Former Minister: In the period following the full implementation of  the pre-signed so-called "peace agreement," we can expect even  further degradation of Armenia`s sovereignty

ArmInfo.  If we conditionally view last week's events as an important turning point in Armenia's political life, it is worth looking back once and then forward to  assess the damage inflicted on the Armenian people by Pashinyan's  government, as well as the harm that could be caused in the  future.Former Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian wrote in a  post on his Facebook page. His message reads as follows:

"Here, I will not even touch upon the devastation wrought on  Armenia's democracy, its relations with the Diaspora, the Armenian  Church, the economy, the social fabric, the judiciary, the media,  civil society, and the individual citizen. That record is equally  grim.  I will focus solely on existential issues: sovereignty,  territorial integrity, security, war, and peace. In the past seven  years, we have lost Nagorno-Karabakh in its entirety; thousands of  lives; an untold number of maimed, injured, and missing; hostages now  held in Baku; swathes of Armenia's own territory under Azerbaijani  control; the concession of the so-called Zangezour corridor in the  country's most strategically vital region; and the dissolution of the  OSCE Minsk Group process.

In the period following the full implementation of the pre-signed  so-called "peace agreement," we can expect even further degradation  of Armenia's sovereignty: constitutional changes forced upon us  against the people's will; more territorial concessions, including  enclaves on strategic north-south transport routes; possible partial  disarmament and limits on our security options; withdrawal of all  international claims, primarily the ICJ decision on the right of  return for the people of Nagorno Karabakh, and the chilling prospect  of Armenians being detained and handed over to Azerbaijan simply for  having participated in Nagorno-Karabakh's self-determination  struggle. And all of the above without an iota of guarantees for  Armenia's security and long-term peace.

One more point: the claim that "if we had not conceded the corridor  in this way, it would have been taken by force" is unfounded,  unacceptable, and very dangerous. Any government that would use such  reasoning to justify its failures should long ago have lost the right  to remain in power. Secondly, Pashinyan has publicly admitted that he  ceded all of Nagorno Karabakh to prevent such an outcome. Now he has  conceded both at once.  I wrote this note in exactly five minutes, so  I apologize for the many other examples of damage-past, present, and  impending-that I have left unmentioned. But even this partial record  speaks for itself."