicle rental prices are three times higher than the market price, and the cost of just one unit of special packaging was set at 25,000 drams, etc.

The opposition emphasizes that it is not against the holding of this important international event, but condemns the conclusion of exclusive contracts worth millions of dollars and the waste of funds under its veil. And the responsible departments counter that all purchases made from the general budget of 18.5 billion drams are made exclusively according to the strict standards imposed by the United Nations.

Economist Hrayr Kamendatyan according to the assessment, the entire procurement process, in general, has been soaked with possible subjective behavior and opportunities for intervention for about 30 years.

168․amIn a conversation with “For that, at least, as a first step, the threshold of purchases made by 1 person should be set, because we also have a problem with contractors and subcontractor abuses. The 2nd condition is that the insurance fee, the deposit fee should be reduced, because the deposit fee is quite high, and many entrepreneurs, who are representatives of small and medium businesses, cannot participate in the tenders. The same people participate with big money, the same people participate with big money, they take the right to tenders with them, naturally, that subjective behavior related to them is much more profitable.”

Referring to the initiative of the parliamentary opposition to publicize the facts, the economist noticed that those who try to oppose on that topic can submit reports about the crime.

“What problem? Give it to the Prosecutor’s Office, give it to the Investigative Committee. be sure that they will find those multi-million abuses, simply theft.

Professional circles parallel this with the subject of the state’s credit obligations, noticing that the taken loans and state funds do not serve the long-term development of the economy, but are wasted on inflated purchases (such as COP17 souvenirs or brand gifts worth 290 million drams).

“For example, in 2026, Armenia will have to pay only loan service in the amount of 2 billion dollars. those 2 billion, you can’t imagine what kind of money it is, that money simply goes out of economic activity, with it the state’s opportunities to meet social needs, social demands, Hrayr Kamendatyan mentioned, referring to the topic and added that one of the consequences of taking those loans is the reduction of funeral allowances, the abolition of social packages in 2027, – What is all this about? It’s from a bad life, from that enormous amount that hangs on the neck of the Republic of Armenia.”

According to him, the enormous debt burden has two ways of service: either delaying the implementation of service payments for a certain time, or instead of spending the money on social and security opportunities, direct the money to debt service, “send it to various foreign capitalist corporations, which both manage Armenia and, in a political sense, create a comfortable government and power in Armenia for them.”

These days, protests are being held in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijan against the ban on wearing the hijab in schools.

At the end of September, the government of Azerbaijan changed the school uniform rules, prohibiting the wearing of clothes in schools that differ from the uniform or contradict the secular principle of education.

Oktay Saral, the chief adviser to the Turkish president, condemned the new restrictions on school uniforms in Azerbaijan, and emphasized that it is unacceptable to limit the right to education of students wearing headscarves in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan’s ruling “New Azerbaijan” party responded to Saral’s statement, urging not to interfere in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs.

The party reminded that Azerbaijan is a secular state and that the use of the hijab topic for political speculation and division of society does not serve the interests of either Turkey or the Muslim world.

The Azerbaijan-Turkey inter-parliamentary relations working group of the Parliament of Azerbaijan կոչ made Turkish politicians respect Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and constitutional order.

Head of Caucasus Muslims Department, Sheikhulislam Allahshukyur Pashazaden announced, that “in Azerbaijan, religion is separate from the state, and school is separate from religion.”

The spiritual leader of Azerbaijan also hinted that there are internal and external forces behind politicizing the issue of wearing hijab in schools and providing people against the leadership of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani spreading the state theses of Baku the media, which are not sequential are articles publish against the reactions of the Turkish side, they went further.

For example, report.az reminded Turkey about the Shushi Declaration, which, according to the Azerbaijani side, is based on the principles of independence, sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of states.

Note that: Declaration of Shushi it is also clearly stated that “the parties implement an independent foreign policy aimed at ensuring and protecting their own national interests”.

Azerbaijani vesti.az went further, trying to decipher the slogan “One nation, two states”, on the basis of which the Azerbaijan-Turkey fraternal-strategic relations are built, moreover, it did not avoid reminding that Turkey itself faced a sharp conflict over the wearing of headscarves in educational institutions and state structures.

