The "Zhoghovurd" daily writes: "The cultural policy of the Armenian authorities in recent years has been raising far more questions than it answers. On one hand, any mention of Artsakh, the display of its symbols, or the presentation of its cultural heritage in state institutions becomes a cause for pressure and even dismissals. On the other hand, the exact same state continues to fund programs for the preservation of Artsakh's culture using public funds.

This is not merely a contradiction, but yet another manifestation of the duplicity in state policy.

According to well-informed sources of the "Zhoghovurd" daily, the prevailing approach within ruling circles remains that any manifestations related to Artsakh's statehood and symbols must be excluded from state institutions. However, official state documents record a completely different picture.

Several high-profile incidents that occurred in recent months are the most telling examples of this contradiction. One of the reasons for the public outcry surrounding the dismissal of Edita Gzoyan, the former director of the Genocide Museum-Institute, was that she had gifted a book about Artsakh to US Vice President JD Vance. Karine Smbatyan, the former principal of the school in Sardarapat, was dismissed from her job because she refused to remove the Artsakh flag from the school. Meanwhile, during an exhibition at the Anushavan Ter-Ghevondյան Music School in Yerevan, the acting director removed a student's handmade replica of the Stepanakert monument 'We Are Our Mountains' ('Tatik-Papik') from the display booth.

All of this is happening under circumstances where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly declared that presenting the flag of Artsakh, its statehood, or related symbols in state institutions does not align with the policy adopted by the state. In his words, there will be no return to the ideology of the 'Karabakh Movement.'"