The co-chair of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in  France called the incident involving Pashinyan in the Yerevan metro  shameful

ArmInfo. Franck Mourad Papazian, co-chair of the Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations in France, has called the incident involving Armenian  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Yerevan metro on Sunday  shameful.

According to Papazian, Pashinyan's despicable and cruel behavior  toward a refugee from Artsakh and her child in the metro has  backfired on him, causing a huge outcry in Armenia and throughout the  diaspora.  "And since most refugees from Artsakh are opponents of  Nikol Pashinyan, he was not pleased that his attempt to win the favor  of a refugee was thwarted. Everyone witnessed him yelling at a young  woman, accusing her of fleeing Artsakh in the fall of 2023, when  Azerbaijan launched a new military offensive. But let's not forget  that Pashinyan's government refused to protect the Armenians of  Artsakh, who, let's be honest, had no choice but to flee. For them,  it was either a suitcase or a coffin," the head of the Armenian  community in France wrote on his Facebook page.

At the same time, Papazian admitted that he felt ashamed while  watching this surreal scene of aggression.  "It's shameful for both  the action and  the content of the situation. It's shameful that the  Armenian Prime Minister could yell at a woman like that in front of  her child. It's shameful that he then accused her and the 120,000  Armenians of Artsakh of fleeing impending massacres. Interestingly,   this young woman happens to be the daughter of Merujan Mossian, the  leader of the Artsakh liberation struggle, who died in 1993 during  the peak of the war with Azerbaijan,"  a representative of the  Armenian diaspora noted.

According to him, Pashinyan then expressed regret  for the incident.  However, Papazian is confident that in the current situation, regret  is insufficient, just as an apology is insufficient for the 120,000  Armenians of Artsakh. "Nothing Pashinyan does can reverse the  consequences of his political decisions, which provoked several wars,  led to ethnic cleansing, and the loss of Artsakh. Pashinyan's unique  approach to this young woman is revealing: a wolf to his people, a  lamb to Armenia's enemies. A wolf to his political opponents, a wolf  to the Armenian Church, a wolf to a significant portion of the  diaspora. On June 7, 2026, voters will say: 'Stop' or 'Continue,'"  Papazyan concluded.