There is no need to declare martial law in Armenia. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at Friday’s Cabinet meeting of the government of Armenia.

"We need to record that the situation [on the border with Azerbaijan] continues to be tense, and we have discussed—in the format of the Security Council—the expediency of declaring martial law in Armenia, and we have come to the conclusion that we should not make such a decision at this time," he said.

"But on the other hand, we also receive proposals from many citizens. There are also citizens who say, ‘We were waiting for martial law to participate in the defense of the sovereignty, territorial integrity of our country.’ We have discussed this at the Security Council session, too, and came to the conclusion that if there are people who want to be involved, they can apply to military commissariats on a voluntary basis in the usual procedure, and that matter will be resolved. Moreover, within the framework of the decisions we made earlier, the process of three-month trainings [of reservists] is continuous, in force now. There are all the legal grounds to engage citizens in the [military] service on a voluntary basis," Pashinyan noted.