152 million 319 thousand 400 drams, or about 415 thousand dollars. this is the amount of the grant that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports allocated to the Public Television Company of Armenia CJSC for the organization of the “Festivar” festival.

The venues of the event are Talin city of Aragatsotn marz and Goris city of Syunik marz, July 18 and August 15.

The amount includes creative staff services, LED screen, lighting equipment, sound support, constructions, stage support services, including technical equipment transportation and service staff salary costs, providing special stage effects, advertising and printing, promotion organization services.

in 2025 from KGSMSN were informed About the allocation of more than 211 million drams from the RA government for the purpose of holding the “Festivar” festival.

in 2024 168․amthe wrote: the current authorities, on whose shoulders the state debt has almost doubled, have decided not to break the tradition and direct 180 million drams to the “Festival” cultural project. It was within the framework of this project that the Nikol Pashinyan-Anna Hakobyan couple went to Gyumri to participate in Tata’s concert.

in 2023 the event was held in Lori, Gegharkunik and Syunik marzes, and on the same days in Artsakh, more than 100 thousand Armenians were starving in the siege. The public television company received a grant of 179 million 954 thousand drams, about 467 thousand dollars, from the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia to implement the project.

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A:Last week, the Americans struck a railway bridge in Iran’s northeastern province of Golestan, and in the past few days, a large-scale exchange of strikes has also resumed, burying the temporary memorandum of understanding.

Yesterday, on July 13, the Central Command of the US forces announced the restoration of the naval blockade of Iran.

All ships moving into or out of the Persian Gulf have been ordered to contact US naval forces in the region and follow their instructions. In turn, Tehran announced a ban on navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

On the same day, July 13, Donald Trump spoke about the intention of the United States to assume the role of “guardian” of the strategic waterway, imposing a blockade on Iranian ships with compensation of 20 percent of the value of all cargo passing through the strait. And on July 14, the head of the White House informed the Congress that the United States, no more, no less, is at war with Iran, while the White House’s repeated statements about neutralizing Iran’s military potential do not withstand any criticism.

The Iranians continue to respond to US strikes and attack ships that have not been allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in accordance with earlier agreements. “It is clear that Trump has decided to win another war in the Middle East, which, as Iraq and Afghanistan have shown, is impossible to win.” writes Senator Alexey Pushkov.

Given the volatile situation in the Middle East, especially in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which will continue indefinitely, several countries in the Arabian Peninsula have resumed talks about the prospects for a 2,300 km railway project known as the Gulf Railwayin: and the Strait of Hormuzby bypassing:

Given Iraq’s current rail link with Kuwait and its border with Saudi Arabia, n:It is planned to connect the railways of Iraq and Saudi Arabia parallel to the Persian Gulf coast, with access to the ports of the United Arab Emirates and Oman on this trans-regional line.՝ On the shores of the Indian Ocean: This line should be between ports in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. It is planned that the project will be fully implemented no later than 2030 (the previous such date was 2031).

By now the UAE already has finished the construction of a railway network of about 900 kilometers, which connects Guwaifat (a small city in the west of the emirate of Abu Dhabi) with Fujairah, and plans to transport 60 million tons of cargo by 2030. Saudi Arabia is also working on projects to link the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.

And near the two railway crossings of Iran and Iraq, including their borders with Kuwait, the Gulf Railway can be connected within the territory of the Islamic Republic. «North-South» to the western (near-Caspian) branch of the international transport corridor, with the possible branching of Julfa (Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic) through the Horadiz-Aghbend-Meghri area.

Mohammad Al-Shabrami, Director General of the Railways Department of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf (GCC) խոսքով՝ Gulf Railway project is 50 percent complete. The 2,177 km long railway network should stretch from Kuwait to Muscat through the territory of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE.

If the project is implemented, the passenger flow is expected to increase from 6 million in 2030 to more than 8 million by 2045. Cargo volume will increase from 200 million tons in 2030 to 271 million tons in 2045, indicating the significant impact of the initiative on intra-regional trade.

International portal GetTransport.com reportedly selects carriers by land, sea and rail in the Gulf region on a weekly basis, so this is not an “ad version” of the highway. In 2021, the Department of Railways of the Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf was established.

The total cost of the project is estimated at 250 billion dollars. And each of the six states builds and pays for land within its territory. The network is expected to carry approximately 201 million tons of cargo in 2030 and serve 6 million passengers annually, growing to 271 million tons by 2045. Such optimistic forecasts are probably related to the unfavorable situation in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which will probably contribute to the transfer of most of the transit cargo passing through the territory of Iran to the Gulf Railway.

