Armenia’s Finance Minister Tigran Khechteryan has resigned from his ministry amid protests against the ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
According to Al Jazeera’s report, Anna Ohanian, the spokesperson of the Armenian minister, said that he had resigned due to criticism of the ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Anna Ohanian announced the minister’s resignation on a social media website, while the defense minister and foreign minister also resigned last week.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is facing public anger and criticism for brokering a peace deal after six weeks of fighting in the internationally recognized Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
A large number of people started protesting and demanded that the Prime Minister and the government resign.
Armenia’s Prime Minister has issued a 6-month action plan despite strong protests, proposing measures to ensure Armenia’s stability.
It should be noted that under the agreement reached last week, Armenia agreed to vacate 15 to 20 percent of the territory it acquired from Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, including the historic city of Shusha.
Under the ceasefire agreement, Russian and Turkish forces will monitor Nagorno-Karabakh, while Armenians will leave the disputed region.
The Russian and Turkish defense ministers signed a memorandum and agreed to establish a joint surveillance center in Azerbaijan.
After the ceasefire agreement, strong protests against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan began in Armenia, calling him a traitor and calling for his resignation.
He urged the protesters to refrain from armed protests and expected that the opposition would also reject the move.
Armenia and Azerbaijan announced a cease-fire agreement on November 10 after the worst fighting, and it was celebrated as a victory in Azerbaijan.
The Prime Minister of Armenia called it a tragedy and said that seeing the signs of defeat, there was no other option.
Fighting in the internationally recognized Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has ended following a ceasefire agreement.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
After Azerbaijan and Armenia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1990, conflict with separatists in Karabakh began, killing 30,000 people in the early years.
Between the two countries since 1994 until the recent fighting, there has been no clear progress in the negotiations to resolve the conflict, but there have been several ceasefire agreements.
Armenian-backed separatists wrested control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region from Baku in the 1990s, but Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
Later, France, Russia and the United States played the role of mediators, but in 2010, the peace agreement once again collapsed.
Fresh clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on September 27 and killed at least 23 people on the first day, while Russia and Turkey immediately called for an end to tensions.
The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh covers an area of 4,400 square kilometers and borders Armenia for 50 kilometers.
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Armenia’s Leadership Crisis: A Fall Out of the Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire
In a shocking turn of events, Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Khechteryan has tendered his resignation from office, fueled by the growing public outcry against the ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Finance Minister’s resignation is merely the tip of the iceberg, as the fallout from the agreement is putting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s leadership to the test.
The ceasefire agreement, although aimed at putting an end to the six weeks of bloody fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, has been met with widespread disapproval from the Armenian public. The decision to vacate 15-20% of the territory Armenia had gained in the region, including the historic city of Shusha, has left many feeling betrayed and questioning the Prime Minister’s judgment.
Prime Minister Pashinyan’s 6-month action plan, which proposes measures to ensure Armenia’s stability, has been dismissed by many as a mere attempt to placate the angry populace. The fact that the Finance Minister’s resignation has been followed by the resignation of the defense minister and foreign minister only serves to highlight the deep divisions within the government.
What’s increasingly worrying for Pashinyan is the growing chorus of discontent from the Armenian public. The protests that have been raging on since the ceasefire agreement was announced have shown no signs of abating, with many calling for the Prime Minister’s resignation and branding him a traitor. As the government struggles to contain the fallout from the agreement, it remains unclear whether Pashinyan will be able to quell the protests and maintain his grip on power.
It’s also worth noting that the Russian and Turkish involvement in the conflict, particularly the joint surveillance center established in Azerbaijan, is set to raise eyebrows in international diplomatic circles. As the two major powers move to formalize their influence in the region, the role of Armenia and Azerbaijan in this complex power dynamic remains uncertain.
While the full implications of the ceasefire agreement are yet to unravel, it’s clear that Pashinyan is facing a major crisis of trust and leadership. As he battles to regain public confidence, it remains to be seen whether the Armenian government will be able to walk the tightrope between appeasing the protesters and maintaining stability in the region.
What this means for the future of Armenia and its relationship with Azerbaijan remains to be seen. One thing is for certain – the stormy aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire has set the stage for a complex and tumultuous period in the region’s politics.
