Fake Letter Regarding Withdrawal of Armenian Troops from Nagorno-Karabakh: Details

The Public Relations and Information Center of the Prime Minister's Office has addressed a fake letter allegedly addressed to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in which Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan supposedly expresses readiness to withdraw Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh.

Stating that the digital copy of the letter is fake, the Information Verification Center elaborated:

• The fake image was first published on June 24 on a French blogging platform by a fake user. Subsequently, on June 26, it was posted on the Azerbaijani bakililar forum, again by a fake user, and became a subject of active discussion. Some users even started celebrating the "return of Artsakh."
• From June 28, the fake began to spread widely on various Russian forums and less-known websites. Here, the author is presented as a fake user named Arthur Grigoryan.
• The fact that the photo is fake can be inferred from several indicators: absence of a seal, lack of numbering on the letter, the position and shape of the Republic's emblem, as well as several content-related errors.

It is worth noting that earlier, information security expert Samvel Martirosyan also reported about the fake information on his Telegram channel.

“ATTENTION. Another fake is spreading through the network,” the expert specifically wrote. “Who is the author? Apart from valid suspicions, there is no serious evidence. The most likely origin is from outside the two countries. If there are good evidences, I will let you know,” Martirosyan also stated.