ArmInfo. On May 30, acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking to his associates at the office of the Civil Contract party in Aparan, invited his opponents, the first and second presidents of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Robert Kocharian, to take part in a public debate on June 18.
Pashinyan noted that in recent days he published many facts about the process of the Karabakh conflict, but he did not receive significant objections. Meanwhile, according to him, there are many nuances in the negotiation process, to which citizens must react. "During the debates, everything will become clear. It is easy to pretend to be a man in closed halls. Come and talk face to face! ... Kocharian should explain why Karabakh dropped out of the negotiation process in 1997-1998. This was the reason why The Karabakh issue has become a territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Thus, logically, the question arises - if you demand territory, you should give other territories in return, "Pashinyan said. According to acting head of the government, it is from there that the "treacherous and conspiratorial" program of surrendering (to Azerbaijan) the Armenian Meghri in exchange for Artsakh takes its roots.
"What to argue with you? What is there to argue about? One should only only spit on you on the air, "Aren Apikyan, a member of the second president's team and head of the Armenia bloc, wrote on his Facebook page, commenting on the statement of Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. And the son of the second president, Levon Kocharian, posted the hashtag "Do not debate with a traitor" on his Telegram channel.