ArmInfo.The essence of the recent statements of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on the settlement of the Artsakh conflict leads to the attempt to justify his own current policy by sharing the responsibility with Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by head of the Armenian Constructive Party, political scientist Andrias Ghukasyan.
"Thus, he is trying to demonstrate that no matter who was in his place today, the result would be the same. I personally assess such argumentation as primitive. The fact is that Pashinyan personally feels that he has lost in the struggle for the self-determination of Artsakh. At the same time, many of his statements from the rostrum of the Parliament really correspond to political realities, with the exception, perhaps, of his conclusions on the principles of Madrid," he noted.
Assessing the Madrid principles as, in fact, a program for the secession of Artsakh from Azerbaijan, the political scientist stressed that it was Nikol Pashinyan who rejected this program. And today he is trying not only to completely shift the blame for the defeat on the former authorities, but also to argue that the principles did not correspond to the interests of Armenia and Artsakh, and that is why he rejected them in 2019.
At the same time, according to Ghukasyan, having rejected the principles-brainchild of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, Pashinyan, as the new leader of Armenia, did not put forward any concept of a settlement of his own. And without putting forward an alternative, without taking a single step towards the formation of an agenda for the international recognition of the Republic of Artsakh, today he is only reading morals from the rostrum of the parliament.
"As for the peace agenda that Pashinyan is trying to lead the country towards, then, arguing about the need to consolidate society around this agenda, Pashinyan means only consolidation around himself. There is nothing new here. By 2023, Pashinyan will have serious problems with holding power connected solely with external factors and reasons, including the fact that the failure of the Russian Federation in a number of areas will inevitably affect its satellite Armenia. In this light, society remains his only chance to stay in power. Thus, he hopes to prove to the international community that he, let's say, is not a good person, but the people are consolidated around him. Accordingly, he can continue to fulfill their wishes now," Ghukasyan summed up.