PM press secretary denies reports alleging withdrawal of Karabakh war awards

The press secretary of Armenia’s Prime Minister, Nazeli Baghdasaryan, has dismissed reports alleging that the Armenian government plans to revoke awards granted to participants of the Karabakh war, describing them as “false and misleading”.

 Information published by the website Dikgazete.com,  claimed that authorities intend to review and withdraw state awards given to war participants.

In a post on her Facebook page, Baghdasaryan stated that the claim is “completely false and has no relation to reality.”

She emphasized that the disinformation appears to be deliberately structured to target specific segments of society. According to her, the issue of the social and moral status of war participants is highly sensitive, and such narratives are designed to undermine trust in state institutions and government policies.

Baghdasaryan noted that the information was initially published on an unknown platform, then quickly reproduced by several Turkish and Azerbaijani media outlets. The information was further amplified on X through suspicious and interconnected accounts, and circulated via Telegram channels of Russian origin.

She added that the disinformation has also been widely disseminated within Armenia’s information space by certain opposition circles and affiliated media outlets.

“This indicates that information threats against the Republic of Armenia are, in some cases, coinciding with and being amplified by certain political actors operating within the country,” Baghdasaryan said.

According to her, the claim bears clear signs of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI).

Baghdasaryan urged the public to refrain from spreading unverified information and not to contribute to the further dissemination of disinformation.