“The Brotherhood does not give the right to issue orders. Historical closeness does not cancel state sovereignty. “One nation, two states” is a formula for confederation, not a license to interfere in internal affairs. If the principle of “One nation, two states” is really important in Ankara, then it is time to prove it with deeds, respecting not only the common history of the two peoples, but also the right of each of the two states to decide their own future independently.

When some representatives of the ruling elite of Turkey try to dictate to Baku with whom to maintain relations and how to solve internal issues, they are undermining the very brotherhood, whose protection they call above all others,” the media wrote.

Naturally, Azerbaijan is particularly referring here to the strategic relations between Azerbaijan and Israel, which are particularly important in terms of security and defense.

“Baku supports the settlement of the Palestinian issue on the basis of the two-state principle, defends the legal rights of Palestinians and provides financial and humanitarian assistance to Palestine. At the same time, Azerbaijan maintains diplomatic relations with Israel based on its own state interests.

These positions are not automatically mutually exclusive. Relations between states in international politics are not subject to a simple test of loyalty. if you support one side of the conflict, you are supposed to break all relations with the other side.

by the way Turkey itself consistently supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine, provides assistance to it, including military, but at the same time does not break diplomatic relations with Russia. the relationship and: maintains broad commercial and economic ties with it. And this is the sovereign right of Turkey, just as it is the right of Azerbaijan to independently determine the format of relations with Israelvesti.az continued.

Israel’s role in strengthening Azerbaijan’s military potential is significant before, during and after the 44-day war.

But Baku should not forget that it would not have won the 44-day war if it were not for the direct participation of Turkey and the military assistance of the Turkish generals, the actual headquarters of Azerbaijan. in management, then Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akari the role, Turkish intelligence and Turkish military direct to the battles participation etc.

Moreover, Turkey has always conditioned the settlement of relations with Armenia on the Karabakh issue and its solution in favor of Azerbaijan, but Baku has never said that the settlement of Armenia-Turkey relations should be considered separately.

We still put aside the fact that Baku itself is constantly trying to interfere in the internal affairs of Armenia, from the fight against “revanchist forces” and its position towards the Armenian Apostolic Church to the issues of the amendment of the Armenian Constitution and the policy of army building.

And in the field of foreign policy between Azerbaijan and Turkey, of course, there are visible and invisible issues, as well as some internal topics that have been activated from time to time. But, in a broad sense, it is difficult to expect a significant change in the nature of Azerbaijan-Turkey relations in the near future, although any option of developments in the more distant future cannot be excluded. In any case, such records of what one party thinks about the other at the moment of “anger” are important.

In September of this year, Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz presented the economic plan for 2027-2029.

Accordingly, the republic intends to increase defense spending by 229 percent (more than three times) in the next three years. The purpose of this move is to strengthen the country’s independence and expand its influence in Eurasia. At the same time, it was emphasized that the financing is planned to be directed to the development of domestic technologies, meeting the needs of national defense and creating platforms with high added value.

It is noteworthy that the increase in the costs of the development of the military-industrial complex within the framework of the announced program is the most significant. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2025, Turkey’s military expenditures have already reached 30 billion dollars, which has secured it the 18th place. According to the analysts of the Swedish “think tank”, the increase is largely due to the necessity of spending on ongoing military operations in Iraq, Somalia and Syria. However, the primary motive remains the desire for the rise of the Turkish defense industry.

Some researchers believe that this shift in funding redistribution is the result of Turkey’s long-standing frustration with “unreliable Western allies” and its desire for greater strategic autonomy.

Instead of buying equipment from NATO partners, Ankara is using the funds allocated to increase the budget to develop its own industrial base, paying special attention to drones, air defense and radio electronic warfare. Others note that Turkey’s geographical position near the epicenters of major regional conflicts also forces the political elite of the republic to increase national defense costs.

