ArmInfo.At a meeting with residents of the Voskepar community in the Tavush region of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that 4 villages must immediately be transferred to Azerbaijan, otherwise there will be a war. "Azerbaijan will take them by force, and we will not be able to resist," Pashinyan said, according to MP of the "Armenia" opposition faction Garnik Danielyan.
The parliamentarian notes that media representatives were not present at the meeting with local residents, and phones and other gadgets were taken away from those present. According to Danielyan, the meeting itself took place in a hot environment.
"The participants of the meeting asked, if these villages are handed over to Baku, whether the interstate road will not be transferred to the Azerbaijani side, where Azerbaijanis will settle as a result of this, and whether the republic would be guaranteed from a new war (after the surrender of the villages)?
Pashinyan replied that he could not give such guarantees and could only hope that there would be no war and would try to ensure the safety of these roads. He also said that Turkey and Azerbaijan are acting together and there is no other way - we must give in. Pashinyan did not name specific dates, but, according to our information, the purpose of the visit was to speed up actions," the MP noted on his page on the social network.
"All our fears are confirmed by this: this leader of the occupation regime, together with Azerbaijan, opposed the Armenian people and with threats of war and promises of peace, step by step, will ensure that one day this "demarcation" will reach Yerevan," Garnik Danielyan concluded.
Today Nikol Pashinyan visited the Tavush region of Armenia. In Voskepar, he held a meeting with residents of Kirants, Voskepar, Baghanis and nearby settlements. This was reported on the "Civil Contract" party's Facebook page. At the same time, the ruling party refrained from detailing the meeting between the prime minister and the Tavush people.
At a press conference on March 12, commenting on Baku's demand for the immediate "liberation of 4 villages" located on the border of the Tavush region of Armenia and the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan, The RA Prime Minister stated that there has never been and cannot be any talk of transferring any village to the Tavush region. "When the Azerbaijani media sources voice the names of villages, there had never been villages with such names on the territory of the Republic of Armenia, not only in Soviet times, but also after it." At the same time, the prime minister did not rule out that delimitation could start from the Tavush region. Regarding the possibility of exchanging territories, Pashinyan noted that it could distort the process or lead to additional risks. In this context, in his opinion, in order to avoid problems in the future, it is more correct to build new communications so that they pass through the de jure territory of the Republic of Armenia (the territories claimed by Azerbaijan are located in the Tavush region. There is an interstate highway connecting Armenia with Georgia - through Ijevan, Noyemberyan, Bagratashen, ed. note).