Surrender of Tavush villages to destroy locals` ecosystem - expert
ArmInfo.nbsp;There is no panicnbsp;among the residents of the Tavush region in connection with Armenia#39;snbsp; intentions to transfer a number of villages in the region tonbsp;Azerbaijan. Security expert, Chair of the Center for Women and Globalnbsp;Security Architecture Armine Margaryan stated, while speaking at thenbsp; Armenian Center for National and Strategic Studies, commenting on thenbsp;results of a visit to the region by a group of Armenian experts.
As Margaryan noted, local residents have very serious concerns aboutnbsp; their future, since if the situation is resolved as RA Prime Ministernbsp; Nikol Pashinyan presented it during his visit to the Tavush region,nbsp; there will be a risk of disruption to the ecosystem of localnbsp; residents. quot;This means that local residents will either not be ablenbsp; to live in this area, or they will constantly be under threat tonbsp; their lives. Thus, in this case we are dealing with people#39;s safety,quot;nbsp; the expert noted.
The second concern, as Margaryan noted, concerns the threat of war,nbsp; which the head of the Armenian government spoke about, whichnbsp; objectively caused difficult emotions among local residents, who havenbsp; a question about who in this case bears the responsibility fornbsp; ensuring security. nbsp;quot;That is, we are again dealing with the issue ofnbsp; people#39;s safety, since the residents of Tavush have the feeling thatnbsp; they were left alone with their problems,quot; Margaryan emphasized.
She also pointed out that a fairly competent information war is beingnbsp; waged, primarily on the part of Russia, against the civiliannbsp; observation mission of the European Union in Armenia, aimed atnbsp; creating antagonistic sentiments among residents of the villages ofnbsp; the Tavush region towards EU representatives in order to remove themnbsp; from the region . Moscow wants to keep its expectations high,nbsp; intending to create a situation in which, if these expectations fail,nbsp; it can be declared that quot;here#39;s a Europe that hasn#39;t done anything.quot;nbsp; quot;I myself have heard several formulations that the region is Russia#39;snbsp; area of responsibility, and it is Moscow that must resolve the issue.
The situation, the expert believes, will develop in a negativenbsp; direction if the attitude towards the effectiveness of the EU missionnbsp; develops in a similar vein. All this is evidence that no work isnbsp; being done with local residents at the state level. As they say, anbsp; holy place is never empty, and free information space is quicklynbsp; filled with other messages,quot; Margaryan said.
She noted that even if the process of delimitation and demarcation ofnbsp; borders takes place solely on maps, this will not bring peace to thenbsp; region. quot;Even if we imagine that Azerbaijan will take this step innbsp; the same way, in any case, technically, the ecosystem of localnbsp; residents will be disrupted, and their problems will not be resolved.nbsp; It is difficult to imagine that Azerbaijan will take such a step andnbsp; move away from the position it has already taken. Not We should alsonbsp; forget that all the nearest roads lead to Georgia,quot; the expertnbsp; emphasized. nbsp;