The article establishing territorial claims against Azerbaijan and Turkey should be removed from the Armenian constitution. This was announced by Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani mass media reported.

“Once those territorial claims are removed, Azerbaijan sees no problem in signing a final peace agreement. Moreover, there is already a de facto peaceful situation in our region,” he said.

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Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, in an interview with CNN Turk, stated that the opening of the so-called “Zangezur Corridor” will create new transport opportunities for Turkey and Azerbaijan.

According to him, Azerbaijan has almost completed the construction of transport infrastructures. Motor and railway roads from Baku to Zangelan and the Armenian border are in the final stage of construction. In addition, the Nakhichevan railway was restored.

Hajiyev reminded that Turkey is building a new railway between Kars and Igdir, adding that it will become part of the new transport network in the region.

“If the “Zangezur Corridor” is opened, it will be possible to get from Istanbul to Baku by car or train. It is not such a distant prospect. Active diplomatic work and the construction of infrastructures continue,” Hajiyev said.

He also claimed in the interview that Armenia and the USA have undertaken a joint commitment to complete the construction of the missing section of about 42 kilometers in length.

According to Hajiyev, after the completion of these works, new opportunities for transportation and trade will be opened.

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“I did charity work when Nikol Pashinyan was not yet born,” the leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, national philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan said about this in a conversation with journalists in the courtyard of the court, commenting on Nikol Pashinyan’s recent statement that he will deprive Samvel Karapetyan of the opportunity to do charity work.

Karapetyan reminded that he did charity when Nikol Pashinyan was not yet born, or he had a $1,500 business and was running around under the tables looking for sponsors.

“I did it, I am doing it and I will do it because I am doing it for Armenia, for the Armenian people and for all of Armenia. No one can deprive me of that desire,” stressed Karapetyan. Referring to the government’s decisions to seize the businesses belonging to the family of PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan and appoint managers, Karapetyan said, let them manage for a while. “You see, people are Gyormamish people, they want to manage something in their lives, now we give it to them, let them manage it. They will not leave any stone unturned, they had a chance, “Hrazdan Cement” has been in their hands for several years, let them manage it, you will see what they will do with the same cement and cognac factory.observed Karapetyan.

Referring to the international investment environment in Armenia against the background of all this, Samvel Karapetyan noted that there was no international investor in Armenia under these authorities. “They only made pre-election announcements. You journalists can study, in 2024-25, six months of 2026 have passed, how many international investors were there and what amount they invested,” he said.

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“We are fighting against the mechanism created by the enemy states to destroy our country,” the leader of the “Strong Armenia” party, national philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan told reporters today.

He mentioned that at this stage they started to carry out charity from the places where they received a lot of votes, but it will be continuous. “But first of all, we do it in the places where people trusted us and gave their vote,” Karapetyan clarified.

Referring to the current stage of political consolidation, Samvel Karapetyan clarified that he has meetings and cannot say which forces he met with, he has meetings almost every week. According to him, there were meetings with the main forces. However, Karapetyan did not specify with which representatives of the forces he met.

“People from the first faces are in detention centers, we meet with people who are not detained yet,” said Samvel Karapetyan, adding that they are discussing the way of struggle. He also commented that the oppositionists took the mandates and went to the parliament to be part of the struggle. “Outside, we will fight in our own way,” he remarked. According to Karapetyan, he did not meet with Robert Kocharyan.

Samvel Karapetyan emphasized that he does not want to limit the struggle to any period, autumn-spring. According to his assurance, when the day comes, they will say their serious word. “I understand that you are all tired and disgusted with these authorities, you want to send them away one day earlier, we are also tired and disgusted, but we are doing everything legally. We will not lead our country into upheavals,” he said, continuing that they are doing everything possible to legally remove this government. “But I already explained to you once, this is not a person, this is a mechanism against us, we must destroy this mechanism in order to finally let’s win. And it is difficult to dismantle the mechanism, because the mechanism was created by very serious states, unfriendly states, so it is both difficult and time-consuming to dismantle it,” Samvel Karapetyan noted, adding that the mechanism was created to lead our country to destruction. He noted that not only Azerbaijan is among the creators.

