ArmInfo. The publication of part of the memoirs of former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif indicates that Armenia, during military operations with Azerbaijan, rejected several proposals to suspend hostilities on conditions favorable to Yerevan. A member of the "Alternative Projects" group, political scientist Vahe Hovhannisyan wrote about this on his Facebook account.
According to his note, before the publication of the memoirs, everyone knew that Armenia twice during the 44-day war rejected the Russian side's proposal to stop the war, but it turns out that during the fighting, the Armenian authorities several times rejected the opportunity to stop the war from Tehran, thereby taking on an indescribable burden for the lives of thousands of people, wounded and territorial losses.
"This thesis becomes a key point in assessing the actions of any political force and personality in Armenia. It is necessary to make it impossible to bypass this issue, just as it is impossible to calmly continue political and ordinary life, possessing such information that has no statute of limitations. It should become one of the key issues national agenda: why were proposals to end the war rejected?" - noted the political scientist.
He added that the revelations of the former Iranian minister raise new questions regarding the possibility of influence on the course of events by another force that did not allow the war to end. "Or maybe there were other motives? Finally, this question cannot be limited to the responsibility of one person. There is a circle of people who must give answers. This circle includes the then-current Minister of Foreign Affairs, the then President of the Republic of Armenia, who subsequently fled from Armenia (perhaps for this very reason), members of the Security Council. In other words, all those who were aware of the proposals and who did not raise their voices when these proposals were rejected, who knew what was happening and did not appeal to the people? to stop the catastrophe? We cannot pretend that nothing happened, continue to hide in invented lies in a way that suits us. The secret of a quick end to the war is a red line that cannot be crossed," Hovhannisyan noted.
He added that the memoirs of the Iranian ex-official should become a new agenda for Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who is leading the fight for vital moral principles. "He must certainly make this theme central. And this will be a real message of politicization of the process itself. The cost of ending hostilities on fair terms is both a moral and political issue. It was extremely high. The archbishop's key message about "internal peace" must also be based on On this issue, our inner world must demand the discovery of the truth, the truth about its disastrous recent history. Finally, another very specific and important question arises: can a government that has not stopped the war bring peace to the current life of our country? ", each of us individually has our own monstrous history, and pretending that it does not exist and continuing to live, inventing a false reality, will not work," the political scientist stated.
