Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that he rules out the opposition’s victory in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
“Elchi” reports that he spoke about this in his address to the parliament.
“Why do I say this? My communication with the people and seeing their mood and way of speaking over the past month alone gives grounds for this. Moreover, there are also historical periods,” Nikol Pashinyan noted.
According to the Prime Minister, after a long conflict-ridden path, the people have reached the desired stage, but it is not convincing that they would suddenly turn back from that stage, abandon the development agenda, and return only to the agenda of preserving existence.
“We must correctly assess the historical moment,” he emphasized.
Pashinyan accused the opposition of reconsidering the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan:
“They use approaches such as imposing peace by force, creating peace through power. This is almost a return to the path of war. Specifically, we are talking about the Kocharyan-Karapetyan-Sarukyan trio and forces associated with them. One says let’s renegotiate, the other says let’s dictate by force. This is the general logic. They do not believe that the existing peace should be preserved and defended.”