New Constitution Armenia`s domestic affair - FM
ArmInfo.Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan does not share the opposition's point of view about the failure of the RA government program for 2021-2026.
At a meeting of the commissions of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, the report of the Cabinet of Ministers on the implementation of the country's 2023 budget is discussed. NA deputy from the opposition "Armenia" faction Armen Rustamyan pointed out those provisions of the government program that spoke of support for the right of the people of Artsakh to self-determination, the unconditional preservation of the territorial integrity of the state, international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, and adherence to the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. As the oppositionist noted, the program says one thing, but in reality everything looks completely different.
In response, Mirzoyan emphasized that this approach of the opposition is aimed at misleading the Armenian public and is fraught with destructive consequences for the country. "This mentality became the cause of all the tragedies that we encountered. This same mentality, which I am sure was brought from outside, led to the "broken trough" that we all found ourselves in front of," the head of the RA Foreign Ministry noted.
The RA Government, Mirzoyan continued, has conducted and continues to conduct a number of studies, on the basis of which the provisions of the Cabinet's program were adjusted. The minister noted that regional processes must be taken into account. "If the program included assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh, then after the well-known actions on the part of Azerbaijan, which led to the depopulation of Artsakh, there was no point in continuing in the same vein," Mirzoyan noted.
As for the Constitution, as the minister emphasized, both Yerevan and Baku pointed out the existing provisions that are an obstacle to the establishment of peace in the region. But this, as the head of the Foreign Ministry noted, does not mean that the issue is on the agenda for negotiations; there is nothing like that, despite the existing problems. "Changes to the Constitution of Armenia have been discussed since 2018, and to assert that these discussions are dictated by the demands of Azerbaijan is fundamentally wrong. This is an internal matter of Armenia," the head of the republic's foreign policy department emphasized.
On January 19 of this year, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said that the country needs a new Constitution that will make the country "more competitive and viable in new conditions." And in an interview with Public Radio on February 1, he actually made it clear that the new Constitution should not contain any reference to the Declaration. And if Armenia's policy is based on the Declaration of Independence, on the reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Republic of Armenia, then war will begin and there will never be peace.
Before this, Azerbaijani President Aliyev stated that a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan could be signed only after amendments were made to the Constitution of Armenia.