On June 17, we: “Will Pashinyan observe the “sleeve” of the video subject to the protection of the National Security Service in the “territory” of the command of the Border Guard Forces?” We are an article with a reprint to publish where we talked about banning the exit of the second president of RA, Robert Kocharyan, from one of the surveillance cameras of the border checkpoint installed in “Zvartnots”, Nikol Pashinyan’s family in the media appearance, whether or not it is defined by the law.

We insisted that Nikol Pashinyan will not see his responsibility regarding the “sleeve” of this video and will put everything on the leadership of the National Security Service directly subordinate to him and the command of the Border Guard troops. It turned out that we were not mistaken.

During the briefing held after the Cabinet meeting on June 18, journalists asked Pashinyan whether he will demand an official investigation on the occasion of the fact that the recording of one of the surveillance cameras of the border checkpoint installed in “Zvartnots” appeared in the media, there was a leak, to which he stated:

“If the question is whether I have appointed an official investigation, no, I have not. About what should be an official investigation, or why should it anger me? That which appears in your media, is it possible, but that it is in another media… Regarding what appeared in your media, I think there is not only an official investigation, but also a criminal case.

A NSS employee can decide whether or not to leak anything, what’s the problem? In other words, it is the information he possesses, he will leak it, he will not leak it, what is the problem there? The competent persons who have the authority to make those decisions will make them. Whenever that decision is made by people who do not have the authority and access to it, it is already a violation of the law.”

In response to another journalist’s question on the same topic, Pashinyan repeated that the NSS, having the relevant information, has the leverage to use it, it is up to him to decide. In this context, he, for some reason, remembered the case of Andranik Tevanyan, that the National Security Service published his “actions”.

“The NSS decides when to publish and when not to publish, what is the problem?” It was also a criminal case, a situation related to state security. Who decided that…, that is, the state can’t make a decision and take some actions,” Pashinyan emphasized.

The problem is that the state and the state official must act according to the law, if their actions are based on the law, no problem, if not, then it implies specific responsibility, especially when there are also laws on the rights of RA citizens. And Pashinyan should not forget that the NSS reports directly to him, and it is hard to believe that this happened only by the decision of the NSS management, without a preliminary conversation or consultation with him.

By the way, information leakage is the unauthorized access to confidential or restricted data, that is, there cannot be a wording of “leaking” about what happened according to the law.

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At a meeting with media editors, the head of the “Strong Armenia” party, Samvel Karapetyan, addressed the question of why Azerbaijan, Turkey, the United States and Russia won as a result of the National Assembly elections held on June 7.

“I said that we didn’t win, but Pashinyan didn’t win either. Indeed it is. There are two Pashinyans. A Pashinyan is a human being, although he is a very bad person: weak, cowardly, liar, greedy, and on that basis the external forces, the forces of the famous countries, have built a mechanism. It is called Pashinyan, but it is already a mechanism, this mechanism serves to bring Armenia and the Armenian people to their knees.

And the most dangerous thing is that many countries look at the operation of this mechanism, even approve the operation of the respective countries, not realizing that this mechanism will bring the end of the first Christian state, because our neighboring countries impose the plan to destroy our state under the guise of peace. We are fighting against that mechanism, there is absolutely no point in fighting against Pashinyan the man,” he continued, adding that Pashinyan is running to the leaders of different countries as a talentless person, providing his services to maintain his power.

As for why Russia also won the elections, Samvel Karapetyan explained that until now he treated Armenia as an ally and patiently looked at small anti-Russian steps.

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As we have already informed, h:philanthropist, founder of “Tashir Group” group of companies and chairman of “Strong Armenia” party Samvel Karapetyananswered to the questions of several media editors.

In the context of his questions, 24News director Narek Galstyan first reminded the interests of the authorities, whether Samvel Karapetyan will continue his political activities, whether he will complete the relinquishment of Cypriot and Russian passports, and then clarified:

“Will you continue to stay in Armenia and engage in politics, regardless of court proceedings, and will you complete the issue of only having an Armenian passport?”

