The larger part of our society is probably asking the following question: why did the 44-day war break out and why it was impossible to avoid it? The most direct answer to this question can be formulated as follows: the time had come when some developments were to take place in the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. What is this statement based on? Over the past ten years there have been several key milestones in the negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The first was the Kazan process,...
Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to the Russian TASS news agency. Below is the full transcript of the Prime Minister’s interview: TASS: First of all, Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to thank you for taking the time to give an interview to TASS news agency during this rather difficult period. In accordance with the trilateral statement of November 9, a peacekeeping contingent of the Russian Federation is deployed along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and along the Lachin...
On November 16, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan answered the questions asked by more than a dozen media representatives in an online press conference aired and streamed live on the Internet. Below is the full transcript of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s press conference. Spokesperson for the Prime Minister Mane Gevorgyan – Good afternoon, dear colleagues. We applied to 12 media outlets and asked them to send us one question each. I am now going to ask the Prime Minister to...
Petros Ghazaryan - Good evening, Mr. Prime Minister. Thank you for accepting the invitation. Mr. Prime Minister, processes will obviously follow the signing of the agreement. It is just a document about peacekeepers; there will be serious processes in the future not only in political terms, but also in terms of the inherent potential; we have faced few processes which had to do with the future generations and the state. In the political field, in fact, the opposition is isolated from...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to the German ARD TV channel. Below is the transcript of the interview. ARD: Mr. Pashinyan, thank you very much for taking the time to do the interview. When you with the democratic protest movement brought about the peaceful transfer of power in 2018, did you think it possible that two years later a war would break out? Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - In fact, as I was still a member of parliament, I do not remember whether it was...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given an interview to The Jerusalem Post. Below is the full transcript of the interview. The Jerusalem Post - Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for agreeing to give an interview. The fighting has been going on for six weeks now. There are hundreds, thousands of casualties on both sides. How is this going to end? Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - In fact, Azerbaijan should give up the logic of resolving the Karabakh issue by force, because the problem...