Nikol Pashinyan and the “Demolish the State” party actively circulate the following ignorant dilemmas:

If we say Artsakh, they will call our country “Western Azerbaijan”.

If they say genocide and ethnic cleansing, they will accuse us of “genocide”.

If we say rights of Artsakh Armenians, they will also say that we “have rights” too.

Many people fall into the trap of these theses, but there is a deep anti-logic here, and the facts speak of a completely opposite reality. Let’s take turns.

The “Western Azerbaijan” invasion concept came into circulation two months after Artsakh was recognized as part of Azerbaijan. At that time, in December 2022, Aliyev directly announced: “There has never been Armenia in this area. Today’s Armenia is our land… Now that the Karabakh conflict has been resolved, this is the issue on our agenda. Of course, it was premature to talk about it before the resolution of the Karabakh conflict. But we should not waste time. A return concept should be developed…”

When we don’t talk about Azerbaijani crimes proven by facts, when we are even ready to refuse lawsuits submitted to international courts, Azerbaijan “judges” our compatriots, accusing them and our state of being “fascist” without any grounds and without facts. Aliyev himself directly said in January of last year: “Armenia is a fascist state that is a threat to the region…”

The rights of the Armenians of Artsakh have been established by various decisions of international courts, which at the moment, yes, cannot be implemented, because Armenian hatred is propagated at the state level in Azerbaijan, but this does not mean that this right does not exist. International courts actually rejected claims related to Azerbaijanis in Soviet Armenia. Different specialists have talked about it many times. In this matter, the Azerbaijani side does not have any factual basis either.

In other words, with his “mirror” dangerous and super ignorant comparisons, Nikol Pashinyan is simply helping Aliyev to invent a non-existent history at our expense, to invent non-existent rights at our expense. He dismisses the director of the Genocide Museum-Institute for presenting a factual book about the Genocide to the US Vice President. recognize the events as “genocide committed by Armenians”.

Every time I am convinced anew that Nikol Pashinyan is the person of Azerbaijan in Armenia. All his statements and steps in the short-term, medium-term and long-term terms are used to serve the interests of the Azerbaijani side. The important thing is that all this is done by mutilating the words “peace” and “independence”…

Azerbaijani scholar Tatevik Hayrapetyan

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While RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declares that there should be “taboo” words, suggests not to use the terms “genocide” and “ethnic cleansing” and not to evaluate the events that happened to us in any way, Sabina Aliyeva, MP of Azerbaijan, demands the international community to recognize the events of 1918 as “genocide”.

Azerbaijan is creating narratives in order to tear off new territories from Armenia in the future and populate them with Azerbaijanis. They consistently work to destroy Armenia, and it is logical, because we are talking about our enemy state. However, when the RA government makes its unique and exclusive contribution to this process, it cannot be explained in any way.

I have said many times and I will say it again: the current administration can no longer be called the Armenian government. It is pointless to even expect that any of our state bodies will take a step against this despicable Azerbaijani action.

Edmon Marukyan, chairman of “Lusavore Armenia” party

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During the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated in connection with the incident that took place in the Saint Anna Church in Yerevan, a public criminal prosecution was initiated against 3 persons.

“During the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings initiated on March 29, 2026 in connection with the incident in Saint Anna Church, a public criminal prosecution was initiated against D.M. under Article 297, Part 1 (hooliganism) and Article 452, Part 3 (interfering with the legal service or political activities of an official) of the Criminal Code, against M.M., under Article 46-297 with part 1 (supporting hooliganism) and part 3 of Article 46-452 (supporting interference with the lawful official or political activities of an official) and with respect to G.G. with part 1 of Article 46-297 (organizing hooliganism) and part 3 of Article 46-452 (official (organizing interference with legitimate official or political activities),” the report of the Investigative Committee states.

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First of all, it is interesting in itself, on what basis did the American University switch to distance learning, allegedly due to the threat of an Iranian strike? Who gave such an instruction to the university, which institution made such a call? Or can every educational institution itself determine the danger of Iran’s attack and switch to a certain regime based on its explanation?

Who announced that the institutions in Armenia are supposedly working, and the prime minister can be on a “happy bus” and the institutions are working?

Which institution acted in the case of American University? With which Armenian institution did the university make the decision to switch to distance learning due to the threat of an Iranian strike? If there was no such adjustment, no consultation, by what right did the university make such a decision?

If it sounds like it’s about the “internal affairs” of the university, you’re sorely mistaken, to say the least. There cannot be any educational, public, any type of institution within the state, which will decide for itself whether there is a risk of an attack from an external place, and will make a decision accompanied by awareness. Because those students who stay at home due to the danger of being hit have relatives, friends, and a significant part of them probably pass on the information, and then they pass on the information to their acquaintances, you know, the American university like this. I think you can imagine what a chain could go as a result of that.

Accordingly, if the American University made such a decision, there should be a mechanism of responsibility for it. It can be a warning or something else, but any such self-activity should be stopped.

Analyst Hakob Badalyan

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The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million (€170.3 million) Economic Transformation Development Policy Operation to support Armenia’s transition to a more competitive and globally integrated economy that will also have an emissions control and management system. In addition, the OPEC Fund intends to provide up to USD 92.8 million equivalent (EUR 80 million) of financing in parallel, bringing the total support package to approximately USD 290 million (EUR 250 million).

“Armenia’s Economic Transformation Development Policy Operation” supports a multi-sectoral reform agenda aimed at modernizing Armenia’s investment and business environment, strengthening competition and consumer protection, as well as strengthening resilience in the country’s fiscal and regulatory systems.

“Armenia has an ambitious reform agenda, and we support the country’s efforts to build a more open, competitive and sustainable economy,” said Fabrizio Dzarcone, head of the World Bank’s Armenia office. “The transition to a more diversified and resilient economy will create growth conditions that will be favorable for every citizen.”

The operation is based on two pillars. The first focuses on realizing investment and trade potential and promoting competition. The reforms include modernizing the legal framework for investment, increasing the efficiency of customs processes, reducing import processing times by 20 percent, as well as strengthening the consumer protection system and curbing unfair trade practices. The reforms also support the adoption of fundamental laws for the digital economy, including improving cybersecurity governance.

The reforms carried out within the framework of the Second Henasian aim to contribute to the creation of a more resilient economy and complement the agenda of the First Henasian reforms by contributing to the introduction of a responsible emissions management system. Key measures include the adoption of a new “Climate” law that supports the use of climate budget “labelling” in the state budget, the creation of a national greenhouse gas emission permit system, and the introduction of a green taxonomy to standardize a system for defining and classifying actions for sustainable economic growth in the economy, which will help attract private investment for them.

The development of the operation was supported by the Climate Support Fund and the PROGREEN Trust Fund, which provided technical and analytical support for the climate reform components. The implementation of the operation is the RA Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Environment, the State Revenue Committee, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Ministry of High-Tech Industry act as the main supporting agencies.

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