The council of the opposition that you are talking about is almost clear, can you tell me the names of whom you will send invitations? In the pre-election period, various opposition forces distanced themselves from each other in order not to get involved in that past-present history. Will that distancing not happen anymore?

When you say that we will invite the ambassadors of the United States and various member states of the European Union…  these processes have shown in recent months that Pashinyan has the absolute support of the United States and the European Union, and we did not see any reaction from Western countries even in relation to the flagrant violations of human rights, what is the meaning?  do you really hope that something will change now?’

In response, Samvel Karapetyan first assured that he will not only stay, but his struggle will gather new momentum.

“You know that until now I am detained and my personal opportunities are limited, but I have participated more actively in all these processes to the best of my ability.

As for the passports, we have started the process, the day it will be necessary, the end of the process will already have happened,” explained the leader of “Strong Armenia”.

Speaking about the priorities of the collective opposition, he noted that the first issue is the removal of Pashinyan, “stopping the process of humiliation of our country, our people”.

“This person continues to humiliate our country and our people with his cynicism. Every step he takes, the Armenian people suffer from it.

Why are those international structures and ambassadors important for us to understand the processes that are really taking place in Armenia? They look at one side of the issue. the anti-Russian Pashinyan is in their favor. But it is not beneficial to the Armenian people. They should listen. maybe they don’t even imagine what is happening in Armenia, maybe they don’t imagine that with their help this mechanism will destroy the state of Armenia, I say again, the first Christian state.

And another very important question that this council should put before itself is the demand to release all the political prisoners, because we all understand that the guilt of these people is 0. they invented the subject of these election bribes so that during that time they could quietly distribute election bribes from the state budget.

We all understand why those misled people, those deceived again, voted for Pashinyan. And apart from those people who didn’t give, they are just painted voices. However, people voted for Pashinyan. their main reason for giving is their election bribes. This gave him a voice. For what else should an Armenian vote for Pashinyan? I can’t imagine why the person who brought so much evil and destruction should get a vote. That’s why they invented several theses that have nothing to do with it, at least, I can confidently say from our forces that there was no incident, I can even say that whoever distributed election bribes from our party, even 100 dollars, is Nikol,” explained Samvel Karapetyan.

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Samvel Karapetyan, head of the “Strong Armenia” party, answered the question of Satik Seyranyan, editor-in-chief of “168 zam” newspaper and 168.am website, at a meeting with media editors: “More than 700,000 people did not vote for the government, and perhaps the goal of the opposition was not only power for the sake of power, but to prevent the Turkish-Azerbaijani plans that Pashinyan is going to implement, especially when the leader of the Turkish “Nationalist Movement” party, Devlet Bahceli, is very upset. directly stated that “Trump’s Way” or “Zangezur Corridor” is actually “Turan Corridor”. Accordingly, the opposition has a problem of not polluting the votes.

“In all cases, Nikol Pashinyan did not win these elections. If we take the opposition forces that, so to speak, ignited the votes of the people, if it was not distributed, if the CP did not take advantage of those votes, by all calculations it was seen that they did not win these elections. But they are trying to register it as a victory, and most importantly, they and their supporting forces started to develop the narratives that the opposition should not take the mandates, because if the opposition does not take the mandates, they get the opportunity to rule the National Assembly alone,” Samvel Karapetyan responded to the above-mentioned questions, adding that there is also the government’s issue of legitimacy.

“I want to discuss this issue with all the opposition forces, we will understand whether we will take the mandates, we will not take the mandates, we will fight because our state will have an illegitimate government and the mechanism formed by Azerbaijan and Turkey in RA, with which they will lead our country to Turkification,” he stressed.

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After the post-election processes, editors of several Armenian media had the opportunity to ask questions to Samvel Karapetyan, Armenian philanthropist, founder of “Tashir Group” group of companies and chairman of “Strong Armenia” party.

