Rhetoric Will Spark New War, Says Pashinyan on Nagorno-Karabakh Issue

At present, the public is familiar with the content of all documents that are the subject of Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations. This includes the five points presented to us by Azerbaijan and our response to it, which has essentially been fully published through speeches and interviews. This was stated today, April 22, by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a cabinet meeting.

“In the short-term, long-term, and medium-term, our strategy is as follows: to ensure a solution that allows people from Artsakh to live in Artsakh and to feel like Artsakhis and Armenians. Any resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue or any situation established in Nagorno-Karabakh that does not guarantee these conditions is unacceptable to us and will never be,” emphasized Pashinyan.

“This is the core; the rest, excuse me, is rhetoric. Those forces that want the Armenian government to adopt rhetoric that would lead to a new war and the depopulation of Artsakh, they are giving away not only Artsakh but also Armenia. But we can also be confident that we will not allow this to happen. The people of Armenia will not allow it. We will also not allow various provocative statements that aim to divert us from the peace agenda because we are convinced that this very agenda will ensure the future of Armenia and Artsakh,” Pashinyan highlighted.