Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to the Spanish EFE news agency. The interview is presented below. EFE : You have recently acknowledged, on a number of occasions that the situation on the frontline is challenging. Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, claims to capture new territory every day, it seems. Do you have anything to add to that? Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: It is important to understand that the situation on the frontline is quite challenging. The...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to the Russian Interfax news agency, which is presented below. Interfax - Mr. Prime Minister, yesterday you said that the Karabakh issue has no diplomatic solution, at least at this stage. What does this statement mean? Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan - The ceasefire agreements have been thwarted at least twice in the conflict zone. Of course, Azerbaijan blames the Armenian side for this, saying that we violated the agreement. But we...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to the Iranian IRNA news agency, which is presented below. IRNA - The President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, has stated his readiness to play a constructive role in resolving the dispute between the Republic of Armenia and Azerbaijan. What is your response to this proposal and what practical initiative do you think Iran can mediate? Nikol Pashinyan - You know that the Minsk Group is the only internationally recognized framework to deal...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to Russian TASS news agency. Below is the English transcript of the interview. TASS - Mr. Prime Minister, you recently gave several interviews to media outlets from different countries. Nevertheless, the regional situation is changing rapidly, so we would like to dwell on the most fundamental, as it seems to us, basic points that are not so subject to change and can help our readers better understand your country’s approaches to a...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan gave an interview to Corriere della Sera, one of the largest Italian newspapers. Below is an article by Corriere della Sera based on Prime Minister Pashinyan’s interview. “Pashinyan points out: “Erdogan is arming Azerbaijanis because he wants another genocide.” Then he continues: “He sent Syrian jihadists here to fight: we have evidence.” “Turks in Vienna? It can happen again.” While the Moscow-brokered...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has given an interview to France 24. Below is the transcript of the interview. France 24 - Hello and welcome to this edition of the France 24 interview. We are joined by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Mr Nikol Pashinyan. Mr. Prime Minister , thank you so much for agreeing to this France 24 interview in what surely are very difficult times for the region you are living in. I would like to bring up a map that you may not agree with, although it is widely...
