Truth about the Minsk Group and Russian weapons: Armenia has confessed everything

The battle announced by Nikol Pashinyan, although it looks ridiculous, but there is still some benefit from this clowning. The opposition pretended not to react to the mosquito bites, although there are clear signs that the accusations have thrown the former rulers and their supporters off balance. Pashinyan's opponents did not notice themselves, as they began to blurt out things that they would have preferred to keep silent about before as proof of his wrongdoing.  

When it was said in Baku that the OSCE Minsk Group was created only to consolidate the status quo and transfer Azerbaijani territories to Armenia, the mediators immediately took offense and began to prove the opposite. They say we're lying to them, but in fact they're fighting with both hands for our territorial integrity. Armenia, for the sake of appearances, also sometimes expressed its "fi" to MG, so that Baku would think that everything was going badly not only for him. The Armenian agitprop has at times blamed the intermediaries, accusing them of putting pressure on Yerevan to achieve the return of territories. However, it was all a game, and Baku understood this perfectly well. This was necessary to maintain the appearance of "objectivity" of the co-Chairs, to lull the vigilance of the Azerbaijani side and delay the issue for as long as possible. It cannot be said that the efforts have gone to waste - 26 years of meaningless negotiations is, you know, a considerable success for the supporters of Armenia.

An interesting fact was revealed by former Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian. Outraged to the roots by Pashinyan's statements about the guilt of former presidents in the loss of Karabakh, Oskanian laid out the so-called Madrid Principles on the table. The ex-minister stated that he attended the meeting in Madrid and heard with both ears how the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and the Foreign Ministers of the United States, Russia and France said: "The international community, look, this is our final proposal to resolve the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh." We believe that the solution of the issue should be based on this document, that is, on the right to self-determination."

A shabby former official who recently received the "post" of head of a certain commission in Armenia to ensure the "collective repatriation" of Armenians to Karabakh believes that if it were not for Pashinyan, negotiations would have continued on the basis of the Madrid principles, and today the Armenians would have already received Karabakh and the Lachin road into the bargain. Oskanian is not at all embarrassed by the fact that before Pashinyan's arrival, the notorious principles had already existed for 11 years and only confirmed Azerbaijan in the idea of a forceful solution to the problem. When Pashinyan came to power, Baku hoped that war would be avoided, but Nikol turned out to be a banal coward and populist.

But let's return to the Minsk Group. What Oskanian revealed was not a revelation, but simply confirmed the correctness of Azerbaijan. The ultimate goal was the annexation of the Karabakh region with the assistance of the international community represented by the OSCE and major powers. There are few examples in world practice when occupied lands would be returned to the owner. The results of the occupation were assigned to the occupier in various clever ways, using various loopholes in international law. First temporarily, and then permanently. The same thing should have happened with Azerbaijani Karabakh, which is confirmed by the revelations of Vardan Oskanian.

It should be recalled that shortly before the 44-day war, curious photographs fell into the hands of the Azerbaijani side. They captured footage of a stormy feast held by separatists in an Albanian church in the territory of the then-occupied Kalbajar. The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs helped themselves and clinked glasses at the table. Such a touching and touching picture.

Another interesting truth was blurted out by opposition MP Hayk Mamidzhanyan. Armenia, he told the media, had no problems with arms purchases until Pashinyan came. Telling how everything was fine with weapons before the "April revolution", he blurted out in his heart that before Armenia not only regularly received weapons, but also received them... free.

And again, we will say that we did not experience any shock from these words, because since the late 90s it has been known that Russia transfers large quantities of weapons to Armenia for free. It's just that this obvious fact has always been strenuously denied in Moscow and Yerevan. The Armenian side claimed that it pays every penny. Although that was far from the truth. In those days, weapons were transferred without government approval of the deals, so that the authorities would have nothing to blame. Meanwhile, it is clear to everyone that hundreds of heavy weapons cannot be smuggled without the knowledge of the authorities. In the future, the Armenian defense industry was supported on the basis of loan agreements. However, there is information that Armenia often did not pay for loans. But everything is dignified and noble.

On October 16, 2020, in an interview with the Turkish TV channel A-Haber, President Ilham Aliyev said: "We don't know how many weapons they have. But the question arises, where did they get the money for weapons? Armenia's budget and foreign exchange reserves are known to everyone. In just 17-18 days, their weapons worth $ 2 billion were destroyed, and how much more do they have? These are the statistics of weapons destroyed only in the occupied territories. And how many more weapons are there in Armenia? Look at how many weapons they have. Where did they buy it, where did they find the money? Of course, they don't have that much money. So they got it for free."

Armenia has never had the opportunity to pay for such large shipments of weapons. She is still unable to pay today, concluding arms contracts with France, India and others. One day, another Hayk Mamidzhanyan will come out to journalists and admit that Armenia did not have to spend a lot buying modern weapons, because its allies gave the Armenians gifts.

And we won't be surprised again.