Pashinyan announced his readiness to resign

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to immediately resign in order to normalize the situation in the country, expressing confidence that this will lead to the opposite result. He spoke about this during government hour in parliament.

“If I know that, for example, by my resignation, removal, all these challenges will be resolved, I will do it in the very next second, because, unlike you, I do not cling and never cling to the chair. But all my analysis shows that this will lead to the exact opposite result,” leads his words Armenpress.

As the agency notes, Pashinyan made such a statement in response to a comment from one of the deputies who accused him of trying to “cling on” to the prime minister’s chair. The head of government also recalled that in 2021 he resigned to hold early elections in the republic. Pashinyan also did not agree with the statement that Armenia will face war under the current leadership.

“We have not had peace for 30 years, we have only postponed the war, perhaps, including at the cost of independence and turning Armenia into a puppet,” he believes.

Pashinyan also during government hour in parliament stated, that he was ready to sign a “landmark document” at a meeting in Granada, Spain, if Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev came there. He expressed regret that the meeting with Aliyev would not take place.

On September 19, Azerbaijan announced the start of “anti-terrorist measures” necessary for the “restoration of the constitutional order” in Nagorno-Karabakh. Baku demanded the dissolution of the Karabakh government and the withdrawal of Armenian troops. Yerevan denied the presence of its troops in the region.

The next day, the Karabakh authorities announced the conclusion of agreements on a complete ceasefire, then negotiations took place between the delegation of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh and representatives of the Azerbaijani authorities. As a result of the meeting, the Karabakh military began to surrender their weapons under the control of Russian peacekeepers.

On September 28, the president of the unrecognized republic, Samvel Shahramanyan, signed a decree on the termination of its existence from January 1, 2024 and the dissolution of all government institutions and organizations. Armenians began to leave the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. According to the latest data, more than 100,000 displaced persons have entered Armenia. As the UN reported on October 3, there are between 50 and 1,000 ethnic Armenians left in Karabakh.

Against the backdrop of the events in Nagorno-Karabakh, protests and clashes began in Yerevan between demonstrators and law enforcement officials; Pashinyan told his comrades in the Civil Contract party on September 21 that he had no intention of leaving his post.