The Armenian authorities may give up complaints to Azerbaijan if there is no serious public resistance. Former Artsakh State Minister Artak Beglaryan stated in a conversation with Armenian News-NEWS.am.
He noted that the Armenian authorities are constantly making concessions to Azerbaijan without getting anything in return. The same thing happened in the Artsakh issue.
"It is strange that they don't learn lessons from these mistakes.
We are essentially abandoning an important deterrent legal and diplomatic instrument. Azerbaijan continues its policy of hatred towards Armenians and pursues a policy of occupation against Armenia. Therefore, if we refuse to complain, Baku will continue to commit new crimes. Today's crimes are a consequence of impunity for previous crimes. Such a decision of the Armenian authorities will support the criminal regime in Azerbaijan," Beglaryan stressed.
The former Artsakh State Minister reminded that lawsuits have been filed against Azerbaijan both in the UN Inter-American Court and the ECHR.
"There is a need and possibility of filing new lawsuits with very strong factual and legal bases. As for the Armenian authorities' statement that they will take such a step if Azerbaijan also drops its complaints, it is important to realize that these very complaints of Azerbaijan are groundless, unlike the Armenian lawsuits. Baku filed a lawsuit to use it as a subject of political bargaining," he said.
