Sharmazanov: Today, Pashinyan`s government is leading the country  towards the de facto and de jure abolition of the Third Republic of  Armenia

ArmInfo. Today, Nikol Pashinyan's government is leading the country towards the de facto and de jure abolition of the Third Republic of Armenia, and the Turkification of Armenia, as stated by former Vice Speaker of the RA Parliament and Secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov at a press conference in Yerevan on November 22nd.

The politician is confident that Nikol Pashinyan has failed, along  with the credo of his four-year policy - the so-called peace treaty.  "Since 2021, Pashinyan and his team have been feeding the Armenian  people, the citizens of Armenia, with promises of concluding a peace  treaty, assuring that if we concede this to Azerbaijani President  Ilham Aliyev, the peace treaty will be signed," Sharmazanov noted.   He also pointed out that despite all of Pashinyan's unilateral  concessions to Aliyev, such as transferring territories to Armenia,  dubious demarcation and rejecting the Declaration of Independence,  they didn't achieve the desired result, as Azerbaijan rejected all  possible options for concluding a peace treaty.

Then, according to the politician, seeing the futility of all his  negotiations efforts with Azerbaijan, Pashinyan decided to divert the  attention of Armenian society with a spectacle - threatening actions.  By dismissing officials, he raised his revolutionary movement to a  new stage, mirroring the path of the Jacobins. "Pashinyan and his  team suffered a fiasco in the so-called "peace treaty" operation.  In  an attempt to minimize reputational damage, he chose to use the  tactic "the best defense is an attack". He initiated an operation to  dismiss 5-6 members of his team, possibly even after reaching an  agreement with them," Sharmazanov noted. He added that the whole  nation, having forgotten about the more global issues and challenges  facing the country, is now focused on discussing trivial matters such  as Nikol's shaving habits and the reasons behind the removal and  appointment of officials.

 In this vein, he pointed out that as long as Pashinyan remains Prime  Minister of Armenia, it is irrelevant who holds the positions of the  Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia and Minister of Internal  Affairs. It is no secret to anyone that Pashinyan is the one truly in  charge. The Republican is confident that these dismissals are part of  a pre-election campaign strategy to divert attention from their own  failures. 

Additionally, he mentioned that both the RPA and he personally have  repeatedly stated that Azerbaijan does not need a peace treaty. "Why?  It's simple. Starting from November 9, 2020 to this day, Azerbaijan  and Turkey, without signing a peace treaty, have gained the  following: Nagorno-Karabakh in its entirety, abolished the Artsakh  Defense Army, de-Armenianized Artsakh, acquired 21 km of the  Goris-Kapan road, 30% of the Black Lake territory, over 200 sq. km of  sovereign territories of Armenia, villages in Tavush, succeeded in  having Ararat renounced as a national and state symbol, disavowed the  Armenian Genocide and officially declared that international  recognition of this fact is not a foreign policy priority, convincing  the whole world that the Declaration of Independence of Armenia is  wrong.  With all of these actions, the Pashinyan government is  realizing the long-standing dreams of Aliyev and Erdogan," he noted.  The politician added that for many years the Turkish-Azerbaijani  tandem has had one goal: to portray Armenia as a threat to its  regional neighbors and as a state that lays claim to the territories  of these neighbors, while the poor Azerbaijanis and Turks are forced  to defend themselves.