Pashinyan: Karabakh statement has controversial issues, but we will find solutions (video)
27.11.2020,
15:12
In a Facebook live video address to the nation today Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the November 9 statement, which he signed with the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan to stop the war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, contains controversial issues.
YEREVAN, November 27. /ARKA/. In a Facebook live video address to the nation today Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the November 9 statement, which he signed with the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan to stop the war in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, contains controversial issues, adding that active diplomatic work was underway on all these issues. "We will definitely find solutions," he said.
He said the statement calls for unblocking of transport communications in the region - 'a task, the solution of which will change the appearance not only of the region, but also of Armenia.' At the same time, the prime minister assured that the authorities will be honest with the people.
“But that doesn't mean we're perfect. This does not mean that we are right in everything, it does not mean that we were not mistaken and will not be mistaken. But we will be honest with our fellow citizens in everything. And we will overcome this challenge, we will overcome it together,” Pashinyan said.
From September 27 to November 9, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stopped at where they were at that time. The town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin are handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent has been deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are being exchanged..--0-
He said the statement calls for unblocking of transport communications in the region - 'a task, the solution of which will change the appearance not only of the region, but also of Armenia.' At the same time, the prime minister assured that the authorities will be honest with the people.
“But that doesn't mean we're perfect. This does not mean that we are right in everything, it does not mean that we were not mistaken and will not be mistaken. But we will be honest with our fellow citizens in everything. And we will overcome this challenge, we will overcome it together,” Pashinyan said.
From September 27 to November 9, Azerbaijani armed forces, backed by Turkey and foreign mercenaries and terrorists, attacked Nagorno-Karabakh along the entire front line using rocket and artillery weapons, heavy armored vehicles, military aircraft and prohibited types of weapons such as cluster bombs and phosphorus weapons.
On November 9, the leaders of the Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement on the cessation of all hostilities in Artsakh. According to the document, the parties stopped at where they were at that time. The town of Shushi, the districts of Agdam, Kelbajar and Lachin are handed over to Azerbaijan, with the exception of a 5-kilometer corridor connecting Karabakh with Armenia.
A Russian peacekeeping contingent has been deployed along the contact line in Karabakh and along the Lachin corridor. Internally displaced persons and refugees are returning to Karabakh and adjacent regions, prisoners of war, hostages and other detained persons and bodies of the dead are being exchanged..--0-
