Armenia`s security allies have publicly called for overthrow of  country`s democratic leadership - Pashinyan

ArmInfo.Armenia's security allies have publicly called for the overthrow of the democratic  leadership in the country, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a speech in the European Parliament.

According to Pashinyan, democracy in Armenia is facing serious  challenges. But, if Armenia had not been democratic country, then  after the blows it had experienced, it would have lost its  independence and sovereignty. This is evidenced by the events of 2020  and 2021, he added, recalling the events subsequent to the signing of  the tripartite agreement of November 9, 2020, his resignation and  dissolution of parliament, as well as early elections to the RA  parliament.

"On May 12, 2021, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces violated the borders  of Armenia and invaded up to 4 km into the sovereign territory of  Armenia over a length of up to 100 km. In this situation, the CSTO,  which is considered the security system of Armenia, and the countries  that have security obligations under bilateral agreements did not  help Armenia in any way, leaving us alone," he said. This, according  to Pashinyan, was aimed at the failure of early elections and the  formation of a government from among "their proteges." Despite this,  Armenia managed to hold free and democratic elections, as a result of  which the internal political crisis was overcome, he emphasized.

However, democracy in Armenia has received and continues to receive  serious blows based on the same scenario. "First comes external  aggression, then the inaction of Armenia's allies, and then attempts  to use the military or humanitarian situation to overthrow the  government in the country, which manifests itself in hybrid  technologies, provoking internal unrest directed by external forces.  After 2020, there were several similar cases, the largest of which  was the attack on Armenia by Azerbaijan in September 2022, as a  result of which the sovereign territory of Armenia was occupied,"  Pashinyan noted.

The most recent and most tragic example is the recent events when  Azerbaijan, implementing its long-term policy of ethnic cleansing,  launched a large-scale attack on Nagorno-Karabakh. "While more than  100,000 Armenians fled from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, our security  allies not only did not help us, but also made public calls for a  change of power, the overthrow of the democratic leadership in  Armenia. But the people of Armenia united for the sake of  sovereignty, independence and democracy and "another conspiracy"  failed," Pashinyan said.

According to the prime minister, the government and people have  united to help victims of ethnic cleansing from Nagorno-Karabakh.