ArmInfo.Threatening people with war is not the mission of the leader of a country. Maintaining power through lies at the expense of Armenian territories is unacceptable. Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National Assembly of RA, whose powers have been terminated, nonpartisan MP Taguhi Tovmasyan states.
The MP noted that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Tavush exactly a week ago and, at a meeting with citizens, holding the outline of a map of the Republic of Armenia in his hands, threatened them. Tovmasyan recalled that Pashinyan, in particular, said: "We must not allow another war to break out. And that is why we decided that we should adjust the RA border in these areas. And we are doing this not only for the sake of RA, but specifically for the village of Voskepar , Kirants village to ensure the safety of these villages."
"Citizens who participated in the meeting with the Prime Minister, who is ready to easily give up our country, told the media that Nikol Pashinyan told them in a conversation that either they must agree to transfer the territories of 4 villages to Azerbaijan, or war will break out in a week. Today a week has passed, and the Prime Minister is not giving any information about what will happen.
You simply cannot threaten people with war, you cannot terrorize citizens, you cannot sow despair among citizens, you cannot quote encyclopedias and declare that 4 villages of the Tavush region are not Armenian territories, but Azerbaijani territories. You cannot sow uncertainty in citizens about the future of your own Motherland, and you simply cannot lie," Tovmasyan noted.
The MP recalled that the Azerbaijani armed forces occupied the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia in Syunik, Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor, but there are no demands for their withdrawal from there. "We don't hear Nikol Pashinyan talking about how livestock and agriculture have become impossible in three regions of Armenia as a result of the Azerbaijani occupation. And in a number of cases, problems have arisen with drinking and irrigation water, and that enemy positions are already several hundred meters from schools and people's houses (Shurnukh, Nerkin Hand, Kut and other settlements).
We do not hear Nikol Pashinyan talking about what new problems will arise after the transfer of 4 villages, when pastures, arable lands, strategic water resources, gas pipelines, etc. will come under the control of the Azerbaijanis. We also do not hear Nikol Pashinyan, along with his readiness to demarcate borders, talk about the current threats to the lives of people living in border villages," the MP stated.