ArmInfo.After my election as Prime Minister, Azerbaijan made a statement that they "liberated" 11,000 hectares of territories in Nakhijevan. On December 3, during the election campaign, the Acting President declared. Prime Minister of Armenia, head of the My Step block Nikol Pashinyan in Armavir.
"This is misinformation. This statement does not correspond to reality and the Armenian armed forces both earlier and now defend our borders. The Armenian armed forces both before and fully retain the strategic initiative in their hands, as I was convinced two weeks ago when I visited the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Nakhichevan direction, "the Acting Prime Minister stressed.
He also noted that reforms will be implemented in the army in the near future. "The living conditions of the soldiers in the army will be improved, we will deal with a number of issues, from food and ending with the clothes of our military," Pashinyan said. He also noted that all those who are familiar with the terrain, know that the positions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani troops can sometimes grind changes depending on the season.
Acting Prime Minister also stated that some political forces in Armenia, conscious or not, agreed with the arguments of the Azerbaijani side. "In no case should one proceed from disclosing one's own narrow political interests to the security sphere in the country. Today, they accuse us of conspiring against Artsakh, but this is not true. If someone accuses the revolution of conspiring against Armenia and Artsakh, it means that he accuses the people of conspiracy. Not the government, but the people of our country have the right to decide the question of Artsakh. It was you, going to the negotiations, trembled for your business in Brussels and are now condemning our foreign policy. The current authorities of the country have no business and are ready to defend the interests of Armenia all over the world, "Pashinyan stressed.
He also noted that no one in the whole world has compromising the government of Armenia. "No one can influence us, except for the people of Armenia," noted the Acting premiere.