In addition, these countries are seeking to shift a significant portion of their containerized cargo from highways and purely coastal (coastal) shipping to a transcontinental highway.

Meanwhile, since 2023, in the UAE, rail cargo transportation has been carried out along the 900-kilometer line, the Emirati section of the Gulf Railway. Connecting four ports and seven logistics hubs, Saudi Arabia Railways has launched five new logistics corridors (LCOs) in 2026, including the LCO to Bahrain and the upgraded LCO to Kuwait. However, cross-border communication between all six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council is not yet available, including because “the unified customs structure is still being created here.”

In perspective, the Gulf Railway will actually form «North-South»diversified configuration, which is more resistant to geopolitical shocks and safer than routes exclusively through Iran and Iranian ports. Proponents of the project they write (on September 8, 2025): “The Gulf Railway project was approved back in 2009 and aims to create a unified transport system that will provide fast, safe and stable connection between the Gulf countries.

This is not only an infrastructure project, but a large-scale transformer of the region. It strengthens economic interconnectedness, creates growth points, changes the logic of demand for residential and commercial real estate.»։

Mohammed bin Fahad Al Shabrami, Director General of the UAE Railways Authority գնահատմամբ՝ “Member States are working in an integrated format to complete all phases of the project. The railway will connect to major ports and logistics centers throughout the Persian Gulf (there are ports and logistics centers on the coasts of the Arab countries of the Gulf). Which will have a positive impact on the economy, will increase the flow of goods and facilitate cross-border passenger transportation.”

In the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, the idea of ​​a Gulf Railway dates back to British plans in the second half of the 1930s to provide greater connectivity to their Middle Eastern protectorates (Treaty of Oman, present-day UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and partly Iraq).

However, subsequent transformations, the disappearance of the British Empire from the world map, the defeat of London as a result of the Suez crisis in 1956 stopped the implementation of the ambitious transport project. It was later hampered by disputes between neighboring states and their ruling dynasties over the ownership of some border regions, primarily between Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE. Al-Buraymi regarding the vast oasis.

According to Oxford Business Group 2022 of information“…after delays, the long-awaited Gulf railway looks set to be reborn, potentially transforming trade and communications across the Gulf. After decades of discussion, the railway project along the Persian Gulf was approved in 2009 by all six member states of the SSAGPZ.

The project received a significant boost in December 2021 when the leaders of the six participating countries approved the establishment of the Gulf Cooperation Council Railways Authority, a body expected to oversee the coordination and operation of the project.

It should be assumed that the question of the possible participation of Russian companies in the project is waiting for its solution.  At the end of January 2008 was reported, that «Russian railways» have won the tender for a major railway project in the capital region of Saudi Arabia, which is not directly connected to the East Arabian Highway.

The start of its implementation has not been reported. pon the contrary, there were unofficial reports that they were actually forced to abandon the project or in fact «to freeze» in it «Russian railways» direct participation due to Tehran’s position that it is not interested in Russian participation in Saudi transport initiatives.

The question of whether common interests and economic interest will prevail against the background of the sharp increase in risks of maritime transportation in the background of current or even deeper disagreements remains open.

Alexey Chichkin

fondsk.ru

Translation by Zhanna Avetisyan

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Deputy of the “Armenia” bloc, member of the General Assembly of the Armenian Democratic Party, Turkologist Gegham Manukyan with 168.amThis time discussed Turkic issues.

According to the federalist’s observation, four coups have taken place during the one-century history of the Republic of Turkey, three of which were directly military intervention, the last one in 1997, is called post-modern, because the change of power was carried out by the army in a bloodless, palace way.

And, unlike the experience of 2016, according to Gegham Manukyan, all previous military coups were successful, because “the military had the support of powerful foreign forces, and in 2016, the Turkish military was deprived of it and was defeated, because Turkish President Erdogan also received direct support from these forces.” Naturally, Turkish President Erdogan will not admit that he had any form of support from foreign forces in 2016, he attributes the failure of the military coup attempt to the unity and sanity of his people.

And Gegham Manukyan is of the opinion that all this is very instructive for all military coup attempts.

Has there ever been a military coup attempt in the Republic of Armenia, successful or not, can we project the above on Armenia?

