HOW ARMENIA WILL DISSOLVE IN TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN: DR. JOHN EIBNER

Dr. Arthur Khachikyan, PhD in Political Science from Stanford University, discussed the persecution of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church by Nikol Pashinyan’s government, Pashinyan’s disgraceful anti-church campaign, and also the possible implications of the new US National Security Strategy by the Trump Administration for Armenia with Dr. John Eibner, American human rights activist and the President of Christian Solidarity International (CSI) human rights organization John Eibner.

When we talked about this, all the corrupt grant-eaters were let off the leash. Now an American human rights activist is talking about it. I wonder what label they’ll put on it.

The main theses by Dr. John Eibner, President of the international human rights organization Christian Solidarity International (Switzerland, USA), during the interview with Dr. Arthur Khachikyan

The persecution of the Armenian Church is reminiscent of the repressions of the 1920s and 1930s in the USSR
The West turns a blind eye to this because of its interests
The region was transferred by Washington to the jurisdiction of the Turkish-Azerbaijani condominium. Erdogan will govern the region on behalf of the United States. Tiny Armenia could be absorbed by Turkey and Azerbaijan.
The United States or the West does not give Armenia any security guarantees. They don’t even do it in Ukraine – why would they do it in Armenia?
Economic integration and dependence will be followed by political integration. Trade, business, and investments will create an Armenia that will not belong to Armenians.
The West handed over Syria to Turkey, and to the jihadists. Why should we expect any security guarantees for Armenia?
Tom Barak, the US ambassador to Turkey and viceroy for the Middle East, said that the countries created after the First World War are nothing more than “tribes with flags” with “artificial borders” that were never intended to create nation-states. This is a statement by the US ambassador, which shows that the United States does not see any legitimacy in Armenia.
Armenia is forced to accept peace by obediently submitting, as in the days of the Ottoman Empire.
Armenians will live as an ethnic minority in Turkey and Azerbaijan, as a “dimmi”. The Armenians will be governed as another tribe within Azerbaijan and Turkey. There will be no human rights, no democracy, and there will be subjugation to the new Ottoman Empire.
Some Armenians will prosper, there were rich Armenians in the Ottoman Empire who broke away from their nation.
Armenians will not have minority rights, just as Kurds or Yezidis do not have them. Trump is making every effort for Turkey to open an Eastern Orthodox seminary in Istanbul, but he has not succeeded so far. The United States is having a hard time getting even the most minor concessions from Turkey.
Trump cannot guarantee Armenia’s security. Trump spoke with Aliyev about the release of 23 Christian prisoners, who are still in prison and have been sentenced to life in prison.
Economic integration will lead to political integration into the Turkish-Azerbaijani condominium. When Armenia opens up and complies with EU rules, several hundred thousand Azerbaijanis will come to Armenia, mass migration will begin, and there will be no obstacles to this.
Large-scale investments will be made by Turkey, Azerbaijan and the Persian Gulf countries, after which the Armenians will no longer be the masters of Armenia. Armenia will not belong to the Armenians.
After a while, an Armenian quarter will appear in Yerevan, the same as in Damascus or other cities in the Middle East.
Armenians should try to preserve what they have, including the Church. Even if Armenia has to submit to Turkey and Azerbaijan and lose its statehood, it can help preserve its national identity.

John Eibner is a prominent American human rights and a good friend of the Armenian nation since the first Karabakh war in the early 1990s. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of London.

Recall that in an interview with “168 Hours” John Eibner mentioned that Christian Solidarity International is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Armenia regarding the crisis in Church-State relations and the arrests of the high-ranking clerics and supporters of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church.