There is a significant struggle for a new world order, and we cannot put Armenia on the altar there: Pashinyan

The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, spoke at a press conference today about the recognition of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, addressing Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's claim that the document signed in Prague recognizes Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan.

"There is a recorded agreement that Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity based on the 1991 Almaty Declaration. But our concern is that the President of Azerbaijan has recently been constantly saying that Armenia has recognized Azerbaijan's territorial integrity, presumably referring to the Prague document, but he does not say that Azerbaijan recognizes Armenia's territorial integrity as well. It is more important to clarify whether Azerbaijan recognizes Armenia's territorial integrity; if yes, Armenia also recognizes Azerbaijan's territorial integrity," he stated, noting that he has also discussed this in his public speeches.

"We need to orient ourselves on one issue: Are we deciding that we are fighting against the international community? That is, we are declaring war on the international community. We see what is happening in the world, and there is also a significant struggle for a new world order in the context of events in Ukraine, and in that new world order, we cannot put the Republic of Armenia on the altar. There has never been, nor will there ever be, a country in the world that does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. And we have a choice: to align with the logic of international developments or to act against that logic. Both are choices and both have outcomes or consequences. Our choice must be within that framework. We choose a peace agenda, but that does not mean that we disregard the rights and security issues of our compatriots in Nagorno-Karabakh; those are very important issues and must be addressed. But the addressee of that addressing must be the people of Nagorno-Karabakh," Pashinyan stated.