Post by George Boghozian, DC, MSc

Recently, Turkish marionette, pseudo-Armenian Pashinoghlu claimed that “Artsakh was not ours.” “They say we lost land. How was that land ours? Did we build a school there, a kindergarten, a factory? Did we live there, create a settlement? It was not ours,” Pashinoghlu said. Speaking to reporters, he referred to statements made by allies of Davit Ishkhanyan, an Armenian hostage currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. “They (Azerbaijan) see what kind of statements Davit Ishkhanyan’s party members are making in Armenia. Of course, that affects the overall process,” Pashinoghlu stated. According to him, the same applies to supporters of Davit Babayan, claiming Azerbaijani authorities also monitor their rhetoric and respond accordingly. “If the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) keeps promoting the idea that Karabakh will be reclaimed, is it logical for Azerbaijan to quickly release a representative of that same political force so he can return and join that process?” “Obviously, that is conflict rhetoric,” Pashinoghlu said. Ironically, his controversial statement on Artsakh contradicts his August 5, 2019, speech in Stepanakert, when he said, “Artsakh is Armenia, and that's it!” and it gives ammo to Baku's petrostate dictatorship to continue claiming "western azerbaijan" as the historical part of an artificial state created by despot Stalin. https://lnkd.in/gp2u4UXi