“Giving a ceremonial gift on the issue of Artsakh is a political provocation, that’s enough

Today, in a conversation with journalists after the regular session of the Government, Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that Edita Gzoyan, the former director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, has written an application for dismissal on her own instructions, because she dared to discuss the Artsakh problem during the visit of the US Vice President to Tsitsernakaberd and presented her with books on the subject.

“I said very clearly: there cannot be two foreign policies in the state, people can say: I am from Artsakh, I am from Van, I am from Mush, I am from Moscow, I am from Minvodi, what does that have to do with the topic I mentioned, a person can say whatever he wants. Here we are talking about the public official and the distribution of roles and political assessment,” Nikol Pashinyan said.

Continuing, Nikol Pashinyan made a sharp transition to the church again, saying that from the altar of the church they say “bless the Republic of Artsakh”, and here he is not giving a legal, but a political assessment.

“I say that Kutrich Nersisyan took over the leadership of the war party in RA. During church liturgies, the word “peace” is used more than 40 times, and 4-5 times it is emphasized: Lord God, give peace to the world. Here we are also talking about service of a spiritual nature. This is another example that these people have nothing to do with spiritual service at all.

Giving a ceremonial gift on the subject of the Artsakh problem is a political provocation, there can be no such thing, that is, there is something to give a gift, are we not able to give it, are we afraid, should we give it through another official?

Listen, there is a state, a protocol, I say again: it is enough to treat our country as a self-sufficient group. I cannot allow such a thing,” emphasized Nikol Pashinyan.

Details in the video of 168.am

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