Constant threat of war indicates absence of peace and Yerevan`s  decision to accept Azerbaijan`s terms - expert 

ArmInfo. The constant threat of war indicates that there is no peace, but rather a decision to accept  Azerbaijan's dictated terms and transform Armenia into an  Azerbaijani-style state. Azerbaijani expert Tatevik Hayrapetyan  writes about this on her Facebook page.

She noted that peace is an extremely important, priceless, and  desirable phenomenon. "In this distraught world, buried under wars,  it is impossible not to understand the value of peace. And yet, in  our current reality, the very word 'peace' and its meaning are  distorted," the expert believes.

In particular, she says, the "peace" being offered to Armenia today  repeatedly echoes the threat of war:  "Say the word Artsakh, and  there will be war; talk about ethnic cleansing, and there will be  war; refuse to give up Tigranashen, and there will be war; say 'no'  to the Constitution that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev wants,  and there will be war, and so on."

Hayrapetyan believes that the constant threat of war indicates that  peace is nonexistent. "There is a decision to accept the conditions  dictated by Azerbaijan and transform Armenia into an  Azerbaijani-style state, where the church, army, culture, national  identity, the Declaration of Independence, the diaspora, historical  memory are under attack; simply being Armenian is problematic. If  anyone thinks all this is an exaggeration, then they are still  viewing what is happening to us through rose-colored glasses," the  expert noted.

The Azerbaijani expert noted that the one (Nikol Pashinyan - ed.) who  promises to "bend over" everyone within the country is the only and  main "bent over," a meek executor of the Baku dictator's will. She  expressed the conviction that Pashinyan, by bending over and  fulfilling all the demands Azerbaijan places on him, is trying to  maintain his power. "He bent over because he saw this as a way to  retain power; he bent over because he suffered a defeat in his soul,  heart, and mind; but it wasn't enough for him - he decided to bend  over an entire nation. That's why he came from the podium of the  National Assembly of Armenia, repeating Azerbaijani narratives,  threatening war, declaring: 'I'm not going to bend over alone, am  I?'" Let's adopt a new Constitution the way Aliyev wants, so that  everyone bends together, and say: "We, a defeated, failed people,  have decided to bend." This is precisely what he wants. And along  this path, the theme of the former authorities is simply a repetition  of a long-familiar repertoire, as if there was nothing else to watch  at the cinema," Hayrapetyan explained.

All of this, she said, is a serious challenge for the political,  social, and intellectual strata of Armenian society. "The more I  observe what's happening, the more obvious one thing becomes: today,  the average citizen of Armenia, living their ordinary lives, is a  thousand times more conscious, courageous, and forthright than many  figures who only seem important. Ultimately, we desperately need  political and social leadership to remove from power those who have  bowed to Aliyev and put an end to his anti-state policies," the  Azerbaijani scholar concluded.

As a reminder, at a parliamentary session on August 25, during a  discussion of the government's program for 2026-2031, Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan, responding to a member of parliament's assertion  that Armenia's second president, Robert Kocharyan, governed the  country well, stated: "I govern poorly because I don't have a hotel,  millions, or anything at all. But I have a mandate, legitimacy. I  said I'll bend, and I will bend, in the de jure sense of the word."

It's worth noting that this isn't the first such incident. In May  2026, the Armenian prime minister threatened his political opponents,  specifically Kocharyan, declaring his intention to "bring them to  their knees."