Pashinyan: Yerevan will continue consistent steps to create  mechanisms to protect rights and ensure security of Armenians of  Nagorno-Karabakh

ArmInfo.Thirty-five years after the beginning of the Karabakh movement, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh are facing serious challenges. This is stated in the  address of Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion  of the 35th anniversary of the beginning of the Karabakh movement.

<35 years ago these days the Karabakh movement began. The spontaneous  and mass protests that began on February 20, 1988 will remain in the  history of Armenia as a symbol of national awakening, unity and  liberation struggle. This movement was the first step towards the  restoration of Armenian statehood, thanks to which we regained the  determination to live freely and independently, shape our destiny and  control our future," he said.

According to Pashinyan, the Karabakh movement expressed the right and  will of the people of Artsakh to defend their rights and live a  decent life on their land. "Our compatriots, even today being in  blockade, are forced to express their will to protect their own  rights and ensure security. As I have said more than once, such  actions of Azerbaijan pursue one and only goal - to break the will of  the population of Nagorno- Karabakh, which, I am sure, is unshakable  and inflexible>, he said.

As the prime minister assured, the Armenian side continues to step up  efforts in order to draw the attention of the international community  to the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, since only its  unrelenting activity can restrain the aggressiveness of the  Azerbaijani side, force it to fully fulfill the obligations assumed  in accordance with the tripartite statement from November 9, 2020 and  reopen the Lachin corridor.

At the same time, Armenia will continue consistent steps to solve  socio-economic problems, solve security problems, create mechanisms  for protecting the rights and ensuring the security of the Armenians  of Nagorno-Karabakh. The implementation of these goals requires  tireless work, Pashinyan noted.  

movement, and we must move towards this goal>,  the head of the  Armenian Cabinet noted.