Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan accused his predecessors—former presidents Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Robert Kocharyan, and Serzh Sargsyan—of concealing the truth about the Karabakh settlement from the Armenian people. At a briefing in Yerevan, the head of the Armenian government noted that all these politicians in opposition to the current government recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan but did not disclose this information to the public.
Russian TV channels broadcasting in Armenia interfere in the internal affairs of the country and destabilize the internal political situation. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this. He noted that Moscow’s actions violate the intergovernmental agreement and called on the Russian side to discuss this situation.
Pashinyan also said that Armenia fully supports the territorial integrity of Georgia. Thus, he answered the question: “Is Armenia ready to recognize Abkhazia and Ossetia as occupied territories?”
In August 2008, fighting took place between Georgia, on the one hand, and the Russian Federation and the self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which it supported, on the other. They ended after the signing of a ceasefire agreement. The Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia came under Russian control.