{"id":6898,"date":"2025-11-27T10:16:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/?p=6898"},"modified":"2025-11-27T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:16:38","slug":"dialog-jekspertov-ili-vizit-predatelej-chto-delali-armjanskie-predstaviteli-v-baku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armtribunal.com\/en\/2025\/11\/27\/dialog-jekspertov-ili-vizit-predatelej-chto-delali-armjanskie-predstaviteli-v-baku\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cExpert Dialogue\u201d or a Visit by Traitors? What Were the Armenian \u201cRepresentatives\u201d Doing in Baku?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cExpert Dialogue\u201d or a Visit by Traitors? What Were the Armenian \u201cRepresentatives\u201d Doing in Baku?<\/h3>
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On November 21, 2025, Baku staged yet another cynical \u201cperformance\u201d disguised as an \u201cexpert dialogue.\u201d This was no dialogue\u2014it was a display of humiliating humbleness. The trip was financed from Armenia\u2019s already strained state budget: 17 million 550 thousand drams were spent not on public needs, but on the travel expenses of supposedly \u201celected\u201d individuals who no longer hide whom they truly serve. Information about the visit of these Armenian \u201ccivil society representatives\u201d was published by the Sputnik Armenia news agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who exactly are these \u201crepresentatives of civil society\u201d? Boris Navasardyan, Areg Kochinyan, Narek Minasyan, Samvel Meliksetyan, Naira Sultanyan\u2026 Listing these names does not mean naming representatives of the people. They are puppets granting legitimacy to Azerbaijani propaganda.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

The behavior of Boris Navasardyan is especially outrageous. Instead of speaking out about Azerbaijan\u2019s genocidal policies, he chooses silence in the face of horrific realities. As Azerbaijani authorities stage a judicial farce targeting Armenian captives - demanding sentences of 16 to 20 years - Navasardyan remains quiet or, worse, lends justification to these actions.<\/p>\n

The judicial proceedings against Armenian captives of war are not a routine legal process. They constitute a grave blow to the very existence of the Armenian state and its people. Yet for Navasardyan, this seems to amount merely to a \u201cpolite rejection.\u201d This is how he described the refusal to allow a meeting with Armenian captives held in Baku:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

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\u201cIf no such meeting was included in the visit program, it means such a proposal was rejected. We were provided with the visit agenda, we had some comments, and since there was no point concerning the meeting, though we expressed such desire, it means there was a polite rejection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A \u201cpolite rejection\u201d\u2026 These words are a slap in the face of every Armenian. Denying the right to meet compatriots suffering in captivity is not \u201cpolite.\u201d It is an inhumane act masked by diplomatic phrasing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

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Naira Sultanyan, a human rights defender, claims that the issue of the possible return of the captives was raised during the \u201cdiscussions.\u201d And then what? The Azerbaijani authorities provided no concrete answer - not even a list of the captives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

It should be emphasized that both these so-called \u201ccivil society representatives\u201d and Hajiyev are ultimately serving Pashinyan\u2019s interests. Whenever questions arise about steps being taken to secure the release of the captives, government officials give the same stock responses: \u201cnegotiations are ongoing,\u201d \u201cdetails cannot be disclosed so as not to harm the process.\u201d The authorities keep \u201cassuring\u201d the public that they are making efforts. This has been happening for years.\nBut where are the results? Where are the freed captives? Where is there at least a sign of progress in the negotiations?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

Areg Kochinyan\u2019s remarks made the situation even more disgraceful. He went so far as to label compatriots who do not welcome such a \u201csettlement\u201d as \u201ceither foreign agents or rascals.\u201d This was not an analysis; it was a report wrapped in elegant wording. For the thousands of Armenians grieving the loss of Artsakh, such statements feel like an act of betrayal. They diminish their pain, their memories, and their remaining hope. Even worse, these words are spoken on taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

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So who is the real \u201crascal\u201d here? Those who refuse to remain silent, or those who use public funds to insult their own compatriots? Who granted Kochinyan the authority to divide Armenians into those \u201cwho are right\u201d and those who are \u201crascals\u201d? On what basis does he brand people who still remember the lost Artsakh as traitors? Why is rhetoric that undermines national unity being financed from the state budget?<\/p>\n

His comments cannot be considered expert opinion - they amount to a blow in the back of thousands of families still living through this tragedy. It is an attempt to suppress memory under the guise of \u201cpragmatism.\u201d From the standpoint of national interests, that visit had no purpose. It was nothing but betrayal, cynicism, and hypocrisy.\nOne can easily discern Baku\u2019s political agenda behind it: to present Nikol Pashinyan as a \u201cguarantor of peace\u201d and to portray everyone who disagrees as \u201ctraitors\u201d supposedly capable of leading the country into another war.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n

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Ishkhan Saghatelyan (ARF Dashnaktsutyun) delivered a very explicit <\/a>criticism:<\/p>\n