The key message of my message today is that peace has come, it is a dignified, state-centered, people-centered, region-centered peace, and I am more than excited by that fact. Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said this during his message.
“The initialing and publication of the text of the Peace Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Washington Summit, its results, the adopted Declaration, the peace established as a result have many layers that cannot be explained in one message. On August 8 and 9, I gave an extensive interview in Washington, DC, and then answered questions from the Armenian media in the format of a press conference, but that clearly did not exhaust what I had to say, because, as I said, the reality of peace is slowly being perceived, it brings up new perspectives, new nuances, new and old questions, which, rest assured, I will not miss any opportunity to address in detail in the near future, I will create those opportunities myself.
In the 34-year history of our state, we have usually viewed all foreign policy and diplomatic milestones in the context of victory and defeat and in terms of resolutions. Every time, in our attempts to understand any diplomatic or foreign policy relationship, we have sought to assess whether it is a victory or a defeat.
Dear people, I must dare to say that this is a misunderstanding of reality, because if you are between the choice of victory and defeat, that is, your choice is either victory or defeat, your defeat is inevitable, because you can win once, twice, three times, even five or ten times, but, in the end, your defeat is inevitable, and you will inevitably lose, because it is impossible to win endlessly.
Another thing is the formula of mutual consent, which promises success to all parties who agree. The Washington Agreements, accordingly, are a success for both Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the United States. This is a peace of mutual consent and mutual benefit, and this formula makes peace reliable, stable, and lasting.
It makes our state, our independence and sovereignty reliable, stable and lasting, it makes our prosperity and happiness realistic, which is the strategy of all our strategies, the dream of all dreams.
This peace is the triumph of the ideology of the Real Armenia, an ideology that is unique in our history in that it was not formulated by the elites and imposed on the people, but was formulated by the people, formulated by the representatives of the people and is brought to life by the people, by everyone, by everyone.
The Real Armenia in a peaceful region and in the real world. This is the formula for the permanence of our statehood.
Dear people, dear citizens of the Republic of Armenia,
Peace has been established, and our task is to take care of it and make it more and more institutional over time.
Glory to the martyrs, and long live the Republic of Armenia.
Long live independence, long live sovereignty, long live statehood.
And long live us and our children, who live and will live in a free and happy Armenia,” said Nikol Pashinyan.
