Armenian MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition With Honor faction has commented on Thursday’s visit of the NATO and EU defense attachés accredited in Armenia to the Defense Ministry airbase where SU-30SM aircrafts are deployed.

“It turns out the purpose of the visit was to check whether the fighters were in the home base or, as the Azerbaijani and Turkish media reports suggested, they were taking part in hostilities in Ukraine,” the lawmaker wrote on Facebook.

“The fact that the Armenian authorities enjoy no authority, respect or trust in the world has long been nothing new. Our tragedy comes from this as well.

“The fact that many NATO and EU member states don't react, don't take practical steps in response to Azerbaijan’s aggression in Artsakh, its occupation of the sovereign Armenian territory in the post-war period, but wonder if our aircrafts are still there, is now causing indignation.

“The subjects showing interest towards our region are, of course, guided by their own interests, while the Armenian authorities are following the developments in observer status, waiting who, moving back and forth, will slap or kick them, as long as the Civil Contract party remains in power and nothing interferes with brotherhood with the Turks,” Abrahamyan said.