In the period leading up to October 6, 2022, having seen the developments, I told our CSTO partners that I saw a risk of an attack on the sovereign territory of Armenia. Our CSTO partners said that they did not consider this possible, but especially that Armenia's borders were a “red line” for them. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this during the question-and-answer session with the government at the National Assembly of Armenia Wednesday—and referring to former President Robert Kocharyan's statements, where he had noted that the Russian army in Nagorno-Karabakh was not doing its job badly until the moment when the prime minister of Armenia recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan in Prague, thereby taking the mediator's seat from under Russia.

"When the September 2022 war took place, when there was an invasion of Armenia's territory, and it wasn't the first, before that there were the events of November 2021, the events of May 2021, I considered that dialogue—I'm telling you directly—disrespectful to Armenia. And I, yes, made a decision that the government of Armenia should recognize the territorial integrity of Armenia.

Those who have not yet recorded what happened on October 6, 2022, I must record again. On October 6, 2022, no matter how absurd it may sound, the prime minister of Armenia recognized the territorial integrity of Armenia. Yes, also the territorial integrity of the neighbors because the territorial integrity of our country is encompassed by the territorial integrity of our neighbors," the Armenian PM said.