As part of his working visit to New York, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered a speech at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters. Below is the full speech of the Prime Minister of Armenia. “Mr. President, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, It is an honor to return to the General Assembly, though I wish I was here with a more positive message, given all the challenges and tribulations the world has been through in the past few years....
Dear people, dear compatriots, Today marks the 31st anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Armenia. On September 21, 1991, the Independence Referendum was held, in which 2 million 56 thousand 758 people participated, which was 95.5 percent of the total number of voters. The following question was put to the referendum. "Do you agree that the Republic of Armenia should be an independent, democratic state outside of the USSR?" 99 percent of the referendum...
Dear friends, Ladies and gentlemen, I warmly welcome all the participants of the 9th Armenian-Russian Interregional Forum. Despite the difficult situation created by the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, we decided not to postpone the working events planned for today, taking into account their importance from the perspective of the development of Armenian-Russian relations. The interregional cooperation between Armenia...
Honorable President of the National Assembly, Dear Presidency, Dear members of the National Assembly, Dear compatriots, You already know from the media that in the midnight, in fact, the armed forces of Azerbaijan launched offensive operations against the Republic of Armenia in 4 directions, later 2-3 more directions were added. And Azerbaijan is trying to present that these actions were in response to some provocations by the Armenian side, but we must unequivocally record that...
Dear people, Dear compatriots, 31 years ago on this day, the joint session of deputies of all levels of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region and Shahumyan region made a decision on the adoption of the declaration of independence of Nagorno Karabakh by exercising the right to self-determination. This decision of our compatriots was the answer to the existential threat, the manifestations of which were the massacres in Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad. This decision was made as a guarantee...
Dear people, Dear compatriots, Today is the 32nd anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia. The Declaration adopted by the Supreme Council on August 23, 1990 states that the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic is launching the process of establishing an independent state. That process de jure culminated with the independence referendum on September 21, 1991 and the recognition of the Republic of Armenia by the international community....
