Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan, a senior member of the ruling Civil Contract party, again warned voters ahead of the June 7 elections that they will have to choose between peace and a possible war.
“I understand that the forces currently in the [parliament] hall, and those who want to enter Parliament, need war—they need to talk about war in order to build something politically on it. But right now, there is no war; there is peace,” Simonyan said, referring to the opposition.
He emphasized that for the past two years, there has been no deadly gunfire on the border, unlike before.
“Is it war now, or is it peace? Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, never before have Armenia and Azerbaijan engaged in trade, and never before have the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan spoken about peace from both sides,” he said at a press briefing.
Simonyan highlighted that the established peace must be safeguarded so it “does not slip away.”
“The current government of the Republic of Armenia—the Civil Contract party—is a party of peace, while the main opposition actors are parties of war. That is the reality. If people say that claims must be made, that is called war,” Simonyan said.
According to him, after its collapse, the Soviet Union left unresolved border issues everywhere—in Central Asia, Ukraine, and the South Caucasus region.
“And they told us: you, who live in Armenia, always dream that your home is not only here, it is also there, and we will take care of it. The goal is for us to always remain dependent on them. Yes, there is a party of war, and there is a party of peace. And yes, the 2026 election will be about peace and the possibility of war,” the Speaker of the National Assembly emphasized.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned last week 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. He accused these opposition forces of attempting to revise the recently established peace and making belligerent statements.
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