Azerbaijan does not need peace with Armenians, rather peace without them. Tatevik Hayrapetyan

Azerbaijanologist, former member of the National Assembly Tatevik Hayrapetyan writes.

"Late yesterday night, I monitored the Azerbaijani field and realized that the issue of the further release of Ruben Vardanyan will be very difficult. Today, a decision was made to detain him for four months and he was charged with three counts: "financing of terrorism, creation of armed organizations or groups not provided for by law, illegal arrival of a foreigner or stateless person to the Republic of Azerbaijan."

When I say that we do not recognize the state of Azerbaijan or do not want to fully realize its racist nature, this is exactly what I am talking about. What is Ruben Vardanyan's "sin"? From the day he arrived in Artsakh, then assumed the position of Minister of State, shortly after that the blockade followed, the international press, thanks to his personality and connections, continuously covered the topic of Artsakh, a great noise was raised, which worried Azerbaijan a lot. They can ignore calls, court decisions, but when everyone in the international community starts talking about them as ethnic cleansing, Aliyev doesn't like it at all. He doesn't want to spoil his image.

In short, Ruben Vardanyan's work with the outside world became a big headache for Baku. That is why they made a huge effort to remove Vardanyan from the post of state minister. Nevertheless, he did not leave Artsakh, but the international uproar, of course, did not continue at that rate. Azerbaijan mostly achieved its goal, the topic died down.

Then there were further steps, Azerbaijan thoughtfully and plannedly waited for its "star hour" to carry out the forced deportation of the Armenians of Artsakh. The last straw was September 19, when Vardanyan actively informed about the situation in some foreign media.

Anyway, Azerbaijan achieved its goal: Artsakh is emptied in the most brutal way, and the topic of Artsakh is "closed". The turn will quickly reach Armenia, their press is already talking about "enclaves" and "corridor".

But there is an episode in this tragedy that is also not taken into account. Azerbaijan will try to use various means to harm those people who oppose them, who raise noise, who try to prevent and prevent the tragic developments of the situation. I don't know directly or indirectly (I like to speak with facts), but I am sure that they played a big role in the unprecedented degradation of a certain part of our society. There are people, after all this they say: "let's sign a contract, we will live in peace". I tirelessly try to explain that Azerbaijan does not need peace with Armenians, they need peace without Armenians.

While the authorities are trying to describe everyone as an agent and a fifth column, to see left and right Wagnerites and three-headed demons, we are losing our homeland, lives, values, will and morality. That is why there will be some who will be happy that an Armenian has been arrested by Azerbaijan, and a person who has always tried to help Armenia become visible to the world. That person understood its importance, and in a famous interview he talked about his dream of Armenia becoming Finland, but the official media made it a "Tatarstan" topic.

It's always like this: Aliyev subjected Armenians to ethnic cleansing and talks about "integration" and "peace". Pashinyan also destroys Armenian statehood and talks about sovereignty. We are in the stage of crooked mirrors and lack of logic, and that is the most terrible thing, perhaps.

I wish patience to Vardanyan's relatives, a difficult path awaits, but I am sure that the same international press, strong defense and a well-thought-out, clear sequence of steps will help prevent the further dangerous course of events."