As Prime Minister, I reject agenda of restoring `historical justice`  - Nikol Pashinyan

ArmInfo.  As Prime Minister, I reject the agenda of restoring historical justice because I believe we must pursue a just reality. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during a briefing on March 26, answering  journalists' questions.

"Because as long as we pursue historical injustices, we will continue  to face new historical injustices, and I consider it my duty to  inform my people of this. It takes courage, including the Prime  Minister, to raise these issues openly and publicly. The final straw  for my determination was my communication and discussions with the  citizens of Armenia over the past month," the head of government  said. Answering a question about whether Azerbaijan had committed  ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, Pashinyan noted that he  generally considers the rhetoric of "ethnic cleansing" harmful. "We  can say 'ethnic cleansing' and get it in return; we can say  'genocide' and get genocide in return-that is, embarking on a path of  conflict," he said. The prime minister emphasized that this is not  his goal, but rather for the people of Nagorno- Karabakh to settle in  Armenia, to have work, a home, security, freedom, and prosperity  here, just like the citizens of Armenia. "I'm busy with this," he  said.