Karapetyan told reporters. “You must dream of me staying in the fight to take them out, because you can’t take them out without me.”

Details in the 168TV video.

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Armenian railways can be involved in the network of geopolitical combinations

The remote (for now) dispute between Yerevan and Moscow about the future administrative and legal status of the railway system of Armenia is entering a new phase. Regarding the hints made by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who was re-appointed to his post, about confiscating up to 2 billion dollars from SCR, the Russian side responds with a legal boomerang, warning of countervailing financial demands.

Thus, General Director of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov on July 30 announced, that if they decide to unilaterally break up in Yerevan «South Caucasian Railway» 30-year concession agreement with CJSC (2008) or change its conditions separately, R:student railways have the right to expect a return on investment, that is, “… all the rights and obligations of the parties are fixed in the concession agreement, to which the Government of Armenia is also a party. From our side, we intend to firmly and from now on remain loyal to it, and if the Armenian side independently considers the possibility of terminating it or changing its conditions, we have the right to expect the return of the invested investments.

At the same time, “Russian railwaysin” the head announced the amount of investments within the framework of the concession agreement regarding “South Caucasian Railway”. “From 2008 to 2025 inclusive” Russian Railwaysin” from the means of OJSC and “South Caucasian Railway” itselfand“Investments from revenues amounted to 146 billion drams (145.77 billion drams), or about 396.3 million dollars, which is fully confirmed by documents.” In turn, the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Maxim Reshetnikov, announced on July 31 that “South Caucasian Railway” is not a free asset of the Russian company, but an enterprise in which more than 30 billion rubles have been invested to date, and if Armenia unilaterally revises its obligations, thereby causing damage to the investor, then the Russian side will have grounds to demand compensation.

Note՝ Currently in Syunik Marz, not unknown, supported by the European Union, Turkey and Azerbaijan «Trump Corridor» under the name, the railways of Armenia (through the territory of Georgia or Turkey) Baku-Tbilisi are developed–Akhalkalak–To connect to the Kars Corridor and now reconstruct the section from Gyumri to Kars between China, Central Asia, Turkey and Europe, aso called, «Middle corridor» projects to include. At different times, concessions were announced in Yerevan to Kazakhstan, UAE or Q:atheideas to pass on. According to profile sources՝ the realization of that idea will meanin: Actual integration of Armenia’s railway network and related projects externally «careto the tyranny”, which, to put it mildly, hardly corresponds to Russia and, in particular, «Russian railways» interests.

To remind, the contract between “Russian Railways” and Armenia on concession management of railway infrastructure was signed in 2008 for a period of 30 years. The answer to the question whether it provides an unconditional return of all investments made by the concessionaire is not so obvious. The contract fee is 2 percent of gross revenue, excluding passenger fees: Last year SCR transferred 312.2 million drams (about 800 thousand US dollars) to Armenia. It seems the contract implies the possibility of claiming compensation, but its amount and legal grounds depend on the reasons for termination of the contract, possible violations committed by the parties, the amount of profit received by SCR, the volume of investments confirmed by the audit. At the same time, changing the terms of the contract itself does not imply an automatic obligation to return the investment.

Article 17 of the Concession Agreement համաձայն՝ the compensation mechanism depends onand:from different circumstances.

• which party terminates the contract,
• on what basis is it dissolved,
• has SCR properly fulfilled its obligations,
• What kind of profit has the company already made?
• What is the value of the rolling stock as of the agreed termination date of the contract?

