Pashinyan on the withdrawal of Russian bases in Tavush. “The border will be handed over to the border guards. By cooperating with each other, the border guards of Armenia and Azerbaijan will be able to carry out border protection independently.”

The other change is significant since we will remove army soldiers and replace them with NSS border guards as well.

But the news of Russian soldiers getting removed from their posts is significant nonetheless. Probably one of the few good news on the subject.

And maybe the end goal of the current government.. Which is why pro-Government officials, and even Armenian analysts Like David Ioanessian are calling this a great development in Armenian diplomacy.

This is also indicative to what the current west wants. the G7 summit called this a win for everyone. The UN secretary general also called this a positive development. Western governments are mostly rejoicing.

And I think that it’s because Armenia, with this method, will be able to remove the Russians from its borders. While cooperating with Azerbaijan to do so, pushing/forcing Azerbaijan into the western Hemisphere.

Armenia did not drag its feet for the proposals. We can speculate as to why:

1- the gov doesn’t want to delay any processes in motion. If people believe in the “Azerbaijan is delaying the process” theory

2- the gov is scared of repercussions from the west, who might think we are waiting for a Russian deal. If people believe in the “Armenia is playing both sides” theory

3- Armenia wants to get rid of unnecessary legal issues it might face in the future. If people believe in the “Pashinyan is dick sucking the west and int law” theory.