{"id":897417,"date":"2026-04-16T06:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897417\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T06:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T06:44:30","slug":"karabakh-separatists-are-setting-up-pashinyan-and-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/897417\/","title":{"rendered":"Karabakh separatists are setting up Pashinyan and France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, the \u201cspeaker of the Artsakh parliament,\u201d Ashot Danielyan, along with a group of separatists he leads, travelled to France. Revanchist propaganda is trying to present this trip as some kind of \u201cstate visit,\u201d but this, of course, does not correspond to reality. The separatists went to Paris to participate in an event called the \u201cCongress on the nationwide mobilisation of the Armenian diaspora,\u201d convened by Dashnaktsutyun. Karabakh separatists<\/a> were among the 150 guests at this gathering of terrorists.<\/p>\n

In Paris, Danielyan met with various controversial figures, including the head of the French diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church. There is little need to dwell on what was discussed at these meetings. The agenda remains the same \u2013 support for Etchmiadzin<\/a>, the overthrow of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, mass return to Karabakh, \u201crestoration of Armenian rights<\/a>,\u201d and similar themes.<\/p>\n

\"EU<\/p>\n

Source: News.Am<\/p>\n

Over the past year, the separatists have begun to feel quite comfortable. Despite the clearly tough stance of the government led by Pashinyan, Karabakh criminals who relocated to Yerevan have found support in the revanchist opposition. The previous sense of confusion and uncertainty is no longer visible. It is evident that the opposition has taken the separatists under its wing, allowing the \u201cgovernment\u201d and \u201cparliament\u201d to continue their games with even greater enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Danielyan himself writes appeals to high-ranking officials in the United States, \u201cofficially\u201d meets guests from Europe, and distributes \u201cArtsakh\u201d awards. It should be recalled that in February, a group of members of the Swiss National Council representing the Armenian lobby<\/a>\u00a0visited Armenia. The lobbyists visited the \u201cArtsakh representation\u201d and met with the \u201cacting president,\u201d Ashot Danielyan. The meeting was held in an \u201cofficial\u201d setting, with a \u201cflag,\u201d \u201ccoat of arms,\u201d and other attributes of a defunct illegal separatist entity. Both sides carefully played their roles. Danielyan diligently presented himself as a statesman, while the Europeans pretended that he succeeded. They discussed the \u201cright of Armenians to return,\u201d the tasks of the lobby, and the failure of the \u201cpeace forum\u201d on Karabakh, which never took place in Geneva. During the meeting, one of the guests was awarded a \u201cmedal,\u201d while the others received letters of appreciation. In other words, the separatists are trying to project the image of a real force.<\/p>\n

The Armenian government does not support this separatist activity and is tightening its rhetoric accordingly. Nikol Pashinyan constantly reiterates the end of the Karabakh movement and warns about the risks associated with attempts to bring claims against neighbours back onto the agenda. Recently, Armenia was shaken by the dismissal of the director of the \u201cgenocide\u201d museum, who handed separatist materials to US Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Yerevan. The director accompanied Vance during his visit to Tsitsernakaberd and, on her own initiative, gave him a book about Karabakh. For such behaviour, which contradicted state policy, she was shown the door.<\/p>\n

State policy provides for the termination of the Karabakh movement and the removal of the demand for the return of Armenians to Karabakh from the agenda. Pashinyan\u2019s team has removed the name \u201cArtsakh\u201d from its lexicon and demands the same from others. Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan once reprimanded journalists for using this fake name. When reminded that he himself had previously used it, Simonyan stated: \u201cI was mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Brazil<\/p>\n

Source: APA<\/p>\n

This is commendable, and Azerbaijan positively assesses the efforts of the Armenian government<\/a> in this direction. However, the fact that a separatist \u201crepresentation\u201d continues to exist and remain active in Armenia, and that its representatives engage in activities contrary to the state policy of Armenia, undermines the effect of the prime minister\u2019s and his team\u2019s statements. Separatism is a virus that does not go away on its own, especially when it is fuelled and supported.<\/p>\n

Within the framework of advancing a peace agenda, Pashinyan needs to devote greater attention to this issue, because all this activity casts doubt on his efforts. While the government itself is closing the Karabakh project, propaganda of Karabakh separatism continues in Armenia, creating false hopes and perceptions among the public. None of this will pass without consequences \u2013 the effects of this \u201cvirus\u201d will remain and continue to undermine the peace process even if Nikol Pashinyan retains power after the elections. If revanchists come to power, peace can be forgotten altogether.<\/p>\n

As for the travels of Karabakh separatists to Europe, it would be desirable for countries friendly to Azerbaijan to pay closer attention to whom they issue visas. They should not grant visas to forces that call into question the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan. Today, France is already among the countries friendly to Azerbaijan<\/a>. Yes, this was not the case until recently, but now relations have normalised and are actively developing in a positive direction. Efforts should be made to ensure that provocations organised by separatists and Dashnaks do not reverse this process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Recently, the \u201cspeaker of the Artsakh parliament,\u201d Ashot Danielyan, along with a group of separatists he leads, travelled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[7503,8179,2000,299,36,54059,176450,5111,193852,7574,178674],"class_list":["post-897417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-azerbaijan","tag-congress","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-france","tag-karabakh","tag-ministers","tag-parliament","tag-pashinyan","tag-president","tag-separatists"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116413036607945519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}