Thus, if the Armenian government terminates the contract with the concessionaire (i.e. «South Caucasian Railwayand”) due to a violation committed, that violation must be proven in an international legal instance. The Armenian side will be obliged to pay only 50 percent of the difference between the investment in infrastructure and the profit received by the company at the time of termination of the contract. themoreover, that amount must be confirmed by an independent auditor.

In the case of rolling stock, it is not its initial value that is compensated, but the residual (actual) value at the time of termination of the contract, which is determined and approved by an independent appraiser. At the same time, “South Caucasus Railway” is obliged to pay Armenia the final amounts stipulated in the contract, including the actual costs of organizing a new concession tender-management, but not more than 2 million USD. Therefore, even then, it is not a question of compensation for all the investments made.

And if “South Caucasus Railway” terminates the contract due to a violation by the Armenian government, then in that case it is first necessary to record a specific violation of the contract, inform the other party about it and give him the opportunity and time to eliminate the violation. If the violation is not eliminated within the specified period, “South Caucasus Railway” has the right to send a notice about the termination of the contract (but not automatically terminate the contract). In this case, “South Caucasian Railway” has the right to demand:

• compensation for costs and damages caused by early termination of the contract,
• gross profit payments received during the three years preceding the termination of the contract,
• payment of the difference between the infrastructure investment and the total profit received before the termination of the contract.

For example, if “South Caucasian Railway” invested 120 billion drams in the infrastructure and received a total profit of 30 billion drams before the termination of the contract, then with the official investment component it can claim 90 billion drams instead of the initial 120 billion drams, and only in the absence of profit, this component can be equal to the entire amount of investments in the infrastructure. However, even in that case, the initial cost of the vehicle is not compensated. it is acquired at the residual value determined at the time of contract termination.

Considering these factors, it is problematic to equate the above-mentioned 145.77 billion drams “returnable” amount with the possible financial obligations of Armenia in that case. This number includes the total amount of investments made at the expense of the funds of “Russian Railways” and the own revenues of “South Caucasian Railways”, while the contract, to repeat, considers investments in infrastructure, rolling stock and other expenses differently.

The mentioned factors seem to be taken into account by the Armenian side (and its “advisors” from foreign shores) in its developing discourse on the status of the “South Caucasian Railway”. after all The initiation of the information and propaganda campaign against the “South Caucasian Railway” is most likely aimed at the transition of the Armenian railway network (especially transit) and its development projects under the direct or at least indirect control of the collective West with the participation of Turkey. By various legal and illegal means, the current authorities of Armenia are trying to aggravate the conflict, trying to worsen the relations with Russia as much as possible, following the indisputable instructions of Brussels and other external stakeholders.

Dmitry: Nefiodov

Translation by Zhanna Avetisyan

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“Additional developments are expected in the process of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations regulation” According to Azerbaijani mass media, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov announced this at a joint press conference with Swiss Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman-in-Office Ignazio Cassis in Baku today, noting that the TRIPP project is one of them.

Bayramov announced that within the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan relations settlement process, the works of re-opening transport and communication links are ongoing. “We expect that construction works will begin in Armenia after the completion of the preparatory phase. Azerbaijan has largely done its part of the work.” Bayramov said.

Jeyhun Bayramov announced that the construction of railway infrastructure and highway is in the active stage of implementation. According to him, it is planned to bring both lines to the border with Armenia by the beginning of 2027.

Bayramov also informed that at the same time works are being carried out on the 180-kilometer railway line connecting the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan.

He noted that additional construction and investments will be needed in certain areas, although, according to him, the works in this direction have already started. Bayramov also clarified that the implementation of the project will be important for the development of the region. According to him, this applies not only to transport links between Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan, but also to the creation of a wider transport corridor, which can have a positive impact on Azerbaijan, Armenia, neighboring states and the entire region.

Bayramov expressed confidence that the project can contribute to the expansion of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including trade and economic cooperation.

“As it is known, according to statistics, approximately 60,000 cargoes were transported between Azerbaijan and Armenia during the last year, and the volume of goods exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia was roughly comparable. I am sure that the work in this direction will continue.”– Bayramov said.

