Abrahamyan says anti-Armenian rhetoric follows PM's Turkey trip

PanARMENIAN.Net - Tigran Abrahamyan, a member of the Armenian Parliament from the "I Have Honor" faction, stated on Facebook that the "first fruits" of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's recent visit to Turkey have begun to emerge. According to him, during the Council of Foreign Ministers session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, five resolutions and a document titled the "Istanbul Declaration" were adopted at Azerbaijan’s initiative, and these texts include wording directed against Armenia.

One of the documents asserts the "right of return of forcibly displaced Azerbaijanis" to the Republic of Armenia—referred to in the document as "Western Azerbaijan."

Abrahamyan claims that in the absence of protection for the rights of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia’s failure to advocate for the return of its occupied territories, Azerbaijan is successfully pushing the term "Western Azerbaijan" into the international agenda. He warns that this concept encompasses a significant portion of modern-day Armenia.

Moreover, he notes that even Armenia’s decision not to sign the documents has been turned against it due to Azerbaijan’s increasingly aggressive stance in negotiations.

"The authorities have driven the country into a Turkish trap, where Armenia’s only role is to submit and silently endure the blows," Abrahamyan wrote.

Prime Minister Pashinyan visited Turkey on June 20 for a one-day working trip. The agenda was not announced in advance, based on mutual agreement between the parties. In Istanbul, he met with representatives of the local Armenian community. Responding to a question about whether Turkey aims to realize the idea of a Greater Turan, Pashinyan replied that there would be no "Zangezur Corridor," but rather a "Crossroads of Peace."

"Both we and Turkey want open roads. Let’s open the borders. Instead of labeling everything ‘Turan’ and panicking, let’s live and let others live as well," he said.