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Armenia's call to Aliyev to give up revenge and think about a peaceful future was the most impressive; Babajanyan

Arman Babajanyan, chairman of the "For the Republic" party, wrote on his "Facebook" page.

"I am finally in Yerevan, and I can tell my impression about the Pashinyan-Gharibashvili-Aliev panel discussion with the testimony of an eyewitness in the hall of a famous hotel in Munich.
The joint discussion of the leaders of the South Caucasus countries was preceded by several critical meetings dedicated to European security and collaborative activities. The central role and target were assigned to the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.
It is essential that the evaluations of this panel also come from the context of the general subject being discussed and the sharp and uncompromising speeches. It is impossible to make an impartial assessment of this discussion without considering the statements made by US Vice President Kamala Harris, NATO Secretary General Jan Stoltenberg, and US Secretary of State Blinkern an hour or less ago in that same building and hall.
From these speeches, one can conclude the central message of the 59th Munich Security Conference, which Aliyev flatly rejected.

Aliyev's speech was all war propaganda, and although Yerevan did not do its best to point out the similarities of Baku's unprovoked wars against Artsakh and Armenia and Moscow's against Ukraine, violating the international order and law, Aliyev himself did it instead of Yerevan, especially when the November 9 document was certified as an act of capitulation.
Russia wants to capitulate Ukraine in an unprovoked war, and all the essential speakers are making this vital record. In this context, talking about the capitulation of Armenia by force, going against international law and order, and presenting it as an achievement, cannot find acceptance on any European platform.
Aliyev understood the Munich trend; he contrasted Pashinyan's statements about democracy and peace with the struggle against the occupation with Zelensky's rhetoric so that it would be more understandable for the listeners. This means that Aliyev needs air to prove to the Europeans on such platforms that, following the example of Ukraine, Azerbaijan, too, seeing no other way to fight, is vigorously fighting against the occupation.
Here, of course, it was worth briefly mentioning the unprovoked attack of September 2022 as a large-scale aggression on the sovereign territory of Armenia, which makes the cases of Azerbaijan and Ukraine completely different.
The presence of the head of Armenia in Munich, in that hall, in that panel speaks for itself that Armenia has not capitulated. Moreover, Aliyev's fact in Munich and participation in the tripartite meeting through the mediation of Blinken prove that no capitulation has taken place.
It may have been the intention of Azerbaijan and third countries to make the war of 2020 the final capitulation and defeat of Armenia. Still, it is evident that Armenia not only preserved its statehood after that disaster but that the army is trying to stand up and that Armenia was able to accept a sovereign decision. And about deploying European observers along the Azerbaijani border.
Armenia's call to Aliyev to give up revenge and think about a peaceful future was the most impressive and the main message discussed in the hall and corridors during the panel discussion.
At the Munich Security Conference, it is not allowed to make war propaganda to talk about capitulation, especially about a country with which the collective West has a consensus to work and cooperate closely. Armenia is an expected presence here.
Aliyev did not win this panel, the panel was not about winning and losing, but given the bitter memory of the 2020 Pashinyan-Aliev debate, eight months after which the devastating 44-day war of 2020 took place, this was a significant breakthrough. ".