Pashinyan sent a message on the adoption of the Declaration of  Independence of Armenia, while making a mistake in stating the  adoption date 

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister of  Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a message on the occasion of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of Armenia, but made a mistake in the date of its adoption.

Pashinyan's message, received by ArmInfo, noted that on August 23,  1991, the Supreme Council of the Armenian SSR adopted the Declaration  of Independence of Armenia, when in fact the declaration was adopted  in 1990. This error caused a wide public outcry,  with citizens   outraged that the Armenian Prime Minister did not even know when the  Declaration was adopted, despite promoting the fashionability of  education. The Prime Minister of Armenia again criticized this  Declaration, assuring that its provisions were contradictory and  rather reflected the ideology of the USSR through the true  aspirations of the Armenian people. "This document marked the  beginning of the process forming our independent statehood - the  Republic of Armenia. The Declaration, in essence, reflected the  collective sentiments of the political and intellectual elite  in  Armenia at the time of its adoption, bore the stamp of the Karabakh  movement, that began just two years before the adoption of this  document and was at its peak. It was meant to predetermine the main  features of the newly formed independent Republic of Armenia.

This is what happened: the main ideological provisions of the  Declaration were contradictory and expressed the model of our  collective patriotism that had been gradually but consistently  instilled in us by the Soviet Union since the 1950s, amidst the  establishment of the Iron Curtain and the beginning of the Cold War.

The model of patriotism shaped for us, Armenians, by the Soviet Union  reflected the southwestern orientation of the ambitions of the USSR -  a state that emerged victorious from the Second World War and clashed  with the North Atlantic Alliance. On the other hand, this model aimed  to export  patriotic ideas existing in the Armenian SSR, beyond the  republic's borders to prevent their local manifestation," Pashinyan  said.

The Armenian Prime Minister was outraged to note that this ideology  had been instilled for decades through books, films,  and  plays/theatrical performances shaping the socio-psychological system  of the Armenian people  that ultimately  led to the Karabakh  movement. According to him, the subconscious goal of this  socio-psychological system was to ensure "the strategic impossibility  of an independent state of Armenia, as a country surrounded by  conflict cannot build real independence."

Then Pashinyan once again stated that there was no need to continue  the Karabakh movement, as this "means the loss of the independence of  the Republic of Armenia." "And finally, why did the Republic of  Armenia, our Government and I personally not make concessions by  September 2020, which was the only theoretical possibility to avoid a  44-day war? The main reason for this was that as a result of these  concessions, all our threats and dependencies would have increased  disproportionately, ultimately jeopardizing Armenia's independence  and statehood.

We have adopted a strategy to preserve Armenia's independence and  turn it into a reality. The embodiment of  this strategy is the  ideology of Real Armenia, under which peace between Armenia and  Azerbaijan will be possible, under which a real dialogue with Turkey  will be possible, under which our relations with Georgia and Iran  should deepen, under which we become a real and interesting partner  for the whole world," Pashinyan assured.

Then, the Armenian Prime Minister shortened the thousand-year history  of the Armenian people and noted that the Republic of Armenia,  with  its internationally recognized sovereign territory of 29,743 square  kilometers, has been the most important value for the past 500 years.

"Today, the Republic of Armenia is independent, sovereign, developed,  prosperous and promising than never before, all thanks to peace.  Peace has been established, and  must now be  a subject of daily care  and attention, it must become institutional. August 2025 marked the  beginning of a peaceful and prosperous life for the Republic of  Armenia," the Armenian Prime Minister noted. The Armenian President,  the Speaker of the Parliament and other officials also sent their  messages on this occasion. The common theme in all these messages is  that Armenia, by relinquishing Artsakh and making concessions to  Azerbaijan, has achieved sovereignty and peace.