For example, the departure of Levon Ter-Petrosyan in 1998. What was it in February, a bloodless “military coup”?… Nikol Pashinyan also called the statement of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces of February 25, 2021 an attempted military coup, moreover, with outside intervention, from the former to outside forces, although the former Head of the General Staff Onik Gasparyan ruled it out.

– The armed coups in Turkey were only the result of external influence. In other words, the internal political situation of some external forces, especially the Western ones, gave the United States the opportunity to say “yes” or silently support the illegal unconstitutional actions carried out by the armed forces in 1960, 1971, 1980, 1997.

As for the armed coup of 2016, the political situation was such that Erdogan, with the tacit support of both the West and Russia, was more in control of the situation. We should also not forget the case during the attempted military coup, when it was based on direct Russian information that Erdogan escaped death in connection with the plane. Of course, in 2016, the role of the society and the people was also great, which directly expressed the high rating of Erdogan, as a result of which it was also possible to resist the military, including popular resistance or resistance.

And in the case of Armenia, talking about a military coup or its attempt, including the famous resignation of Levon Ter-Petrosyan in February 1998, this has nothing to do with reality, because Ter-Petrosyan’s resignation was the result of a sharp difference in the positions of the government and the opposition on the internal political and political line of Armenia, and not the army had any role in it.

Moreover, the sharp difference in views between the government and the opposition was also expressed in society. We are talking about the future of Artsakh and two different ideas of negotiation on the Artsakh issue, which, I repeat, was expressed in February 1998 with the resignation of Levon Ter-Petrosyan. And the RA foreign policy of the following 20 years also testified that the reason for the resignation was the difference in visions regarding the future of Artsakh.

As for the statement of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces of February 25, 2021, it is also impossible to call this a military coup attempt, because in the classical sense, during military coup attempts or changes of power, all the tools available to the armed forces are used. Meanwhile, the General Staff simply made a statement, and it was about the attitude of the political power towards the armed forces in general.

And it is no coincidence that the statement of the General Staff was not accepted by the international community with bayonets, except for Turkey and Azerbaijan. And Nikol Pashinyan’s wording, “attempted military coup”, was repeated verbatim only by Turkey, and no other international organization or any other country said a word about it at all.

– Let’s return to Turkey and Erdogan’s policy towards the country’s army and military. Can we say that Erdogan, on the one hand, has created a powerful army, and in recent years, also a military industry, on the other hand, he has reduced the influence of the military in the country’s internal political life and the country’s governance system, moreover, he did it in the name of reforms necessary for EU membership. And now he is trying to change the constitution of Turkey so that the country has a “civil” mother law that will not be dictated by foreign forces and “rioters”. What is Erdogan trying to prevent with this?

– The transformation of the armed forces in Turkey is a rather extensive topic. Because in terms of its role in the domestic political life of Turkey, the country’s armed forces underwent quite a transformation for decades, after Erdogan came to power and even before that, as well as with the strengthening of the Gulen movement in the country, along with the widespread appearance of Gulenists in various security structures. And the strong presence of Gülenists, officers with Islamic tendencies in the Turkish army predetermined all the changes, dismissals, arrests, arrests, beheadings of the armed forces that took place. During Erdogan’s rule. And in this logic are also all the papers and proceedings related to “Ergenicon”.

Let’s add that at the event dedicated to the memory of the victims of the failed military coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, which was also a reminder of how 10 years ago the Turkish authorities and the people managed to jointly prevent it, Erdogan stated:

“Our state has more than enough power to neutralize any threat against it and defeat those traitors who dare to raise their heads. Although FETÖ has essentially lost fighting spirit and lost hope after the death of its leader, Turkey cannot afford to weaken in the fight against this insidious network.”

On the one hand, this means that Turkey has not completely neutralized the threats from the Gulen movement, has not cleaned the security and power structures of “traitors”, on the other hand, this suggests Erdogan’s fears, such as any dictator may have, even if the country has become a serious factor in the outside world.

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Regarding the exports from Armenia to European Union countries, particularly flowers, the statements made by the authorities and the reality are completely different.

According to the statements of the authorities, there are no problems related to export, but the reality is that many florists take the flowers out of the greenhouse, dry them and burn them, without knowing what or whose flowers they have grown, they are exported to the European market.

Artak Tovmasyan, a florist from Zvartnots, as months ago, he is unable to export or sell the flowers he grows in the domestic market.

“They exported a small batch, and it was for the experiment, and this refers only to the rose, they did not take other types of flowers at all.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications did not come to our greenhouses to check, but we are waiting.

