2024-06-06 10:57:38
Writer: Elchin Alioglu
Supply: Pattern
With the intention to delay the method of peace negotiations, Armenia is relying on lengthy discussions by mentioning the “constitutional challenge” once more this time.
Armenia’s International Minister Ararat Mirzoyan mentioned in his speech on the nation’s parliament: “Each Armenia and Azerbaijan see obstacles in one another’s constitutions on the way in which to establishing long-term peace. Nonetheless, adjustments to the constitutions aren’t on the agenda of the Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations.”
Armenia, whose territorial claims towards Azerbaijan are included in its Declaration of Independence and Structure, creates “parity” in its personal world, needs to “share” the issue with Baku after which disavow it normally.
With the intention to set up sustainable peace and normalize relations, it’s essential, even inevitable, to make adjustments within the Structure of Armenia and cancel the territorial declare towards Azerbaijan.
As an alternative of behaving usually, the authorities in Yerevan determined to resort to political manipulation and clowning.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who’s pondering of the way to suppress the protests led by Vazgen Galstanyan, the archbishop of Tavush Diocese of the Armenian Church, Bagrat, needs to amass the picture of “a troublesome, strong-willed and decided chief who doesn’t again down in entrance of Baku’s calls for” within the eyes of common Armenians.
The aim of Ararat Mirzoyan’s speech within the nation’s parliament is to point out that the present authorities in Yerevan is “a staff that cares concerning the pursuits of Armenia and Armenians to the top” and that “negotiations with Baku are held in strict language”.
The claims of Armenians concerning the Structure of Azerbaijan are ridiculous. The “level of concern” for Yerevan is the reflection of the Declaration “On State Independence” adopted on October 18, 1991 within the preamble of the Structure of our nation. In that preamble, it’s emphasised that you’re the successor of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which declared its independence on Might 18, 1918.
Article 2 of the “Constitutional Act on State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan” states: “The Republic of Azerbaijan is the successor of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which existed from Might 28, 1918 to April 28, 1920.”
That is the purpose that worries the political elites, media and society of Armenia. In response to them, there was a big a part of present-day Armenia within the territories of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Statements of Yerevan officers who voiced statements like “Azerbaijan presents historical past based mostly on the problematic elements of the Structure” are based mostly on the nuance we’re speaking about.
Nonetheless, the negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia shouldn’t give attention to historic or political claims, however on the seek for methods to attain sustainable peace and steady safety by giving up territorial claims.
There are not any territorial claims towards Armenia within the Structure or present laws of Azerbaijan.
Within the Structure of Armenia, in addition to in its preamble (referring to the Declaration of Independence of Armenia), the previous Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Province is indicated as “a constituent a part of Armenia”.
As well as, based mostly on the factors within the Declaration of Independence and the Structure, the Armenian Parliament declared in its determination on July 8, 1992: “Any worldwide or home doc wherein Nagorno-Karabakh is indicated because the territory of Azerbaijan is unacceptable for Armenia.”
In 1998, Robert Kocheryan, a citizen of Azerbaijan, initially from Karabakh, was elected to the presidential elections in Armenia based mostly on the aforementioned provisions. Nonetheless, in accordance with Armenian laws, an individual who shouldn’t be a citizen of the nation and has not lived within the nation for 10 years couldn’t take part within the elections as a candidate.
Apparently, the Structure of Armenia is without doubt one of the obstacles to the peace course of. Though the method of delimitation of the conditional state border is a totally legit course of when it comes to the present laws of Armenia, the protests began on April 19 below the management of Archbishop Bagrat, i.e. Vazgen Galstanyan, present that the Armenian revanchists haven’t calmed down.
The forces that objected to the liberation of 4 villages occupied by Armenia for 32 years and returned to Azerbaijan and needed to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan by the coalition created by the Armenian church, the Armenian diaspora, and the “Karabag clan” of Armenians initially from Karabakh, will usually hysterically resist the peace settlement.
It’s already potential to foretell that they are going to declare that it’s unattainable to signal a peace treaty with Azerbaijan, referring to the Structure and laws of Armenia.
The Constitutional Court docket of Armenia may also declare the peace settlement illegitimate.
Contemplating the listed factors, even when the peace settlement is signed, official Baku won’t reconcile with the provisions of the Armenian Structure and legal guidelines containing territorial claims towards Azerbaijan. These provisions act as a continuing set off of ethnic intolerance, territorial claims and concepts of revanchism in Armenian society.
To ensure that the peace settlement to turn out to be an actual settlement, adjustments ought to be made to the Structure of Armenia. Undoubtedly.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan additionally admitted this and mentioned that the supreme legislation of the nation creates obstacles to the peace course of.
However his braveness has not crossed the edge of recognition: Pashinyan is now afraid to make a proposal to amend the Structure at a time when protests aren’t abating and the emotions of revanchism in Armenian society are very sturdy.
This concern and panic can later flip into an irreversible selection.
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan ought to be decided, act willfully and never again down in entrance of revanchists and nationalists.
The longer the method of signing the ultimate peace settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia drags on, the extra the issues of the authorities in Yerevan will improve, after which Pashinyan should flip to his “patrons” for assist with out overcoming these issues.
Such help is rarely gratuitous.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan intends to benefit from the truth that the COP29 summit will likely be held in Baku within the fall and signal the peace settlement with out making adjustments to the nation’s Structure.
It’s no coincidence that the USA, the European Union, and France have not too long ago made statements emphasizing the historic alternative to signal a peace settlement, and try to hurry up the method.
The necessary challenge for Azerbaijan is the traditional course of the method geared toward signing the peace settlement and the neutralization of any circumstances that can permit Armenian revanchism to happen.
Nikol Pashinyan is now in energy. What if he’s changed by a radical, aggressive and revanchist determine? We should guarantee such a scenario that if even the strongest revanchist involves energy in Armenia, there ought to be no floor for any territorial claims towards Azerbaijan.