A total of 73 percent of respondents in Armenia believe that the country’s citizens should definitely read the text and give their assessment before the signing of the peace agreement with Azerbaijan; 13.1 percent of respondents answered “rather yes,” 5.3 percent “no,” 6.5 percent “definitely not,” and 2.1 percent of respondents found it difficult to answer this question. This was stated by sociologist Aram Navasardyan at a press conference on Tuesday, as he presented the results of a telephone survey.

Accordingly, 10.7 percent of respondents viewed Russia’s withdrawal from the role of mediator in the negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan as “definitely positive,” 19.1 percent as “rather positive,” 24.5 percent as “rather negative,” 36.1 percent as “definitely negative,” while 9.6 percent found it difficult to answer this question.

Navasardyan added that 36.7 percent of respondents considered the participation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the Victory Day anniversary celebrations in Moscow to be “absolutely correct,” 25.4 percent of respondents considered it “rather correct,” 9.5 percent as “rather wrong,” and 22.8 percent of respondents considered it “definitely wrong.”

The sociologist informed that 16.3 percent of respondents believe that Armenia “definitely” has the prospect of becoming a member of the European Union in the near future, 20.8 percent “more likely, yes,” 12.1 percent “more likely, no,” and 24.6 percent “definitely not.”

Navasardyan emphasized that 36.4 percent of respondents indicated snap parliamentary elections as the most effective way to remove Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan from power, 29.8 percent—​​the unauthorized resignation of the head of government, 10.1 percent—​​street struggle, 5 percent—a vote of no confidence, 7.6 percent of respondents found it difficult to answer, and another 16.9 percent believe that Pashinyan should not leave power.

The initiative to express no confidence in PM Pashinyan is assessed as “completely positive” by 21 percent of respondents, “rather positive” by 17 percent, “rather negative” by 14.2 percent, and “completely negative” by 30 percent. And 17.9 percent of respondents found it difficult to answer the question.

The aforesaid telephone survey was conducted from April 29 to May 2 among 1,101 respondents.