Pashinyan: War could not be prevented, stopped without ShushiApril 14, 2022 - 19:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has declared that the war in Nagorno-Karabakh in the fall of 2020 could not have been prevented or stopped without Shushi – the Armenian city bombarded and later captured by Azerbaijan. Pashinyan made the remarks in his speech to lawmakers on Thursday, April 14. According to him, Shushi had been on the negotiating table since 1996. "If we wanted to surrender Karabakh, if we had followed the negotiation logic left by [ex-President] Serzh Sargsyan to the end, we would have surrendered Karabakh. We were told: you surrendered Shushi. The war was for Shushi. We were told: it was necessary to prevent it. Haven't we thought about how to prevent it? It was impossible to stop or prevent the war without Shushi," Pashinyan said. The PM's speech from a day ago was in the center of much discussions and Pashinyan claimed on Thursday that his speech "gave Armenia and Artsakh space, while during the entire period of the negotiation process, Armenia and Artsakh had been deprived of political and diplomatic space." “We are opening the way for Armenia and Artsakh, we are opening the way for preserving statehood. The people of Karabakh must live in Karabakh, must have rights, freedoms, status. And yes, we have created this space. Our sacrifices were for the sake of opening up prospects for Armenia and Artsakh, because the 1998 package deprived the Armenians of space. We are paving a road that will not allow our people to be sacrificed,” Pashinyan said. He stressed that Armenia is a sovereign country, and it is necessary to return to Armenia its right to make decisions. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Glendale mayor to visit Yerevan Asatryan last visited Armenia in December 2022-January 2023 as she helped establish a partnership between Armenia’s Opera House and Los Angeles Opera. Ucom’s fixed network launches in Nor Hachn City residents will be able to use fixed-line Internet, mobile communications and television in one package at more affordable prices. Ambassador summoned to Russia returns to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin has returned to Yerevan more than two weeks after being recalled to Moscow for consultations. About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. |