On Armenian premier`s message to Turkish society

ArmInfo. Armenia's Premier Nikol  Pashinyan, in an interview with Turkish media outlets, send a message  to Turkish society. 

"Do you know what surprised me with the way you started your speech?  You said that you have an expression: "Children drink first, adults  speak first." The issue is that we also have that expression. I must  say that this is the most surprising part of my contacts with Turkish  representatives for me, because during meetings, negotiations,  diplomatic discussions with various representatives, perhaps there is  also such a regional custom, we constantly refer to our folk  proverbs.

"Without exaggeration, there have probably been at least three or  four cases when, in conversations with Turkish representatives,  either I said that there is such a proverb in Armenia and I quoted  it, and the Turkish interlocutor said, you know what, we also have  such a proverb, or the Turkish representative said, you know, we have  such a saying, and I also said, but you know what, we say it too. Now  I was very surprised when you said the very first words, you talked  about the fact that they say in your country, "children dring first,  adults speak first." This is an expression that is widely spread in  Armenia, and I have heard this expression thousands of times from our  elders, and I myself, having already become a parent and in the  status of an adult, have used it thousands of times in my  interactions with our children. If this could be perceived as a  message, I think it is a pretty good message. Thank you very much." 

RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's interview with Turkish media  outlets is available here 

https://www.primeminister.am/en/interviews-and-press-conferences/item/2025/03/13/Nikol-Pashinyan- Interview/