Friday, November 24 2023 18:30

ArmInfo.There is no longer a "fifth column" in the army, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  assured on November 24 during a live broadcast, answering a question.

Pashinyan explained that by "fifth column" Pashinyan means people  whose actions and perceptions place the priorities of other countries  above the priorities of their own state.

"Today I can say that we have cleared the ranks of the Armed Forces  of the "fifth column" that no longer exists. This also applies to the  state apparatus as a whole. I am convinced that there is no "deep  state" in Armenia," Pashinyan stressed. 

For the most part, the public administration system has recorded  significant progress in terms of government officials' perception of  the ideas of statehood as the highest value, the prime minister is  convinced.

On March 14, 2023, Pashinyan said at a press conference that the  reason for the defeat in the 44-day war was the "fifth column." "We  were defeated in the war because a fifth column acted in our army.  This is my conviction as a result of analyzing a number of facts,"  the prime minister said