YEREVAN. – Past daily of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes: Armenia finally responded to [Azerbaijan president] Ilham Aliyev's statements. But it was done … by the office of the RA third president [Serzh Sargsyan]. "He (Aliyev-ed.) does not lag behind his current Armenia counterpart in lying shamelessly and irresponsibly," the statement said.
Some time ago, RA second president [Robert Kocharyan] also had given a harsh response to Aliyev, saying in particular: "Aliyev would never have dared to start a war, he would never have dared. Now he has become cocky, he has the right to become cocky now. But if his father [the late Azerbaijan president Heydar Aliyev] were alive; he, by the way, was a smart man. He [Heydar] would have pulled [Ilham’s] ear, say [to him] take it easy."
This is noteworthy from the point of view that especially after the [recent Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)] war; [Armenian PM] Nikol Pashinyan has never opposed [Ilham] Aliyev, who consistently makes shameful statements not only against Pashinyan himself, but also against Armenia and Armenians.
Moreover, according to our information, he [Pashinyan] does not allow the MFA to respond either; moreover, not only regarding Azerbaijan, but also Turkey. In particular, according to our sources, the RA MFA was to respond to Turkey’s MFA statements condemning the "coup d’état" attempt in Armenia, as well as the statements of other Turkish officials. Even a [respective] text was prepared, but Pashinyan forbade it to be disseminated on February 25; this once again caused great anger within the [Armenian] diplomatic corps.
By the way, this is not the only reason. So, according to our information, the patience of most of the representatives of the [Armenian] diplomatic corps has run out. We were receiving information last night that a number of diplomats, including ambassadors, will demand Pashinyan's resignation.
