PanARMENIAN.Net - During a parliamentary briefing, Artur Khachatryan, an MP from the Hayastan faction, harshly criticized Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's recently published documents related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution process, calling the material incomplete and lacking essential records to reflect the full scope of negotiations, Panorama.am reports.
He specifically disputed the portrayal of the Key West document. "What they printed instead was a jumble of words supposedly handed to Pashinyan by Levon Ter-Petrosyan's campaign office in 2008, a compilation without any original source."
According to Khachatryan, under the Key West agreement, the territories within the borders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region that were under Armenian control were to come under Armenian sovereignty, and Azerbaijan made no territorial claims. The Lachin Corridor had the same status as Nagorno-Karabakh and was considered part of Armenia. All regional routes were to be reopened.
"In exchange, Armenia was to provide Azerbaijan with a corridor - clearly mentioned - but the corridor's land and airspace remained Armenian. What Azerbaijan received was simply the right to lay asphalt," he explained. "That was the reality."
He also condemned the arrest of Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, Chancellor of the Mother See.
"This is a disgrace, an attempt to establish a totalitarian dictatorship in Armenia, the most cynical kind," said Khachatryan.
He argued that the accusations against the archbishop were insulting to reason and an affront to the people.
"They tried to discredit Archbishop Arshak, but failed. He is strong and stands firmly behind the Catholicos, who, in turn, supports him. Then came this disgraceful and ridiculous charge. Pardon my language, but planting drugs in someone's pocket - that's the trademark of certain institutions," he said.
The Armenian government recently published a collection of documents on the official website, claiming they reflect the content of pre-2020 negotiations over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and include both internal records and publicly available files.
Source: PanArmenian.Net
