MP: 2019 OSCE MG proposal was "Lavrov Plan" with minor changes

PanARMENIAN.Net - During a parliamentary briefing, Civil Contract MP Arman Yeghoyan addressed the 2019 OSCE Minsk Group proposal, stating that its content was effectively the Lavrov Plan with some some modifications.

"In terms of content, it was the same "Lavrov Plan". Yes, a detail could have been added or removed, but the essence remained: a phased settlement where, in the first stage, five regions were to be ceded, while other issues, including Nagorno-Karabakh’s status, were postponed indefinitely. The rest were just details," Yeghoyan said, as reported by Haykakan Zhamanak.

He further noted that the plan was actually developed earlier and addressed to presidents.

A journalist recalled a recent parliamentary Q&A session where MP Agnesa Khamoyan demanded the publication of the OSCE Minsk Group’s 2019 negotiation document, which, according to her, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had concealed. The prime minister confirmed the document’s existence but emphasized that it was labeled as addressed to the president, not the prime minister.

When asked whether the wording mattered given that the document concerned negotiations and state interests, Yeghoyan responded:

"The difference between 'president' and 'prime minister' is about timing. For the state, it may not be significant, but chronologically, it is. If it was addressed to presidents, it means it was prepared for them to sign, meaning it was drafted under their authority," he stated.

Asked whether responsibility should be acknowledged in the context of negotiation continuity and whether Pashinyan should assume accountability, Yeghoyan avoided a direct answer, reiterating that the difference was purely chronological.

When a journalist pointed out that the governance system had already changed, Yeghoyan replied: "You do understand, don’t you, that this document was drafted when Armenia’s foreign policy was still determined by presidents—meaning before May 2018?"