Karabakh peace process lasting till revolution did not express people's wish

The negotiation process over Nagorno Karabakh from the very first moment till the launch of the revolution did not express the inner wishes of the Armenian people, PM Nikol Pashinyan stated in Aragatsotn province today.

He stressed that if they continued moving forward with the process they had in 2018 it would have mean handing Artsakh to Azerbaijan in stage-by-stage way.

He said he defended people’s strives till the last second.

“We have stopped the war when it was already senseless to continue it, we did not see any prospect, we faced the issue of saving the lives of 25,000-30,000 soldiers and releasing them from the danger of blockade,” the PM said.

Pashinyan said many accuse him of treachery.

“At the same time we are accused of handing over the lands and not handing them over. We stood until it was possible to stand, we made the decision when it was necessary to make the decision, otherwise a greater disaster would have happened, this is the truth,” Pashinyan said.

He said they are guilty in what happened and added, “But there is one thing we cannot be accused of, it is treachery,” Pashinyan said.