The editor-in-chief of “168 zam” newspaper and 168.am website Satik Seyranyan first recorded․ «Nikol Pashinyan knows very well that he was not elected, that he does not have the votes of the majority, Nikol Pashinyan is in the most difficult situation today, because it is time to collect the stones. he will have to close the debts, essentially, the debts of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Europe. Also, a political crisis is brewing, even if you take the mandates or not (by the way, I am in favor of taking the mandates and continuing the struggle abroad)”.

In this context, he also inquired about economic issues from Samvel Karapetyan.

“The economic crisis is brewing. yesterday, it is true, they said in the National Assembly that the indicators are brilliant, but yesterday one of their ministers announced that the state debt has already crossed 14.5 billion. Here are the sanctions from Russia. Basically, nothing works in the country, constant debts. even many people compare it with Ukraine in the sense that Zelensky also put the country in debt, and even the former prime minister gave an interview that by constantly putting the country in debt, he has nothing to sell.

I want you to present the economic situation especially these days, yes, I know people who are buying generators, motorbikes, preparing for winter, there are people who are thinking about food storage, people are really worried.

I understand the political struggle, but also parallel to it, the economic crisis is deepening. Your predictions: What will happen?” Satik Seyranyan addressed these questions.

In response, Samvel Karapetyan stated: “Economically, everything will depend on the relations of the current authorities with the authorities of the Russian Federation, because 25% of our GDP, 7.5 billion dollars of turnover is with Russia. In addition, about 90 percent of remittances come from Russia.

When I say that Armenia’s economy is developing steadily, it does not mean that it is developing steadily at the expense of the government. the role of government in it is 0. For so many years, the government has only spent money in the economy: take and spend debts, spread asphalt… I don’t want to return to all our pre-election theses, but I say again, they do the easiest thing, they do their looting. This is the end of their participation in the economy. And the most we have seen in all these years is that they go with the whole government, they meet the 4th grade wheat wagons and they meet with diesel fuel or gasoline, I don’t know.

The main activity of their government is: maybe they will go now, they will welcome a wagon of cucumbers from Azerbaijan with the whole government, and they will be proud, they will tell our people: look what free markets are, we are penetrating the European markets. They will destroy the economy.”

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At the current stage of global polarization and formation of a multipolar world order, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s working visit to Russia once again emphasized Ankara’s complex strategy of combining NATO membership and the eastern vector.

The visit showed not only the dynamics in Armenian-Russian relations, but also showed the new geopolitical configurations developing around BRICS.

During the Lavrov-Fida joint press conference, the Russian Foreign Minister emphasized that Russia highly appreciates Turkey’s efforts to support the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. “We highly appreciate the sincere interest of our Turkish friends to support the search for a fair, stable and long-term settlement of the situation around Ukraine,” Lavrov said.

Fidan, in turn, reaffirmed Ankara’s readiness to participate in mediation efforts. He noted that relations between Moscow and Ankara continue to strengthen and move to the institutional level. He emphasized that the dialogue between the countries is developing in accordance with the tasks set by the heads of the two states.

Fidan added that the parties maintain regular high-level contacts and cooperate in the fields of economy, energy and diplomacy. Lavrov stated that the possible accession of Ukraine to the European Union (EU) could have serious internal consequences for the union. “In that case, they will simply collapse,” he said, commenting on the prospects of EU expansion.

According to him, disagreements are deepening within the EU regarding the future of the integration project and its possible militarization.

The Russian Foreign Minister also believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky relies on public statements instead of classical diplomacy. He described this way of working as “megaphone diplomacy” and noted that Kiev sends conflicting signals.

At the press conference, Lavrov announced that they also discussed the situation in Transcaucasia. According to him, Russia and Turkey have agreed to cooperate closely in Transcaucasia (South Caucasus), Middle East and other regions. Lavrov also emphasized the 3 3 format, the doors of which, according to him, are open for Georgia.

