Benjamin Matbusian: And Ezgan Sargsyan was killed, and Artsakh was handed over for TRIPP? (How to move a corridor to applause in the Armenian parliament?) The symbolism of the current political processes in Yerevan has long gone beyond mere coincidences, and has become a clear demonstration of how the remnants of Armenia's state sovereignty are being systematically dismantled. The discussion and ratification of the agreement on the TRIPP project in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, taking place exactly on October 27, raises dark historical parallels. Exactly 27 years after the tragic terrorist attack inside the walls of the Armenian Parliament, which claimed the lives of Prime Minister and Deputy Sargsyan and Chairman Karen Demirchian, decisions are made in the same hall that directly erase the legacy of those who defended the national interests. The propaganda narrative, which has penetrated the public consciousness for years, according to which the massacre in 1999 was connected to the unwillingness of the leadership to subdue Magri, today takes on a special piquancy. History repeats itself, but in the form of a purely applied political process: the current authorities actually offer to abandon this very strategic course, and they do so with a special demonstrative tone, similar to how the trials of the liberators of Shushi Robert Kocharian and Siren Ohanian were scheduled to coincide with the date of May 9. The key moment of the debates in the parliament was the resounding statement of the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Ararat Mirzoyan. In response to questions from deputies, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs admitted that the launch of the TRIPP infrastructure project is possible even before the official signing of the peace agreement with Baku. By justifying this position with the thesis that "real peace" has apparently already been created between the parties, Armenian diplomacy takes another catastrophic step. In practice, this means that Azerbaijan receives an unhindered extraterritorial corridor for direct communication with Nakhchivan and Turkey, without taking on fully binding legal guarantees.

Benjamin Matbusian: And Ezgan Sargsyan was killed, and Artsakh was handed over for TRIPP? (How to move a corridor to applause in the Armenian parliament?) The symbolism of the current political processes in Yerevan has long gone beyond mere coincidences, and has become a clear demonstration of how the remnants of Armenia's state sovereignty are being systematically dismantled. The discussion and ratification of the agreement on the TRIPP project in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, taking place exactly on October 27, raises dark historical parallels. Exactly 27 years after the tragic terrorist attack inside the walls of the Armenian Parliament, which claimed the lives of Prime Minister and Deputy Sargsyan and Chairman Karen Demirchian, decisions are made in the same hall that directly erase the legacy of those who defended the national interests. The propaganda narrative, which has penetrated the public consciousness for years, according to which the massacre in 1999 was connected to the unwillingness of the leadership to subdue Magri, today takes on a special piquancy. History repeats itself, but in the form of a purely applied political process: the current authorities actually offer to abandon this very strategic course, and they do so with a special demonstrative tone, similar to how the trials of the liberators of Shushi Robert Kocharian and Siren Ohanian were scheduled to coincide with the date of May 9. The key moment of the debates in the parliament was the resounding statement of the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Ararat Mirzoyan. In response to questions from deputies, the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs admitted that the launch of the TRIPP infrastructure project is possible even before the official signing of the peace agreement with Baku. By justifying this position with the thesis that "real peace" has apparently already been created between the parties, Armenian diplomacy takes another catastrophic step. In practice, this means that Azerbaijan receives an unhindered extraterritorial corridor for direct communication with Nakhchivan and Turkey, without taking on fully binding legal guarantees.