MP: Azerbaijan trying to dictate its terms to Armenia

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Armenia – June 14 2023

Armenian opposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan has reacted to the latest Azerbaijani ceasefire violations on the border with Armenia near the village of Yeraskh, deploring the Armenian government’s conciliatory policy towards Baku.

"Amid the Armenian authorities' unilateral concessions, Azerbaijan has decided that they can act as they please," Abrahamyan, secretary of the Pativ Unem faction, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday. "Thus, Azerbaijan is trying to dictate its will [to Armenia] by escalating the situation near Yeraskh."

Two foreign nationals were injured on Wednesday after Azerbaijani forces opened fire on a metallurgical plant under construction in Yeraskh, the Defense Ministry of Armenia said.

The Armenian combat positions and civilian facilities in the area also came under Azerbaijani gunfire on Tuesday.

“Experience shows that the more the authorities announce their readiness to make new concessions, the sharper Azerbaijan’s aggression increases," Abrahamyan stated.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS