Pashinyan: The representatives of Karabakh wanted to control Armenia

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in his speech on Wednesday During the parliamentary discussions about the performance of the Armenian government in 2023, he emphasized that the most guarantee for the development of Armenia’s sovereignty and state is in the regulation and deepening of relations with its neighbors. And we are facing external challenges.

Pashinyan said: Of course, one of these challenges is Azerbaijan’s current aggressive policy, which is manifested in rhetoric, border provocations, continuous occupation of independent Armenian lands, acquisition of tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons.

The Prime Minister of Armenia continued: Azerbaijan’s statements about the reforms of the Armenian army, the formation of new defense structures and the acquisition of ammunition are an integral part of this aggressive policy. In other words, what is Azerbaijan’s assumption that Armenia should not have an army to defend its country? I have stated and I want to emphasize again that having a capable army in war is the sovereign right of any country.

Pashinyan added: On the other hand, we also believe that inciting an arms race in the region cannot lead to positive results. Leads. But the fact is that we do not want to enter into an arms race with Azerbaijan, and if Azerbaijan does not agree, we have a proposal for this situation that we have already discussed.

He said about Armenia’s proposal: We We propose to create a mechanism for mutual control of weapons and to implement a mirror-like withdrawal of troops from the border line. Incidentally, with this approach, the problems of four villages in Azerbaijan and 31 of our villages will be solved. Our proposal is to demilitarize the border areas and entrust the protection of the entire border to the border guard forces and transfer the units of the Ministry of Defense to their permanent bases. Kurds. According to him, all these proposals of Armenia have remained unanswered by Azerbaijan. The Prime Minister of Armenia also said about the relationship with the West: the European Union and the United States are ready to help us. So that we can earn billions of dollars in Armenia and not look at who gives us what from the outside. take over in Armenia. has information and even evidence about this plan.

At the end, Pashinyan said: We hope to receive a positive response regarding the eighth edition of the peace treaty that was presented to Azerbaijan on March 14.

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