Gevorg Papoyan talks about the export of fish products from Armenia, look at Armen’s conversation about the problems they are facing in that sector, you will see that Papoyan is telling lies, he is probably doing it to please his boss. He wants to make sure that the boss is calm, as if there is export from Armenia, but in reality there is not.

Well, Nikol Pashinyan also thinks that the flower is being exported and there is no one complaining about him, why should he be worried? Otherwise, one may suddenly worry that people’s patience may run out and after some time the greenhouse owners will unite.” 168.amArtak Tovmasyan said in a conversation with

He said that one percent of the flowers grown in his greenhouse were sold in the domestic market during this time, and the rest is currently stored in the adjacent part of the greenhouse, waiting to dry out in order to burn it.

“We are unable to export or sell here, as a result, we are now preparing a new “batch” of burning flowers. Moreover, now the people who imported the Lisianthus flower from Europe are in a more difficult situation.

During this time, all of us have suffered a lot of damage, I have suffered a loss of 40 million drams as of this moment,” stressed the florist.

To the question: Nikol Pashinyan visited Russia weeks ago, is it possible that certain changes will follow that visit, our interlocutor answered: if there were changes after that visit, then there would be, that is, flowers would have been exported to the Russian market 2 days after Nikol Pashinyan’s visit.

“My assumption is that they said in Russia: you will be good with us, we will accept flowers, if not, go to your Europeans and sell as many flowers as you want.

If you meet Nikol Pashinyan or Papoyan, whom I call Kozbadi, ask why he does not meet with us, tell him that what they say, the greenhouse owners deny, they say they are lying.

Figures show that the subsidy was distributed, loans were frozen, etc., but nothing was done. After each such statement, I call 40 people and ask if they have used the government programs, and there is no one who says yes, I have used them. They only froze the principal amount of subsidized loans,” emphasized our interlocutor.

He said that recently many greenhouse owners have been calling him and asking them to organize some kind of protests, but he replied to all of them that they can organize, he will join, because at the time, when he said to stand up, everyone said to wait, it will be fine.

“I said: let’s do something, they said: it’s going to open, my product is already spoiled, if they want to get together, let them organize it, I’ll join.

They say that every nation deserves its leader, whatever kind of leader it is, so is the nation. Now, if Nikol Pashinyan speaks live with his finger in his nose, his voters will say that it is true. Well, if they want to be in charge, when the season of plucking from the ground and trees ends this month, we will see how they will do it, then they will feel the results of those decisions on their skin. If Nikol Pashinyan stayed in his seat until February, then he is a very good prime minister, we are the ones talking stupid things. I have given the deadline until February, which will not be delayed,” emphasized Artak Tovmasyan.

Let’s remind that after May 22, Russia limited the import of flowers

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Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov is on an official visit to the Russian Federation. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and Azerbaijan, Sergey Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov, during the ongoing negotiations in Moscow, discuss the issues of economic and cultural-humanitarian cooperation, the situation in the South Caucasus and the “3 3” platform. This was announced by the Russian Foreign Minister at the start of the negotiations.

“Of course, we will talk about the situation in the South Caucasus. We have registered the return and growth of interest in the “3 3″ regional cooperation platform,” he noted.

Lavrov clarified that the parties plan to consider the current state of economic cooperation, taking into account the results of the 24th session of the intergovernmental commission held in April, as well as the perspectives of cultural and humanitarian projects. In addition, the ministers will discuss the cooperation within the OSCE, UN and CIS frameworks.

Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that they consider Bayramov’s visit in the context of continuing a reliable dialogue and confirmed Moscow’s readiness to contribute to the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, including the conclusion of a peace treaty, demarcation of borders and unblocking of communications.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, in his turn noted the positive trend in the relations with Russia, despite all the complications in the world economy.

“I am sure that today we will be able to discuss in detail also the trade and economic block, an important element of which is the regular contacts of the intergovernmental commission. its 24th session took place in April of this year. In this context, we believe that, despite all the complications in the world economy, in general, the trend between our countries is positive,” Bayramov said.

According to him, during the negotiations, he intends to discuss cooperation in the directions that are planned for the near future. Bayramov emphasized that the Azerbaijani side also intends to discuss with Russian partners the entire complex of issues of the regional and international agenda, which are of mutual interest.

