While the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan has ended, uncertainty prevails in Armenia’s borderlands, where residents now live side-by-side with Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces stationed on a border that for decades was considered porous.
Under the November 9 trilateral ceasefire agreement endin
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After the November 9th ceasefire agreement, Armenian communities that are now sharing a border with Azerbaijan are doubled, and the number of them now is nearly 80. This is a huge number for a small country like Armenia, so we can deduce that the population that now has a border with Azerbaijan increased a lot. Many of them are thinking about leaving their villages and maybe sooner Armenia. The Armenian government should stop this emigration process, or after several years, we will have a population only in Yerevan. With firing and shouting disrespectful words towards Arrmenians, Azerbaijani soldiers are trying to put under the pressure the villagers and disturb their normal lives by firing into the air or even stealing the sheep from them. Why is our government silent about it? Is there any other document in which we Armenia agreed to give the lands from Syunik as well? I do not think that people who elect this government with bright promises for the future after the 2018 Velvet Revolution could ever believe that they will stay alone in this situation and negotiate with Azerbaijani soldiers by themself. With this step, our rank in the global community also goes down. The country is not worried about the safety of its citizens. By calling attention to this issue to all of its allies , the EU, and other international organizations, Armenia should make a safe life for all its citizens, even living in border communities.
This catastrophe should not have come as a surprise. The Armenian government and military failed to build modern, accountable institutions over the past 30 years. The diaspora and churches are weak and divided, stuck in the past. The events of the past 6 months must serve to bring a transformation of the nation and diaspora, one that is devoted to competence, honesty, and justice. Without change, there is no guarantee that Armenia remains a viable state.
Equivocator. When the poor country is being torn at the seams and you don’t call a spade a spade (30 years blah blah, no catastrophe happened in 27 of those), you are also responsible for perpetuating the catastrophe.
This is inevitable situation after the shameful agreement, the enemy entered there lawfully, the stupid politician didn’t understand the consequences? Now we’re crying & weeping