Let’s agree that “geography largely determines the fate of the state”, but the conflict in the Middle East has already become a de facto geopolitical constant. Therefore, in our opinion, the instability along Turkey’s borders, although it is a weighty reason that led to a sharp increase in defense costs, can hardly explain the relevance of such a move at the current stage. As for the Western factor, let’s note that the arguments about moving away from “leaning on NATO” are not sufficiently valid, which was proved, in particular, by the results of the summer summit of the Alliance on Turkish soil this year.

Rather the opposite The increase in the rate of development of Turkey’s national military industry corresponds to the interests of the countries of the Euro-Atlantic Alliance, taking into account the maintained role of the republic as the “Southern buffer” of NATO. This is a clear proof of the doctrine declared by Washington, which acts as an auxiliary means to “delegate” the realization of its interests in various regions to its allies, among which Turkey is certainly included in the Middle East.

Among other reasons, one cannot fail to mention the factor of the Persian Gulf countries, which have been providing significant financial support to the “floating” Turkish economy for the first time. In return, they need reliable and affordable Turkish technologies that can justify their investment. It is not for nothing that we are currently witnessing the formation of Turkey’s full regional alliances with the Arab monarchies, which especially intensified the cooperation with the Turkish government and defense companies against the backdrop of the American-Israeli aggression against Iran.

Another undisputed driver of the growth of the military-industrial complex is the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen, which is made up of businessmen from central and eastern Turkey who have conservative religious beliefs and mostly run small and medium-sized enterprises. Members of the association are an important component of the electoral base of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and a key link in the diversification of Ankara’s foreign relations.

In order to strengthen the positions of the “Anatolian tigers” (as the members of the association are sometimes called), Erdogan activates economic projects in the countries of the Middle East, Africa and Asia, where, based on Islamic values ​​and in the absence of obvious competition from other representatives of national business circles, they gain additional advantages in establishing ties with Muslim countries.

In this regard, the economic component of Ankara’s international activities plays an important role, and one of the special directions of Turkish exports is the products of the defense industry, the implementation schedule of which clearly shows that the two main buyers of Turkish military designs are the UAE (20.5%) and Saudi Arabia (12.1%).

It is also important that the strengthening of “national pride” due to the success of the defense industry is a significant element in the discourse promoted by the ruling circles to strengthen their political positions in the eyes of the electorate. This is especially relevant on the eve of the upcoming elections in 2028, in which Erdoğan can most likely be nominated again.

It is no coincidence that in his speech dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the formation of AKP, while listing the successes during the mentioned period, he made a special emphasis on the military-industrial complex. The Turkish president noted that “the country, which used to buy infantry rifles abroad, now produces warships, helicopters, tanks, missiles and submarines” and as a symbol of Turkey’s “new confidence”, he was one of the first to mention unmanned aerial vehicles, the KAAN national fighter and air defense systems.

It is interesting that such a speech finds a positive response among the people. A July survey by the major research firm Area Araştırma shows a rare unanimity. More than 80% of the supporters of all the parties represented in the Turkish Parliament are in favor of investments in the national military-industrial complex. According to the interviewees, these investments will contribute to the country’s economic growth.

after all increasing defense spending will allow Turkey to become a more influential global player. It will also increase the effectiveness of its military operations in the zones of its own interests. This decision of Ankara stems from its own national interests. After all, Turkey is oriented towards supplying western components and cooperates with European and American companies. In addition, he is systematically expanding military exports to countries bordering Russia, especially Ukraine and Central Asia.                                              

Maria Kolesnikova

interaffairs.ru

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240 scientists signed an open letter regarding the 2027 science budget and addressed the open letter to Nikol Pashinyan, Ruben Rubinyan, members of the Government, and members of the National Assembly.

“In the draft 2027 state budget, which the Government approved on October 1, funding for science does not correspond to the amount of investment needed to achieve the Strategy’s targets. The total funding of the “Scientific and technological activity” program increases by about 5%, while the funding of two key directions, scientific grants and targeted programs, remains unchanged at the level of 2026. Since the financing of the project decreased in 2026, even after this increase, it does not reach the level of 2025 in 2027 (33.9 billion drams). In other words, there is no growth for three years. Under these circumstances, it is unclear how to increase the number of researchers to 4,000 in 2027, to form new research groups and to announce new grant tenders.

