My conclusion from the analysis of different conflicts, and especially from the Nagorno-Karabakh [(Artsakh)] conflict, is that the key to global security peace is democracy. Arusyak Julhakyan, a member of Armenia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said this at the PACE plenary session debate on “Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?”

“The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has arisen as a human rights issue. At this stage it is still a human rights issue which is being considered, which is being negotiated from one side by a society that is on the path of democracy, which is open, where it is very difficult to dictate false agendas, where all issues are discussed relationally; and on the other side by an authoritarian regime - a system where it is very easy to mislead society, to impose false agendas, to overestimate the external threat.

In the context of all of this, it becomes obvious that these types of conflicts must be resolved in favour of democracy because democratic societies do not generate conflicts - they solve conflicts.

Among democracies even the most difficult issues can be easily resolved if the goal of both sides is peace.

If both sides really strive for peace, then the most pressing issues will find solutions. But when we oppose these two systems - democracy and autocracy - it becomes clear that on the one hand we are dealing with a real desire for peace, and on the other hand we only have an imitation of its aspirations for peace, which are only attempts to please the international community.

That is why it is so difficult for democratic societies to achieve peace in a conflict with an authoritarian state.

Categories that have long been rejected by modern Europe such as historical justice, historical lands - they are just a means to mislead people, to create opportunities for foreign interference in the policy-making of a given state, a given society.

That is why the Council of Europe must stand by the newly established developing young democracies as opposed to authoritarianism.

The Council of Europe must prove to the societies that have taken the path of democracy that the pursuit of peace is right. We must not allow authoritarian regimes to achieve their goal,” the Armenian MP added, in particular.