Azerbaijan contradicts itself. In what way? Azerbaijan contradicts itself by the fact that they officially call 2021 and the following period a post-conflict period. But they speak the language of conflict every day. This was stated by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with Turkish media when asked what is your position on the fact that Azerbaijan raises the issue of refugee return.

"In other words, these two narratives of Azerbaijan do not match each other. Every day the language of conflict, every day aggressive rhetoric, every day force, if not every day, very often, very often the threat of force and the use of force, and the narrative of "western Azerbaijan" that calls into question the very existence of Armenia, let's be honest, the very existence of the state of Armenia. And in parallel, an invitation to discuss, sorry, in my opinion, that is at least strange.

By the way, and it is perhaps within the framework of that peace formula that on the one hand I say that starting from this line, western Azerbaijan is here, but there is no “western Azerbaijan” on this side of this line, but I understand that this conversation would be incomplete if I did not say that western Armenia is also here. This is essentially two sentences, but this is our perception of peace and our idea, because if these formulas do not exist, moreover, I say again, there may be all sorts of different perceptions of history, historical events, etc., but if we want to build peace, it is impossible to build anything on a flowing region.

By the way, there is something very important. Let us not forget that the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan already have the first mutually ratified international document, which is the regulations of the delimitation commissions of our countries, which was signed by the commissions of our countries and ratified according to the domestic procedures of our countries, where it is recorded that the basis, the basic principle of delimitation is the Alma-Ata Declaration. The Alma-Ata Declaration, which was signed in 1991, makes two references in the context of our issue, the first is that the Soviet Union ceases to exist, and the administrative borders of the countries of the Soviet Union become state borders. And therefore, this narrative already contradicts the de jure document existing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, it directly contradicts it. We are committed to that agreement and are consistently and patiently moving towards peace," Prime Minister said.