ArmInfo.On February 23, at 12:00, the National Assembly of Armenia will gather for an extraordinary meeting in connection with the ratification of the so-called "Shusha Declaration" by the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Turkey.
An extraordinary meeting will be convened on the initiative of the deputies of the Hayastan opposition faction. The faction proposes the National Assembly to issue a statement condemning the ratification of the "Shusha Declaration", which, in particular, proposes the National Assembly "to express deep concern over the ratification by the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Turkey of the declaration signed on June 15, 2021 in Azerbaijani-occupied Shushi by the presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan ".
"The declaration was signed by the Turkish-Azerbaijani military-political union within the concept of "One nation, two states." Although the document states that it is not directed against a third party, nevertheless, its content is entirely directed against the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh, against the Armenian people. It fixes the strategic goals of the two states that carried out a 44-day aggression against the Republic of Artsakh – against the self-determination of the people of Artsakh, the sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia, the territorial integrity and rights of the Armenian people, who survived the genocide "and scattered around the world," MP from Hayastan faction Andranik Tevanyan stated.
It is noted that the wording on the "Zangezur corridor" used in the declaration shows that Turkey and Azerbaijan reach public agreements on the implementation of joint expansionist programs.
The authors of the statement condemn the agreement of the two states to fight against the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide by distorting the content of the issue and bringing it into the field of historical research.
The "Shusha Declaration" is based not on the UN Charter or security principles adopted by the OSCE, but on the "ethnic security" approach. This is contrary to the basic norms of international law. According to the Law on International Treaties of 1969, all international treaties of the Vienna Convention that are contrary to the peremptory norms of general international law are void and cannot have international legitimacy.
The National Assembly declares that the "Shusha Declaration" with its provocative and destructive nature is unacceptable for the Republic of Armenia. This is a serious challenge to regional and global security, does not contribute to the peaceful development of our region, contradicts the normalization of Armenian- Turkish relations on the principle of "without preconditions" and raises serious doubts about the real behavior and intentions of official Ankara," the document says.