Along with all this, Bayramov said: “The territorial claims against Azerbaijan should be removed from the Constitution of Armenia, after which it will be possible to sign the final peace agreement.”

Earlier today, Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan in charge of foreign relations, also announced. “We are receiving signals that the process of adopting a new Constitution will start in Armenia in the near future.”

“It is possible that a referendum will be organized in Armenia. After the removal of the demands to Azerbaijan in the preamble of the Armenian constitution, we will no longer see any obstacles to the final signing of the peace agreement.” added the Azerbaijani official.

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The other day, the CP Department decided that NA Vilen Gabrielyan should be the candidate for the chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security Issues, leaving Armen Khachatryan and Sasun Mikayelyan out of the competition, and the latter was eliminated in the first round.

Why did the National Assembly decide? Andranik Kocharyan did not fight for the position of the chairman of the Standing Committee on Defense and Security Affairs, he has his own explanation for that, claiming that Vilen Gabrielyan’s participation in the fight has nothing to do with it.

 “I led that committee for 8 years, and the biggest problem is that after 8 years it might be worth it…, then you got used to me a lot, a new one should come, try not to forget me, good or bad, it doesn’t matter. After all, it looks like work in comparison Was the quality high or not?” In a briefing with journalists on August 3, he stated and continued. “Here there is no question of being elected or not, I have said that the first step for me to be elected is to run. I have never nominated myself, in the 90s, when the “Karabakh” committee offered me the position of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, I offered myself, and it has always been offered: Ministry of Defense, National Assembly.

Andranik Kocharyan responded to the retort of the journalists – is it not true that he was rejected? Who rejected him? As such, no such mechanism was set up.

“The mechanism was as follows: let whoever wants to nominate himself. I didn’t want to, there is nothing incomprehensible, everything is very clear.” he emphasized.

Basically, the problem here is not even the mechanism, but the unwillingness to be publicly declared defeated. if you are offered, it means that your victory is guaranteed in the “election battle”, therefore, it is not excluded that if Andranik Kocharyan knew that the CP Department would elect him, he would have run for office. This is no less simple than Andranik Kocharyan’s explanation, and why is it not understandable and natural?

But it was not possible for the CP Department to prefer Andranik Kocharyan, if before this there were reports several times that his issue would be discussed as the chairman of the National Defense and Security Standing Committee. Of course, we do not rule out that there was also a question of not being “self”.

But it turns out that Andranik Kocharyan has decided to change the arrows of his “parliamentary activity”, as stated in Meschyan’s famous song, and to be nominated as a member of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, because it has the reports of investigative bodies, including the Chief Prosecutor, and according to Kocharyan, they are also related to security issues. By the way, the candidate for the chairman of this committee is the current chairman Arusyak Julhakyan, under whom, so to speak, Andranik Kocharyan will not be constrained to work, perhaps because he did not head this committee.

And the main purpose of addressing Andranik Kocharyan is what he did and didn’t do as the chairman of the 44-day investigative commission, and the fact that the report was never submitted due to different dates being changed. We remember the Andranik Kocharyan-Alen Simonyan “legislative” debate in this regard.

And no matter how much we admit that if Nikol Pashinyan really wanted to, he would have bypassed the law, the legal obstacles pointed out by former NA Speaker Alen Simonyan, we still cannot forget how Andranik Kocharyan kept the finished report in his “safe”, how late he passed it to the NA Speaker and decided to present it in the plenary session, how the requirement set by the NA Regulations, Article 22 of which on the rights of invited persons was violated, states that the Investigator Officials invited to the commission or persons who submitted information related to the commission’s jurisdiction have the right to:

– to get acquainted with the protocols of the committee meetings with his participation, as well as to submit a request to make changes in them,

– to provide clarifications regarding the commission’s report, as well as justifying its position in its entirety.