During the Lavrov-Bayram joint press conference, the parties noted that they have reached a number of agreements and will review the pace of cooperation. The meetings were not notable for particular warmth, nor for tense episodes between the parties, for harsh rhetoric, the statements were pragmatic, giving the impression that Moscow and Baku are starting from a new, pragmatic page after a crisis of relations that has lasted for more than a year and a half.

Russian analyst Alexander Khramchikhini According to him, this visit and the rhetoric of the Azerbaijani side suggest Baku’s desire to cautiously but consistently restore relations with Moscow. In his opinion, the emphasis on economic and humanitarian cooperation is not accidental. it allows the parties to temporarily push existing political differences off the agenda, focusing on projects.

“Baku is trying to show Russia that despite the new geopolitical realities, bilateral trade and economic ties remain of strategic importance. Recently, Yerevan has been actively using the same toolkit of “economic pragmatism”, avoiding as much as possible close political cooperation in contacts with Russia. Adopted tactics to maintain a “practical background” in relations with Russia, which will allow to reduce diplomatic conflicts, while Russia does not accept this very enthusiastically.  168.amthe analyst said in a conversation with

At the same time, he believes that Baku’s emphasis on the “3 3” format indicates an attempt to redefine the role of regional players.

“Azerbaijan openly prefers to solve regional issues through direct dialogue, emphasizing the lack of need for external mediators. In this logic, the strengthening of close economic ties with Russia serves as a lever for Baku to strengthen its own sovereign position and maintain its role in regional processes.

As a result, Bayramov’s visit and meeting with Lavrov can be seen as an attempt to restore confidence, where the economy acts as a safety buffer. However, this positive trend still does not mean the solution of fundamental political problems.

The most important challenge for Azerbaijan remains to balance relations with Moscow without compromising its own position regarding regional negotiation formats and subjectivity. In the case of Azerbaijan, for Russia at this stage, this seems to be acceptable for the sake of maintaining a certain influence. In the case of Yerevan, the situation is a little different, because Armenia is a member of the EAEU, so Russia takes many decisions of Yerevan in a different way,” Khramchikhin said.

By the way, Azerbaijani mass media mentioned that Bayramov’s visit to Moscow will be followed by his visit to Ukraine. This vector of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy testifies to the tactics of maintaining “strategic autonomy”, where the sequence of Moscow-Kiev visits seems to be a tool for maintaining subjectivity.

While the promotion of the economic agenda in Moscow allows maintaining manageable relations, the visit to Ukraine records Baku’s will to act outside the “political orbit” of the Kremlin. Basically, Azerbaijan is abandoning the post-Soviet model of being in Russia’s sphere of influence, emphasizing multi-vectorism, which, according to analysts, works well in the case of Azerbaijan.  Azerbaijan is not new to this policy, but it consistently emphasizes this fact in its relations with Moscow.

Basically, the official Yerevan is also trying to conduct a multi-vector, declared balancing policy, but the RA authorities still do not manage to get the Armenian-Russian relations out of the crisis, which especially depends on the economic component in the Republic of Armenia.

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In the “Pressing” program Satik Seyranyan the guest is Hakob Hakobyan, co-founder and co-chair of the “Ardarutyun” party of the Artsakh Republic is

The main theses of the interview are below.

• Nikol Pashinyan built his entire pre-election campaign on the talk of “peace”, and he made the people of Artsakh an obstacle to that “peace”. A very small number of Artsakh citizens had the right to vote, and their vote would not have a decisive influence on the election results. He was not worried about that, but the fact that he wanted to show Armenians that he will bring peace to Armenia, but the Artsakh issue is an obstacle for that. Unfortunately, most Armenians did not really know what Artsakh represents, and Pashinyan partially succeeded.

• Artsakh residents were first deprived of their passports, forced to obtain Armenian citizenship, and then delayed so much that people could not get citizenship before the elections. Even now, you need a lot of energy and will to get RA citizenship as a citizen of Artsakh:

• Apart from the housing program, none of the programs gave results among the people of Artsakh. Giving money was not the solution. On the ground, we deal with the reality that the majority of Artsakh Armenians are in a difficult social situation today, they do not have a job. Today, the people of Artsakh are either taxi drivers or work in security services. I think it is a great extravagance not to use the potential of the people of Artsakh.

• As of now, as far as I know, Artsakh residents, pensioners and low-income earners receive financial support. But I say again, they cannot help a person who has lost his home, his cradle, just by giving money. The state cannot give enough money for people to meet their vital needs.

