Friday, August 21 2020 16:06

ArmInfo. A regular meeting of the Armenian Security Council is being held in Yerevan under the chairmanship of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Opening the meeting, Pashinyan recalled that the previous Security  Council adopted a new National Security Strategy of the country, and  literally after a short period of time, the relevance and viability  of this document was recorded.

"It was recorded that we correctly assessed the threats to the  security of our country, in general, the strategic assessment of our  security environment was carried out at a high level," Pashinyan  said, noting that after the adoption of the strategy, the well-known  Tavush events took place - the victorious battles in Tavush.

At the same time, he stated that during the previous period,  Azerbaijan held the position that it was making concessions to  Armenia and the international community, not solving the Karabakh  issue by military means and not initiating military actions.

"And during all this time, we urged the leadership of Azerbaijan not  to speak with Armenia from a position of strength, in the language of  strength, since this is unpromising rhetoric. And, in fact, the  victorious July battles essentially proved this and that there is no  military solution to the Karabakh issue. I think that the time has  come for the Azerbaijani authorities to accept this, because I have  said many times earlier that if there is a military solution to the  Karabakh problem, then the people of Artsakh can state that they have  solved it and completed it long ago, "Pashinyan said.

The head of the Armenian government also stressed that Armenia's  position on the Karabakh issue was and remains constructive. In this  regard, he recalled that Armenia has always stood for a peaceful  settlement of the Karabakh issue through negotiations, regardless of  the political origin of the governments and authorities.

Pashinyan also touched upon Turkey's destructive policy in our  region, in the world in general, and which is also reflected in the  RA National Security Strategy.

"I think that Turkey's destabilizing and destructive activities cause  serious concern and concern among our partners both in the Middle  East and in the Eurasian and European regions. This is essentially an  already formed agenda. And on this agenda, our actions should also  become the subject of serious discussions in the Security Council,  government, Foreign Ministry, and we will discuss issues related to  this at today's meeting.

In general, the most important thing that I would like to state today  is that the Republic of Armenia is capable of withstanding security  challenges. At the same time, we must challenge ourselves to improve  the manageability of our security environment every week, every  month, every year. And the Security Council is the very working  format where such issues need to be discussed and resolved,  "Pashinyan stated.  The agenda of the Security Council meeting  includes a number of issues related to the security sector.  Speaker  of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan also participates  in the meeting of the Council.