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.
Some steps by Azerbaijan create the impression that the country is preparing for new military operations against Armenia. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Yerevan.
“Azerbaijan never publicly mentions the key principles for normalizing relations with Armenia agreed upon through EU mediation; this exacerbates the atmosphere of mistrust. In addition, in Baku, at the state level, they began to call Armenia Western Azerbaijan, and this term was even included in the school curriculum. Baku refuses to return Armenian prisoners,” Pashinyan said.
He also noted that there is a dialogue with Turkey, but so far there has been no diplomatic success. Pashinyan called the issue of normalizing relations with Turkey important for Armenia.