Pashinyan:  Karabakh movement ended in 1996 after  OSCE Lisbon Summit

ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed that the opposition faction "Armenia" in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia to discuss the details of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan. The Prime Minister made this initiative during the government hour in the National Assembly, in response to  a question from Artur Khachatryan, a deputy from the "Armenia" faction.

The deputy, in particular, noted that the Karabakh movement was not started by the current authorities of the country, who now want to stop it. "It was started by the people of Artsakh, which was recognized as a subject of the conflict back in 1992. The people of Artsakh did not give the Armenian authorities the right to renounce the Karabakh movement. Another issue is that in Prague in 2022, the current rulers of the country recognized Azerbaijan's sovereignty over this territory," the parliamentarian said, calling for the presentation of the final version of the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan.

In response, Pashinyan noted that some provisions of the peace treaty are presented in the public discourse, while others can be discussed separately with MPs from the opposition Armenia faction. "We  have no secrets for our internal audience, although some individual provisions of the document are confidential for the external audience. As the prime minister elected by the people, I insist on bringing an end to the Karabakh movement. If the people do not agree with my approach, I will not continue as the head of government," Pashinyan said.

In response, Khachatryan asked for at least one concession from Azerbaijan to be indicated. "You are now in the country, so share everything in front of journalists, including the OSCE's assessment of the situation," the oppositionist noted. In response, Pashinyan pointed to the OSCE resolutions adopted at the Lisbon Summit in 1996, which marked the end of the Karabakh movement by that time. "The issue is that no one informed us about this, and we lacked the intuition to read the texts of the documents and grasp what was being talked about."