Avetik Chalabyan: No unspoken consensus over the Artsakh issue exists among geopolitical players; this idea has been put forward by the authorities

We can see that the U.S. Senate passes a bill condemning
Azerbaijan and imposing sanctions against Azerbaijan; we can see that the
European Parliament adopts a bill and forces European governments and the
European Commission to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan for the depopulation
of Artsakh. Thus, no consensus exists. Coordinator of the Hayakve initiative
Avetik Chalabyan said this during the protest in support of the initiative
outside the National Assembly.

As Chalabyan noted, no unspoken consensus over the Artsakh
issue exists among geopolitical players. This idea has been put forward by the
authorities.

“It is these authorities that speak about consensus, these
authorities that have reached a consensus with Turkey and Azerbaijan and are
trying to mislead the rest about an international consensus. Such a consensus
does not exist; don’t be deceived, please,” Chalabyan said, noting that Section
907 of the FREEDOM Support Act is in force in the U.S. Under this resolution,
the U.S. cannot provide any military aid to Azerbaijan.

“Later, that resolution was amended. Originally, every year
the U.S. president had the right to repeal the Act for a year with the consent
of the Congress. Now, the Senate has adopted a new bill, abolishing that right
of the president. Thus, it is likely that the U.S., the EU, and in the future,
Russia, may change their positions and may at least facilitate the return of
the Armenian population of Artsakh and the resumption of negotiations within
the framework of the Minsk Group, having the right to the self-determination of
Artsakh in view. We just need to get rid of the authorities that are ready to
sacrifice Artsakh, wishing to trade with Turkey and Azerbaijan,” Chalabyan
said.