No return to historical Armenia idea! Pashinyan calls on

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calls for recording the strategic impossibility of  returning to the idea of 'historical Armenia'. He stated  on April 11 at the final speech during a discussion of the implementation of the government program for 2023.

Yesterday, in parliament, Pashinyan said that "historical" and "real"  Armenia are antagonists and create the most serious threats to each  other. According to him, "historical" Armenia, willingly or  unwillingly, echoes a number of countries that encroach on the  sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of real Armenia.  In addition, the prime minister pointed out, historical Armenia not  only guarantees eternal enmity with a number of countries, but also  gives them a reason and grounds for an aggressive policy towards  Armenia. It also forces the "real" Armenia to be dependent on the  "senior partner" and deprived of real independence, he noted. "Our  vision of 'historical Armenia' will always lead us into the trap of  genocide, in which we will need a savior and patron, without whom we  cannot exist. The fear of genocide will keep us in the status of an  outpost. And an outpost does not need territorial integrity, borders,  or sovereignty. He only needs a patron," Pashinyan said.

"We come from Cilicia, the Armenian Highlands, the Kingdom of Van.  The problem is this. The discussion is as follows: should we look at  the world from the heights of the Kingdom of Van or from the heights  of the Republic of Armenia? This is our conceptual discussion,"  Pashinyan said today.

According to the prime minister, one important question needs to be  answered. "Do we recognize that a few meters or kilometers from Khor  Virap, inextricably linked with our Christian roots, is Turkiye? I  say that the government of the Republic of Armenia and the political  majority recognize that Turkiye is located a few meters from Khor  Virap and for the government of Armenia, recognizing this is the most  important means of security. And this is precisely the strategic  choice.

When we say that there is no Turkiye a few meters from Khor Virap, we  choose 'historical' Armenia.  When we say that Turkiye is a few  meters from Khor Virap, we are choosing the 'real' Armenia. The same  approach is used in the case of Voskepar: We must fix the strategic  impossibility of returning to the idea of 'historical' Armenia. This  is precisely what the dispute is about," he said, noting that now  there is a choice between 'historical' and real 'Armenia'," Pashinyan  noted, adding that it is necessary to state the strategic  impossibility of returning to the logic of historical Armenia.