In the coming years, public funding for research and development must increase significantly and consistently to reach 0.75% of GDP by 2030 and create a basis for the sector’s continued development. If growth is limited to around 5% in 2027, instead of the required minimum of 35%, the required growth in subsequent years should be much steeper, around 50% per year.

The experience of 2026 also deepens our concern. At least 7 billion drams intended for scientific research programs and scientific equipment with the additional budget supplement have not been allocated to date,” the scientists said. in an open letter.

What will be the response to this open letter from Nikol Pashinyan, the scientists were talking about the 7 billion unallocated amount, which has not been allocated until now, what is the reason?

These questions 168.am–corrected Press spokesperson of Nikol Pashinyan Melanya Harutyunyan, in response to which he conveyed:

“I have reported to the Prime Minister about the open letter, I will inform you about the further process. I have no information at the moment, we are aware of the problem, the open letter of the scientists.”

168.am–in a conversation with Spokesperson of the Minister of CGMS HOvannes Yukinyan and said:

“We will address this topic tomorrow.”

Our interlocutor answered the question: in what format will they address it, will they meet with scientists or will a press conference be held?

“We will understand, we will say, probably after tomorrow’s session of the Government.”

168TVof “Trigger” the guest of the program Karen Igityan is a Caucasian scholar.

During the program, the demonstrations related to the issue of wearing hijab in Azerbaijan, the possible organizers of the protests and the causes of public discontent were discussed.

A separate topic was Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, including disagreements over the principle of “One nation, two states” and the statements of representatives of the Turkish authorities regarding Azerbaijan’s internal policy.

Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, the prospects of normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey and the possibility of opening the Armenian-Turkish border were also discussed.

During the program, reference was made to the relations between Armenia and the European Union, the prospects of European integration, as well as the further development of relations with Russia.

Hayk Derzyan

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Satik Seyranyan on the air of “Pressing” program guest USA It’s Arthur Khachikyan, Ph.D. in political science at Stanford University։

The main theses of the interview are below.

• We saw that a few days ago, the West threw Zelensky aside after inciting, using and slandering. Trump announced a few days ago that Ukraine needs a new leader. Let the Armenians see what is happening… The price of Ukraine: 10-15 million refugees, a destroyed country, 1-1.5 million victims, a destroyed, impoverished, crushed country, loss of Donetsk and Lugansk, possibly also Kherson… And we lost Artsakh and 5000 boys… This should be a lesson. But there is a difference: they are arming Ukraine, even though they don’t have that weapon anymore, but in any case they need Ukraine, we don’t.

• The US, the global superpower, has been defeated by Iran and the Houthis for the second time. The influence of the United States and the West in our region is changing dramatically. There will be no return to the Middle East it once was for decades. The US will not restore its bases in that region, Israel is also worried. Saudi Arabia was attacked by the Houthis, the US could do nothing to help its ally. The role of Iran is increasing sharply, the role of the USA is decreasing, the borders of some countries may change, the future of Iraq is unclear, they are already talking about the possibility of destabilization in Saudi Arabia, it is not calm in Syria and Turkey either, Palestine continue to destroy. We live in a cynical region, 5 less than the Great Eurasian War:

• The Makkah agreement was reached after Iran had been attacking Saudi Arabia for several months. Some analysts see this as an agreement to contain Iran, others to contain Israel. But we saw that this alliance did not provide real help to Saudi Arabia. Being a rich country, Saudi Arabia was left unprotected. And what will happen to us if we decide to leave the EAEU? It is necessary to think.

• In a few weeks there will be an election in the USA. For this, Trump tried to stabilize the price of diesel by signing an agreement with Russia. Of course, it didn’t help much. the price of diesel dropped by only 5 cents… Trump will lose the Senate, and if he loses the Congress, the impeachment process will begin against him.

• The situation in Europe is not stable. You saw what is happening in France, when the schools are in terrible condition, not repaired, but France provides huge funds to Ukraine. Macron’s approval rating is 13-15%, as is Merzin in Germany. 

• Everyone wants to end the war in Ukraine, but they don’t know how.

