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The deputy head of the opposition Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Armen Ashotyan, touched on Wednesday’s talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels.

"As I predicted, the Brussels meeting set the stage for Nikol to finally surrender Artsakh,” he wrote on Facebook.

Ashotyan claimed the Armenian government readout of the meeting was vague and misleading. He highlighted Charles Michel’s statement following the meeting made no mention of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

“1. Azerbaijan's demand is in fact being met: the parties are starting to prepare a "peace treaty" and the foreign ministers have been tasked to meet within one month to work on draft texts.

2. This paragraph makes it clear that the treaty will not touch upon the Artsakh issue; official Yerevan is abandoning Artsakh, leaving it to Russia, to the mercy of fate or for Azerbaijan to rip it apart.

3. Incidentally, while the statement on the previous meeting used the word "Karabakh" instead of Nagorno-Karabakh, now it is not mentioned at all, which again completely expresses Baku’s position,” the oppositionist said.

“To sum up, this is another act of high treason,” he stated.