Arman Tatoyan, head of the "Wings of Unity" political initiative, commenting on the dismissal of Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute director Edita Gzoyan, said the incident represents a red line for him.

"The director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute was dismissed solely because she told US Vice President Vance about the mass killings of Armenians by Azerbaijan in various years and presented books on the Artsakh issue and the Armenian Genocide.

Think about this for a moment. A professional person. A professional setting. A professional gesture. And dismissal by the prime minister's personal order.

Pashinyan called this a 'provocation' and 'an action contrary to foreign policy.' But the Genocide Museum is not the foreign ministry. The museum's mission is precisely to preserve and transmit memory. Memory cannot be a provocation or an obstacle to peace.

This is where my red line lies: not political pressure on specialists, personal power and party rule, but rights and freedoms within the country, the independence of institutions. Situations where a museum director can be dismissed simply for being a professional and a patriot must be unacceptable.

The path to Europe will be shorter and more dignified if it is led by a leader who understands: European values do not begin in Strasbourg, they begin in Yerevan. Including at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex," Tatoyan stated.