Pashinyan urges citizens who oppose the cessation of the Karabakh movement to initiate a revolution

YEREVAN, August 21. /ARКА/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has proposed that citizens should organize a revolution if they disagree with the government's decision to end the Karabakh movement.

"I was part of the Karabakh movement since the 7th grade.... In March 2025, I stated from the podium of the National Assembly of Armenia that we should not persist with the Karabakh movement. I will advocate for this position during my tenure as the leader of the Republic of Armenia, and if the citizens of the Republic of Armenia feel otherwise, I hereby call upon them to organize a revolution," he remarked during a press briefing on Thursday.

Pashinyan claimed that he is the first and only prime minister in global history to have urged his nation's citizens to instigate a revolution if they disagree with the established strategy.

"I am not a historian, but you will not find another instance like this. Nevertheless, the reality is that our citizens did not pursue this revolution because, like myself, they recognized that without making this choice, peace is unattainable both theoretically and practically... Regrettably, for an extended period, the initial perception of the Karabakh movement was different; it served as a convenient tool to undermine the sovereignty, statehood, independence, and prosperity of Armenia, and this tool was effectively utilized," Pashinyan observed.

He asserts that a new era of peace has emerged and that "the citizens of the Republic of Armenia have embraced the establishment of peace with approval, and there is no evidence to contradict this."-0-