Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has "explained" why the Armenian authorities did not mark September 27, the anniversary of the start of the 44-day war in 2020, and a festive concert was broadcast on the state-funded Public Television on that day.

At Thursday's press briefing, Pashinyan, answering a question in that regard, stated that the 44-day war has been talked about non-stop for the past five years, and there is not a single topic left that has not been discussed.

According to Pashinyan, “after all, it should be noted that there are many days in the history of Armenia that we do not reflect on separately.”

“There is a day of remembrance for those who died for the Motherland. It was established so that we do not treat those who died in one event differently than the victims of other events,” Pashinyan noted, recalling the beginning of the four-day war and the Azerbaijani aggression on September 13, 2022.

Commenting on the festive concert broadcast on September 27 on the state-funded Public Television of Armenia and causing outrage among the Armenian public, Pashinyan asked if concerts were not held on other days.

“Today, there were many casualties during the war,” he recalled, adding that “November 9 will come later.”

In general, the premier of Armenia believes that since there are many tragic days in Armenian history, it may turn out that 360 days of the year are days of tragedy.

Then Pashinyan recalled how the relatives of the fallen soldiers were upset by his visits to Yerablur Military Pantheon of Yerevan.

“All this has consequences and conclusions—to go every time and see something like this,” Pashinyan stated.

At the same time, Pashinyan said that he commemorated the aforesaid tragic day with a church service.

Also, the prime minister of Armenia noted that the vocabulary of the messages should correspond to the spirit of August 8, 2025—meaning the Armenia-US-Azerbaijan trilateral meeting in Washington as well as the signed and initialed documents, and the absence of mention of the “occupation” and “genocide” will definitely cause a negative reaction.