• Russia says: take sides. You cannot take advantage of our subsidies and go to our enemies. And Russia says that the Armenian people should express their opinion regarding EU membership. Russia also considers it pointless to keep a military base here in case of such a position of Armenia. But if the military base is removed, Armenia may fall into the hands of Saudi Arabia or Zelensky. It would be right for our people to express their opinion, even through a referendum. The problem is that we are going against the flow. Throughout our region, the influence of the Europeans and the US has declined dramatically, but we are moving in their direction. We need to build and develop relations with Iran and Russia, but we are going in the wrong direction:

• Societies of both Russia and Ukraine are tired of the war, so many victims, ruins… but behind Ukraine are countries that do not allow that war to end, the goal is to continue to weaken Russia. The tragedy is that after so many victims, destruction and sanctions, the parties are not ready for serious concessions. This is a continuation of the tragedy that started back in the 90s. The way to end this is to return to Europe’s system of collective security. No country would allow NATO expansion. They have been doing this for years, taking action, and finally Russia said STOP, only when they got Georgia and Ukraine:

• In Europe, they talk about destroying Russia as if it were 1939. They forget that Russia is a nuclear power and has 5,500 warheads. I hope that the time of adventure leaders will be over in Europe next year.

• When Putin patted Pashinyan on the shoulder, it meant: friend, you will not harm anyone here, decide where you are going. 

• What was the point of fighting with Russia when you knew that nobody in Europe was waiting for you? You fought reality for a fairy tale. Who was forcing you, who was preventing you from implementing the 2017 campaign by Armenia? signed CEPA, to smile and benefit from both EAEU and Europe. This is diplomacy that this government is unable to implement:

• Europe, you make beautiful “pilgrimages”. don’t lie to us, say, for example, will there be visa-free (visa-free regime) or not? Deceiving and provoking an entire nation, making 120,000 people refugees is not a good thing. There was no need to come to the Yerevan “Eurovision” (the summit of the leaders of the European countries held in Yerevan in May, – SS), make promises and withdraw, make pilgrimages… say yes or no exactly… stop lying.

• I have the impression that Aliyev wants to attribute his victory in Artsakh only to himself, when it happened with the support of Turkey, Israel and Pakistan. Maybe with this story related to the hijab tension, Azerbaijan wants to say that we are no longer Turkey’s younger brother state, but an independent, powerful, independent state… Maybe Aliyev also wants to separate religion and state, unlike Armenia, when the government interferes in the affairs of the Armenian Apostolic Church. For Aliyev, the hijab story has become a way to neutralize external influence. Turkey and Azerbaijan will overcome this crisis, “one nation, two “state” concept will continue to operate.

• Armenia is returning to the Middle Ages. According to our Constitution, the state cannot interfere in the affairs of the church. And this person is writing a report about destroying the church, and this is only because the Catholicos is talking about Artsakh, our cultural and historical heritage and memory. This is an attack ordered by Baku. Society must resist. It seems that people are slowly realizing that we have handed over Meghri, now what, are we going to hand over the church as well? If the people do not resist, Azerbaijan will present new demands. 

• They give us drugs so that we don’t feel the pain of tearing Armenia into pieces and handing it over:

• There is no one-sided peace, the weak do not get peace. Some people don’t know this. They also say about the Armenians of Western Armenia that you are to blame for the genocide. Now they say to Shaki’s wife: it is your fault that the Azerbaijani shot you. In other words, it is your fault that they are slaughtering you. this is what they say:

• Azerbaijan has not abandoned the concept of “Western Azerbaijan”, and since they see that there is no resistance here, they continue to advance their demands. Pashinyan only shouts with us, with Aliyev he is a weak, scared person. There are people who cut a lion in the kitchen of their house and become a baby vulture outside. We became another dictatorship under the sovereignty of the West: 

• What will Pashinyan answer to Putin during the upcoming meeting in Moscow, will he leave the EAEU, will he go to the EU, will he submit an application? I think Pashinyan will watch what will happen in the war in Ukraine, but he has already seen what happened in Iran. It is possible that he will try to woo the Russians with his tricks, but the Russians are offended, they don’t trust him for a long time and they want our people to say what they have to say.

Details in the video.

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