Upcoming News Leak on the Pashinyan-Aliyev Agreement, Says Zohrapyan

Former MP Naira Zohrapyan announced during a press conference at the "Hayeli" club that "in the coming days, there will be a news leak from reliable Russian sources regarding the agreements that Pashinyan had with Aliyev and Charles Michel, followed by Putin's presence concerning the Meghri corridor."

She also addressed the news of Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan's resignation, which Vardanyan later denied, as well as discussions about holding early elections in Artsakh. Zohrapyan urged the Artsakh authorities not to succumb to what she described as the Aliyev-Pashinyan provocations: "Currently, inciting internal political conflicts in Artsakh… can only be done by Aliyev's subordinate. Talking about early elections means undermining any fragile subjectivity of Artsakh."

The former MP also shared her observations regarding the cancellation of CSTO military exercises in Armenia, stating: "Since yesterday, Turkey is conducting the 'Winter-2023' exercises in Kars, near the direct border of Armenia, with the participation of 8 countries, including Azerbaijan, while Nikol decided to cancel the CSTO exercises. Russia offered us the opportunity to showcase counterforce against the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem, but Nikol Pashinyan refused, fulfilling the order imposed on him by the Turkish column."

It should be noted that Alen Simonyan, commenting on Armenia's decision not to participate in the exercises, said: "The CSTO must either declare that the border passing through the vicinity of Jermuk and near the Black Lake is its zone of responsibility, or it must declare that its zone of responsibility is unclear. In other words, where do they want to conduct the exercises? For instance, if we conduct exercises near Jermuk, how will that end? They will come, conduct exercises for two hours, and leave; we will remain face to face with our adversary and Turkey."