Armenian president’s failure in Berlin
By Elmira Tariverdiyeva
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan paid a visit to Germany. This
visit coincided with the period of provocations carried out by the
Armenian troops on the line of contact with Azerbaijani troops and
the subsequent devastating response.
Booed by a large crowd of Azerbaijan's supporters in Berlin,
president Sargsyan did not miss the opportunity during the visit to
complain that Azerbaijan successfully repelled the attack and
recaptured some of its own territories from the occupation forces
of Armenia.
However, Sargsyan also tried to mislead the international community
by making up a story about the so-called Azerbaijan's attack on
Nagorno-Karabakh, although no fighting was observed in there.
In fact, the Azerbaijani army repulsed attacks of the Armenian
troops, shelling Azerbaijani villages near the troops' contact
line. Meanwhile, there are no civilians living on the other side of
the contact line - in the Armenia-occupied territories.
Besides, Sargsyan shared his fears with German Chancellor Angela
Merkel regarding the military power of Azerbaijan, the country he
was disparagingly speaking about until recently.
After the failure of his occupation troops, Sargsyan noted with
fear that today, Azerbaijan has more modern types of weapons, and
bitterly complained that it was observed during the three days of
fighting.
However, contrary to the expectations of the Armenian leader,
Merkel expressed support for something Armenia and President
Sargsyan don't want. Merkel urged the OSCE Minsk Group to progress
in the process of peace talks over Nagorno-Karabakh, and Armenia,
the country which did everything possible to make the negotiations
stagnate, certainly didn't like it.
It's obvious why it happened: it is disadvantageous for Yerevan to
change the status quo of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which
assumes continuation of the occupation policy before the whole
world community.
Nevertheless, during the press conference with Armenia's president,
Merkel urged for immediate promotion of the negotiation process and
increasing the effectiveness of the OSCE Minsk Group's work.
She pointed out that this international format is responsible for
the work on resolving the conflict and promised to support the
Minsk Group's work "in a particular way."
The western part of the world made it clear for Sargsyan that the
current situation doesn't benefit anyone and Europe is ready to
make every effort to prevent another outbreak of violence in the
strategically important South Caucasus region.
The remarks made by all international players which urged for
immediate promotion of the negotiation process on the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, create hope that after everyone saw
firsthand that it is not a frozen conflict, the international
players will increase the pressure on Armenia to bring it back to
the constructive talks.
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