Պատերազմի և հաշտության հարցը Ալեքսանդրապոլի արտակարգ խորհրդակցությունում. Անդրկովկասի անկախացումը (1918 թ. ապրիլ)

Abstract

Transcaucasian Sejm interrupted Turkish-Caucasian diplomatic negotiations in Trabzon and declared war on Turkey. Under the current complex and tense conditions it was necessary to discuss the issue of war and peace. To this end, an emergency meeting was convened in Alexandrople on April 6-8 (19-21), 1918. Despite the serious differences on the issue under discussion, the vast majority decided to reject the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and continue the war. But discussions proved useless when it became known that the Georgian National Council had decided to declare independence. On April 9 (22) the Sejm declared the Transcaucasus an independent state. On April 10 (23) A. Chkhenkeli telegraphed Vehib Pasha informing that it accepted the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and asking to stop military actions and resume negotiations between Turkey and the Transcaucasus. On the same day Kars was surrendered to the Turks. Due to the political events following one another in the region an emergency meeting was convened in Tiflis from April 15 (28) to 18 (May 1) 1918, where it was discussed the relationship between the Dashnaktsutyun faction of the Sejm and Armenian National Council after the independence of Transcaucasus.