Enough of feeding the people with narratives of new genocides. This race must be stopped; in our region everyone accuses everyone of genocide, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on March 26 in a conversation with journalists.

He added that, as Prime Minister, he rejects the agenda of so-called restoring historical justice, believing that the focus should be on a just present. “When we use genocide rhetoric, we get genocide rhetoric in return; the same applies to the issue of return. I consider the rhetoric of ethnic cleansing harmful, as it can provoke a mirror response. This means entering a path of conflict,” Pashinyan noted.

According to him, such rhetoric is aimed at preventing the people of Armenia, including the people of Karabakh, from living peacefully, keeping them in a refugee status by giving hope that the international community will recognize the genocide or that the Treaty of Sèvres will somehow come into force.

Pashinyan said that in Prague he resolved the issue of Armenia by deciding that Armenia must recognize its own territorial integrity. “Do you understand the level of absurdity? This was the biggest conspiracy against Armenia, which I overcame with a strong-willed decision in October 2022 with the support of the Government,” he added.