Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, referring to the statement of the Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry that the agreements of November 9 were not carried out largely because of Armenia, said:
“I will advise the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation to take the trilateral statement of November 9 and read it including point 8. In other words, let's put the 9th point aside, let them read up to the 8th point, see who has not fulfilled what obligation. In other words, in the trilateral statement of November 9, it is written that Azerbaijan should attack Nagorno-Karabakh, and during that time the Russian peacekeepers should be in hiding?
I would like to draw attention to one circumstance again: the peacekeeping troops of the Russian Federation were sent to Nagorno-Karabakh based on the decision of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. And in that decision of the Federal Assembly, it is written that the peacekeeping troops of the Russian Federation are there to protect the civilian population. Where is the civilian population of Nagorno-Karabakh now?"
Pashinyan responded to the accusation that when they reach the stage of concretely signing the blockade, Armenia avoids it.
“There is no such thing, at least three times there was a paper that we said we are signing right now, and the logic of that paper was what we are essentially recording today in the Crossroads of Peace project. The Crossroads of Peace project is also, of course, very good as a project, it is very positive, but why did we make the Crossroads of Peace project public? Because we were ascribed obligations and positions. We have been negotiating the Crossroads of Peace since the first day; this was our position. Now we published that Crossroads of Peace or that group, so that it would be clear to everyone what we want and what we don't want, because including Azerbaijan and other forces were trying to convince the whole world that Armenia refuses to unblock communications in the region. We said publicly, we are ready for this today."