But Andranik Kocharyan was ready very late only to hand over the protocols to the former military leadership, of course, the former head of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan did not even express such a wish, only the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Davit Tonoyan, whose writings with this demand were also rejected by the then Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan.

Andranik Kocharyan continues to insist that the 44-day report still has a way to go, everything is not finished.

A report can ‘sleep’, but since it’s in a completed state, it will go down if it needs to go down, and come back up again. There are such conclusions in that report that it is absolutely necessary to  read our relevant structures, especially the defense department.  We also used the analyzes of the Ministry of Defense to prepare the report, but we managed to collect more information because we were also able to call people, listen, make videos, up to the Prime Minister. Don’t doubt that the importance of that report can decrease for a second. A few days ago, I was listening to the interview of the editor-in-chief of “Hetk”, where he talked about why we lost. The answer to that “why” is there.” Andranik Kocharyan told journalists, noting that he would like the report to be read by the society whose family had a victim during the 44-day detention. The number of our victims is needless to say.

And what is it? to say 

Editor-in-Chief of “Hetki” Edik Baghdasaryan. We picked up a few thoughts from the podcast with him on Why Did We Lose the 44 Day War?

■ The defeat in the 44-day warthe main reason: there was no management, the army was not managed.

■Special forces yearwent out to hold a position, they did nothing in the rear (this is in the case when Azerbaijan also emphasized its special forces. – M.P.)

■There was a man, one of the volunteers was holding a weapon for the first time.
■  2020-from no was azerbaijani accumulations, that a lot more early is was, themselves more early are troops accommodate, dugouts to make, positions to dig: But from the war ahead again exploratory data we are had, for example, In Mataghis, Stepthey were having fun in Anakert, and in Jabrayil, on September 25, he had already given an order and the whole army was in position, that is, their commander had decided… but it is impossible that the head of the General Staff, the minister did not know.

■ And Kamo Vardanyan, who was the chief of staff of the Armed Forces, does not remember the most important details about the operations, including the well-known counterattack operation, in which nothing was taken into account, including the morale of the troops.

As Andranik Kocharyan says, the 44-day report contains the answers to these questions, including the well-known counter-strike operation approved by Nikol Pashinyan, for the failure of which Jalal Harutyunyan was initially blamed, later he was acquitted. And Pashinyan does not give a responsible answer for this, maybe one day find him, especially when he pointed the accusatory arrow at Onik Gasparyan during his interrogation in the Investigative Commission. And now in the court about the “component” of the counterattack operation, in the case of “Lele Tepe” passes Seyran Ohanyan’s son, Artur Ohanyan, commander of Tsor military unit and not only. He brings shameful facts to the surface in the court and demands that his superiors be held accountable.

By the way, the report cannot be complete if the directors of the Artsakh and RA National Security Service during the war, the commanders of the Armed Forces, etc., were not invited for questioning. The investigative commission has its subjective side in other respects as well we have touched on: We we wrote also that Andranik Kocharyan very late attached to it the written analysis of the former head of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia Onik Gasparyan, about 70-80 pages, and his several-page letter-analysis related to the Su-30s, which he presented to Pashinyan, and which was also mentioned in the investigative commission during Pashinyan’s interrogation. Why the 44-day report cannot be complete and objective, other facts can be brought.

And now, since the agenda of the newly elected NA inaugural session also includes voting in favor of the candidate for the chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Defense and Security, Vilen Gabrielyan, they will ask him questions, he will give a speech, about the 44-day report in the near future. had answered.

“Now, the report of the investigative commission has arrived… let’s say, isn’t it clear to you that it will also be published in some way?”

Maybe at a really convenient political moment, Pashinyan will publish it, and Vilen Gabrielyan will attribute this “success” to himself, or to the new NA Speaker.  Andranik Kocharyan will leave his committee with sufficient information about the 44-day program, maybe one day he will need it. Let’s wait for the development of events.

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