Pashinyan: Today there are more opportunities to resolve the Karabakh  issue

ArmInfo.As part of his election campaign, acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan went to the Aragatsotn region, where he met with residents of the communities of  Yeghnik, Aragatsavan, Arteni, Dashtadem, Talin.

During his speeches, Pashinyan stressed that after the elections in  Armenia, a new stage will begin, which will be marked by the  restoration of the feeling of victory among the Armenian people, and  will become a stage in the country's history of development,  strengthening, peace, prosperity and future. Extraordinary  parliamentary elections, he said, will be held on June 20 with the  aim of returning power to the people.  "Armenia has a future, but we  must build it. It will inevitably come, but we must decide today what  this future will be like," he said. In this context, acting Prime  Minister stressed that the current crisis in the country can be  resolved on June 20 by casting vote for the "Civil Contract".

Communicating with residents of the Aragatsotn region, Pashinyan also  touched upon a number of important points related to the Karabakh  issue. In this context, he stated that today there are more  opportunities for resolving the Karabakh issue than 4 years ago. "I  know that it sounds strange, but I cannot disclose details. The only  thing I can say is that the content of the negotiation process from  1996 to 2018 provided for only one possibility - to gradually return  Artsakh to Azerbaijan. And today, within the framework of the OSCE  co-chairmanship, the need to restore the negotiation process to  clarify the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh was registered. And we  need consistent work in this direction, "Pashinyan said.

At the same time, he spoke about the untouchable borders of the RA.  In this regard, the leader of the "Civil Contract" stressed the need  for the withdrawal of Azerbaijani and Armenian troops from the border  area in Sotk, where the troops of the Russian peacekeeping contingent  or international observers should be localized. Continuing the  thought, Pashinyan noted that border delimitation should be carried  out in the presence and under the auspices of representatives of the  international community.  To recall, on June 7, the pre-election  campaign for early parliamentary elections started, which will end on  June 18 at 12:00am. 26 political forces are participating in the  elections: 22 parties and 4 blocs.