YEREVAN. – These authorities have no right to say that they have received the mandate of the people, as they are following a clear path to the Armenian-Azerbaijani genocidal policy. The First Ombudsperson of Armenia and human rights activist Larisa Alaverdyan told this to a press conference Saturday—and referring to the incumbent Armenian authorities.

"It can no longer be said that the people have been deceived; this is no longer an excuse because everything is obvious. The people who came to power [in Armenia], obviously, say—one after another—resolutions that are not acceptable for the people. (…). To say that in 1991 Armenia recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is ignorance," Alaverdyan said, referring to a recent statement by Eduard Aghajanyan, Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and an MP from the ruling majority “Civil Contract” Faction of the National Assembly of Armenia.

According to Alaverdyan, Armenia is facing great geopolitical challenges.

"The purpose of [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy’s coming to power was only war. Here Armenia can play two roles for the collective West. The current [Armenian] authorities are doing everything against Russia to please the West in the case when the Russian peacekeepers are standing—with weapons—in Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)]," said Larisa Alaverdyan.