“We reaffirmed the importance of stability and regional cooperation that peace and settlement processes will bring to our region. We are satisfied with the progress recorded between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The steps taken in the process show that the effectively established peace in the region is now reflected on the ground,” said Hakan Fidan, emphasizing that the problems of the South Caucasus should be solved through dialogue and cooperation by the countries of the region and close neighbors. He also talked about the regional multilateral format, calling it 3 2.

168.amin a conversation with Russian analyst Alexander Khramchikhin said that the Lavrov-Fida joint message regarding the South Caucasus was that Moscow and Ankara are trying to establish their influence in the region by establishing the principle of regional responsibility.

“The announcements regarding the South Caucasus were a signal to the regional countries and the West that Russia and Turkey have a consensus that regional issues are resolved by excluding external interference in the region. The interesting thing is that at this stage, when the USA and the European Union are trying to actively participate in the South Caucasian processes, the West actively participates in many processes, Russia and Turkey, despite many disagreements, take the position of limiting the involvement of extra-regional forces, which is also shared by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Khramchikhin said.

According to him, in essence, these statements are made for Armenia, which is pursuing an active European integration policy, currently the West relies on the official Yerevan in many issues in the region. “On the one hand, we see the establishment of a multipolar world order, changes, including in the South Caucasus, but parallel to the strengthening of Turkey’s position here, we see the strengthening of the West. This trend worries all regional countries, but Turkey’s situation is different, because, unlike Iran and Russia, the West treats Turkey’s interests in the South Caucasus with respect, so there is mostly diplomacy in these messages. “Recently, if we pay attention, Turkey is not significantly interested in the “3 3″ format, because Turkey alone is comfortably positioned in the South Caucasus,” Khramchikhin said.

In his opinion, the “satisfaction” expressed by Fidan regarding the progress recorded between Armenia and Azerbaijan is remarkable.

“Turkey is trying to show that the developments recorded in the South Caucasus are taking place within the framework of the logic they have outlined, which also includes the prospect of opening communication channels,” he noted.

Khramchikhin believes that the results of the Lavrov-Fida meeting make it clear that Turkey is deeply trying to maintain its role between the West and the East, as an effective mediator and player.

According to him, the same applies to the South Caucasus as well, with one exception that Turkey has influence in that region and is in the immediate vicinity.

“Turkey currently has such a position in the South Caucasus that neither the Russian Federation nor the West has, therefore, Turkey is important for Russia and the West to maintain influence in the South Caucasus, why not to deepen it as well?” Therefore, Lavrov’s and Fidan’s statements are great diplomacy, in which Russia represents its interests, Turkey represents its interests, but in a deeper sense, the messages in Moscow about the South Caucasus actually showed the complex configurations that exist around the region,” Khramchikhin said.

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While the domestic political life in the Republic of Armenia is “boiling” after the June 7 elections, an unprecedented geopolitical agreement has been registered in Armenia’s immediate neighborhood. Although, according to analysts, it is still fragile and vulnerable, the signing of the US-Iran framework agreement claims to be one of the key geopolitical events of recent decades.

US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezizkian signed a framework agreement online to end the war between the two countries. According to international media reports, this is the first document signed jointly by US and Iranian presidents since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Washington and Tehran also released the text of the memorandum of understanding. However, President Trump threatened to resume strikes against Iran if Tehran does not fulfill its obligations.

“We will bomb them to hell if they violate the agreement,” Trump said at a press conference on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France, adding that he did not want that to happen. “I want them to honor the agreement,” he said. According to the White House chief, “it would not be fair” if Tehran did not have ballistic missiles. Trump had previously promised to completely destroy Iran’s ballistic missiles.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who heads the Iranian negotiating delegation from Tehran, commented on the obtained memorandum, saying that everything they sought to achieve through military action, they received several times more as a result of the negotiations. Ghalibaf also stated that Tehran still does not trust the United States, and Iran’s “finger is on the trigger.” The speaker of the Iranian parliament said in an interview with the state-run Fars TV channel that even if there is a final peace agreement, “it is still not worthy of trust.” “Our finger is on the trigger, and if the enemy does not understand the language of logic, we will again resort to the language of force,” he said.

