Minister of Defense Suren Papikyan echoed on Friday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s warning that if some opposition forces win the June 7 elections, they could imminently trigger a new war.
Papikyan was asked at a press briefing whether the Ministry of Defense has any factual information to substantiate the Prime Minister’s claims. The minister pointed to the publicly stated stance of the opposition.
“It’s quite clear. The statements from the main opposition are about having territorial claims on neighboring countries, which directly implies war,” Suren Papikyan said.
Asked to name the opposition forces that do so, Papikyan said, “Almost all of them do.”
“It is obvious that their belligerent stance will lead to war,” he concluded.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned on Thursday that the country could face an imminent war if some opposition forces, whom he described as being controlled from abroad, win the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Pashinyan said, without mentioning specific parties, that certain groups seek to “revise” the recently established peace.
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