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Panic and revanchism among Armenian political analysts
Baku/19.01.23/Turan: In the third year after the defeat in the 44-day Karabakh war, the level of revanchist propaganda is growing in Armenian expert circles. The month-and-a-half-long environmental picket on the Lachin road has heightened the degree of militancy in the calls of Yerevan's political analysts.
"Armenia and Artsakh are not viable; they cannot solve the security problems of our people," said Hrant Melik-Shahnazaryan, head of the "Voskanapat" think tank.
"To be able to defend our interests again and develop partnership relations with other countries of the region and thus resist the enemy, we need war and victory. Our people must be prepared for this." He opposes concessions to Azerbaijan in the Lachin road dispute: "If the Lachin corridor is to be unblocked through concessions, it'd be better to keep it closed".
"All international and regional indices are illustrative that Syunik will be the subject of serious negotiations and war," said Abraham Gasparyan, director general of "Genesis Armenia" think-tank, PhD in political science.
"Whether we want it or not, Armenia and Artsakh are facing the most decisive, the biggest war," said political analyst Arman Abovyan. He believes that the result of the new war will be the loss of territory by Armenians, and there is nothing to stop Baku from firing missiles at Yerevan.
"Messages on the opening of the 'era of peace' disseminated by Pashinyan's team are the main threat to Armenians' security," said Suren Sarkisyan, director of the Armenian Centre for American Studies, a political analyst.
Commenting on the revanchist appeals of Yerevan political analysts, Istanbul-based peacemaker Ishkhan Verdyan said such appeals are spread by supporters of former President Robert Kocharyan. "Ordinary Armenian people do not support former Presidents and are focused on peace with Azerbaijan," Verdyan said.-0-
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