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Armenian MP Tigran Abrahamyan of the opposition With Honor (Pativ Unem) bloc blamed Nikol Pashinyan for failure to raise the issue of the latest Azerbaijani aggression against Artsakh in the Brussels meeting with the Azerbaijani president on April 6.

"The Azerbaijani aggression in the village of Parukh of the Askeran region and the Karaghlukh heights, which preceded the Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting in Brussels, has not actually been addressed,” he wrote on Facebook on Friday.

The lawmaker stressed the issue was shifted to the field of Russian-Azerbaijani relations, with the inaction of Russian peacekeepers named the main problem, rather than the Azerbaijani invasion.

“Obviously, Russian peacekeepers did not meet the expectations of the Artsakh people, failing to stop the Azerbaijani aggression and the Azerbaijani troops did not withdraw to their initial positions,” the MP said.

“But there is another painful aspect. In fact, Pashinyan expresses superficial concern over the actions of the Azerbaijani troops, but states that it is not for Armenia to deal with the problem and it cannot impede relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, much less become an agenda issue.

“On the other hand, Azerbaijan continues to reinforce its positions in the parts of Karaghluh it has invaded, making it quite foggy, if not impossible, for the Azerbaijani soldiers to return to their initial positions through negotiations with Russia.

“This means that either the situation around Karaglukh will remain tense with unpredictable developments, or the Artsakh people will be convinced that it is better to come to terms with the current situation and the territorial loss,” Abrahamyan said.