The visit to Armenia of the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, was not unanimously welcomed in Yerevan
In an interview with news.am, Artur Khachatryan, a member of the opposition Hayastan faction, said the timing of the visit was not coincidental.
The MP reaffirmed the opposition's thesis that Nikol Pashinyan, who lacks internal legitimacy and popular support, has placed his hopes on Azerbaijan. According to Khachatryan, the main propaganda line of the authorities is that peace has already been established, and if Pashinyan is not in power, war will break out.
According to the opposition figure, in the current situation, the Armenian authorities need Azerbaijan to confirm this claim. The MP emphasized that the purpose of Mustafayev's visit is to show that peace has allegedly been established between Yerevan and Baku.
"Baku is doing this because it is well aware that as soon as Pashinyan leaves and a new government is formed in Armenia, the latter, unlike Pashinyan, will stand up for national interests and will not carry out Azerbaijan's instructions. The purpose of Mustafayev's visit is to show that everything is in order, and as long as Pashinyan is in power, relations will be normal. However, Baku is not doing this for nothing. In exchange for their support, they will take something from the Armenian authorities,"
Khachatryan suggested that the demands to extract new concessions from Armenia may relate to the demarcation, since Mustafayev is the Azerbaijani co-chair of the relevant commission. "I think Mustafayev will insist that the demarcation be carried out along the route where the pan-Turkist corridor will pass. The authorities should not hope that the demarcation, for example, will begin from Jermuk or the northwest, as stated in the regulations of the bilateral working group," the MP emphasized.
Artur Khachatryan also noted that Mustafayev also met with businessmen. According to the MP, this may be done to create the illusion that the establishment of normal relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan will open up new business opportunities. “And by ‘normal relations’, Azerbaijan understands Armenia’s unconditional acceptance of its conditions,” the opposition figure concluded.
source: commonspace.eu with news.am (Yerevan)
photo: Shahin Mustafayev (archive picture)