The 14-point document bypasses a number of key issues, such as the future of Iran’s nuclear program, leaving it to a later comprehensive agreement. It sets a 60-day negotiation period, the beginning of which will be announced on Friday in Switzerland. The text of the framework agreement consists of 14 points, which we present below:

• An immediate and permanent cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon,
• The US and Iran should respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs,
• The parties undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum of 60 days, which may be extended by mutual agreement,
• The US “is beginning to lift the naval blockade immediately, it will be fully lifted within 30 days,
• Iran will ensure safe and free passage of commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days,
• The United States is committed to creating a final, mutually agreed upon plan for the reconstruction of Iran worth at least $300 billion,
• The US is lifting all sanctions against Iran.
• Iran reaffirms that it will not acquire or develop nuclear weapons. The parties agreed to discuss the issue of enrichment and other mutually agreed issues related to the nuclear needs of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
• Until a final agreement is reached, the US and Iran agree to maintain the status quo,
• The US Treasury Department will issue a temporary permit for the export of all services related to Iranian petroleum products,
• The United States is committed to making Iran’s frozen or restricted funds and assets fully available for use,
• A mechanism will be established to monitor the successful implementation of this memorandum,
• Following the signing, subject to the fulfillment of paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 10, and 11, the United States and Iran will begin negotiations on a final agreement,
• The final agreement will be approved by a binding UN Security Council resolution.

Russian orientalist Viktor Nadein-Raevsky said in an interview with 168.am that the content of the framework agreement was expected, balanced, and derived from the interests of the parties.

According to him, the Islamic Republic of Iran was able to maintain the red lines it had declared in this text.

“At this stage, we can only assess the text of this document. This is a text in the form of a memorandum, it is very important how seriously the parties will treat it and adhere to all the points that are enshrined in it. After such complex agreements between conflicting parties, the key question is whether the parties will adhere to these agreements or not.”

Experience shows that the political weight of such documents is tested not at the moment of signing, but by the practical steps that follow. From this perspective, it is impossible not to recall the fate of the 2015 Nuclear Agreement. This historic document, the result of years of complex negotiations, was easily nullified when the United States unilaterally withdrew from it in 2018, restoring sanctions. Therefore, with Donald Trump back in the White House, we must approach the results of this framework agreement with caution, as any hesitation could undermine this online achievement,” Viktor Nadein-Raevsky expressed this opinion.

In his opinion, however, one should not expect instant and lasting peace from the US-Iran framework agreement, especially when Israel is indirectly involved in all of this.

The analyst believes that the document only defines the general rules of the game for the parties and the intention to reduce tension.

“In all likelihood, we will see the application of the “step for a step” principle in the near future, but it should be taken into account that any unforeseen, unplanned incident in the Middle East can cancel this fragile situation. This was important for Iran’s internal life, this could provide an opportunity to stabilize the currency, mitigate social discontent and strengthen its positions within the country, since before the war with the US, the internal situation in Iran was extremely unstable. Tehran will try to use this pause to finally break its diplomatic isolation and restore relations and influence with the world’s major economic centers,” he said.

This global agreement, he believes, will also have consequences for the South Caucasus, changing the balance of power. “If the current US-Iran situation continues successfully, Iran will be strengthened in the region both politically and economically, will begin to present a new bid in the region, also participating in the planned projects. For Armenia, this will be an opportunity to deepen ties with Iran. However, I repeat that the most important thing at the moment is how the parties will maintain the agreements and how they will overcome the “step for step” stage in order to reach the stage of signing the next major agreement,” said Victor Nadein-Raevsky.

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