• The issue of Artsakh was neither opened nor will it be closed by the statement of one politician or head of state. The people of Artsakh have the dream of returning to Artsakh in their hearts. Another issue is that hearing about the closing of the Artsakh issue from the lips of the head of Armenia adds new wounds to their pain. The issue of Artsakh can be closed only when the people of Artsakh themselves renounce the right to live in their native land. An entire nation cannot be deprived of the right to live in its homeland. These authorities will sooner or later change and holders of the right of return will be able to exercise it:

• There are persons, military figures, who should talk about how the surrender of Artsakh took place, but to say that we lost because the people of Artsakh did not fight is absurd, because first of all, the people of Artsakh did everything they could to protect their homeland, and besides, wars are won or lost by states. 2023 Perhaps no country has seen battles of such intensity as the September 1st war. To win a war, you must have rear security, urban will and organization:

• If a person does not have a hindsight, he cannot think that 120,000 people had to fight to the last person to consider that an Artsakh citizen fought. The states are there to save the nation from Genocide, and in those days Genocide was taking place in Artsakh. Unfortunately, today our houses and cultural monuments in Artsakh are under the influence of Azerbaijani vandalism. They go to war to win, not to die.

• The war is against Armenianness, and every person, entity, who speaks about national pride, is the target of this government. People who are afraid to talk about war will get both shame and war.

• Aliyev understands very well that he forcibly displaced an entire indigenous people from his homeland, and sooner or later he will answer when the rules of the game are decided after the geopolitical situation calms down, and it is his turn to answer. That is why today he presents himself as a humanitarian and tries to “help” the state against which this crime was committed. In Artsakh, when our energy resources – gas, electricity – ended up in the hands of Azerbaijan, we had problems. One day the gas pipeline broke down and the whole of Artsakh was deprived of gas, one day the power lines coming from Armenia broke down and they lasted for weeks and months. 2022 we spent the winter in the cold. The same will happen with Armenia:

• In Artsakh, Azerbaijanis shot water pipe repairmen just because they are Armenians. We know what it’s like to live with an Azerbaijani. This was not spontaneous, it was a political directive. It was absurd to expect such a government to supply us with gas, energy and wheat and to live peacefully with us. No Artsakh citizen thinks for a second that he can put his hope on the benevolence of the Azerbaijanis.

• Artsakh is not inhabited. The Azerbaijani people know what happened in Azerbaijan and will not want to go and live there. The Azerbaijani government also understands what it has done, so it shows that it is allegedly restoring the territories of Artsakh. The military is stationed in Stepanakert, students come and go, but there is no large population. But Azerbaijan publishes such videos that give the impression of a crowd:

• Artsakh’s numerous cultural monuments are not only of Armenians, they belong to all humanity. And the authorities of Armenia should have announced to the whole world that Azerbaijan is encroaching on universal values, but they are not doing it.

• I think it is clear why Hajiyev came to Armenia. Our authorities do not give a proper answer to Azerbaijan’s expansionist ambitions, instead, Azerbaijan puts forward the issue of so-called “enclaves”, “the return of Azerbaijanis”, equating the rights of people who once lived in a certain area with the rights of the indigenous people. Perhaps they were discussing the course of agreed actions with Hajiyev. 

• Aliyev says: do what I demand, and if the Constitution of your country prevents it, change it:

• Yes, demarcation and demarcation should be done, but why start from the areas where you have the strongest defensive positions, and not from where there is an Azerbaijani invasion?

• States may or may not be preparing for war, but our government, for some reason, is not preparing, while Azerbaijan is actively preparing for war, holding military exercises, buying weapons…

• The opposition should not rest on the fact that the CP does not have a constitutional majority. Not by taking or not taking a mandate. The opposition must discuss and present to the people its further actions, with or without mandates:

• Harder and more radical opposition to Arayik Harutyunyan than our party was in Artsakh is hard to imagine, but when we came to Armenia, we stopped our criticism because he cannot answer us because he is a hostage in an enemy state. It is not allowed to pour water into the mill of the Azerbaijani authorities, to pour spoils from Armenia on the heads of the military-political leadership of Artsakh, because Azerbaijan also says: what kind of government are they? They are a group of separatists who robbed their own people.:

• The protection of the state institutions of Artsakh is very important, otherwise there will be different people who will try to present themselves as voices of Artsakh citizens for different purposes. The people of Artsakh should understand this well. 

• Dissenting voices are a great asset that should not be wasted. Opposition parties in the parliament must cooperate with extra-parliamentary forces.

Details in the video.

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