Nikol Pashinyan’s interview with the Public Television of Armenia

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had an interview with the Public Television of Armenia, during which he referred to a number of questions related to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict and much more.

“If the Nagorno-Karabakh issue has been resolved, why do the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh not feel it?  We said and we say that the NK issue was never a territorial issue, but rather that our foreign policy was not able to present this context to the international community,” he said.

According to the Prime Minister, the rights and security of NK Armenians must be addressed.

“If we mutually accept the border of 1991, it is already established that Azerbaijan has occupied our territories because the border of 1991 is not a theoretical phenomenon, the whole world knows where that border passes. Those are the administrative borders of the Soviet Union, which are known to everyone. Due to that fact, it is recorded that Azerbaijan has occupied our territories, and if it recognizes it, and it is recorded that it recognizes it, it should leave those territories, especially since in terms of further discussions, it was recorded that on that basis it should Delimitation of the borders will take place,” Pashinyan said.

According to Pashinyan, it was in this context that the decision to send the EU observation mission took place in Prague.

Answering the questions of the Public Television of Armenia, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan referred to the statements of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and answered the question of whether Baku’s failure to fulfill the agreements is a prelude to discrediting the mediation efforts and starting a new war.

“We cannot just accept the fact that the next milestone is a new escalation. What I am trying to do in practice is to first understand the content on which Azerbaijan is trying to build a precondition for a new escalation. And the best way to do this, I think, is to take inventory and adjust the agreements that Azerbaijan is trying to accuse us of not fulfilling. We are talking about the agreements that are recorded in writing because even if there are oral discussions, they should be expressed in the texts that are published as a result of discussions held at high levels,” said the Prime Minister.

Pashinyan reminded that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan issued a new statement and emphasized its content.

Armenian PM also referred to the recent meeting in Brussels and his famous expression “Artsakh is Armenia, and that’s it.”

Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan’s discussions with Russian and French Foreign Ministers

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation today.

“The Ministers discussed a number of important issues related to the CSTO session scheduled in Armenia on November 23 and bilateral and regional agendas,” the message says.

 Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on a working visit to France, also had a meeting with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.

Ararat Mirzoyan and Catherine Kolonna noted with satisfaction the high level of special Armenian-French relations based on the friendship and common values ​​of the two peoples. The interlocutors discussed issues related to the rich agenda of cooperation between Armenia and France.

Ararat Mirzoyan presented to the interlocutor the latest developments related to the development of the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the position of the Armenian side on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, the border delimitation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the unblocking of transport infrastructures in the region. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia emphasized that the extremist approaches and bellicose rhetoric of Azerbaijan are undermining the efforts aimed at establishing security and stability in the region.

The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan responded to Nikol Pashinyan’s statements

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan referred to the statements made by Nikol Pashinyan at the government session on October 8, with which the Prime Minister responded to the belligerent statements of the President of Azerbaijan. The Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan noted that “this approach of the Armenian Prime Minister is another blow to the process of normalization of relations between the two states and establishment of peace in the region.”

In the message of the MFA, it is again stated that “Armenia refuses to implement the 4th, 6th, and 9th points of the tripartite statement of November 10, 2020, thus violating its international obligations.”

“It is the Armenian side that is delaying the process of opening the communications of the western regions of Azerbaijan with the Autonomous Republic of Nakhchivan, violating the obligation assumed under the 9th point of the tripartite declaration,” the Foreign Ministry noted, adding that “Azerbaijan is honestly fulfilling its obligation by building the new Lachin road.”, and the statement of the Prime Minister of Armenia about Azerbaijan’s intention to close the Lachin road is nothing but a deliberate aggravation of the situation in the region.”

The statement of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was referred to in the statement of the Foreign Ministry, that in point 9 of the tripartite declaration, there is neither the word “corridor”, nor any mention of any territory of RA, or a name of any place.

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