Armenia Agrees to View Artsakh Armenians as an Ethnic Minority within Azerbaijan: Tatevik Hayrapetyan

As is known, negotiations between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are ongoing in Washington with U.S. mediation. Naturally, the Armenian side is providing vague formulations regarding the nature of the negotiations. However, “Voice of America” published an article yesterday in which a State Department representative stated: “One of the topics discussed between the parties in the ongoing negotiations for a comprehensive agreement is the treatment of ethnic minorities in both countries, which relates to the rights and security of ethnic minorities...”.

Political analyst Tatevik Hayrapetyan commented on the negotiations taking place in Washington on her Telegram channel: “Later, the material was removed from the page, but I have saved a screenshot of that section. Thus, this means — Armenia agrees to view the Armenians of Artsakh as an ethnic minority within Azerbaijan; — There is talk of the arrival of Armenians to our country, as they refer to our nation as 'Western Azerbaijan,' a thesis actively promoted by the Azerbaijani side. If this is one of the points that they are preparing to negotiate in Washington for a week, then it means that Armenia is not only endangering the lives of our 120,000 Armenians but the very existence of Armenia itself.”

Azerbaijan is a state that promotes racism against Armenians at the governmental level, a country where killing a sleeping Armenian is considered heroic, and mutilating an Armenian female soldier and filming it is seen as a commendable act. The evidence is abundant. Moreover, the same Armenia has filed a lawsuit against Azerbaijan in the UN International Court regarding racism.

Of course, there are unfortunately no positive expectations from what the Armenian authorities are negotiating; they have long proven that they do not serve our country's interests. However, for such a point to emerge during the negotiations in the last three years, it requires particular talent. Unfortunately, no matter where negotiations take place — in Moscow, Washington, or Brussels — we will only suffer new failures as long as our negotiators remain the same.

I will post the mentioned screenshot next.