Opposition MP: Threatening people with war is not the mission of  country`s leader

ArmInfo.Threatening people with war is not the mission of the leader of a country. Maintaining 

power through lies at the expense of Armenian territories is unacceptable.  Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs of the National Assembly of RA, whose 

powers have been  terminated, nonpartisan MP Taguhi Tovmasyan states.

The MP noted that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited 

Tavush exactly a week ago and, at a meeting with citizens, holding 

the outline of a map of the Republic of Armenia in his hands, 

threatened them. Tovmasyan recalled that Pashinyan, in particular, 

said: "We must not allow another war to break out.  And that is why 

we decided that we should adjust the RA border in these areas. And we 

are doing this not only for the sake of RA, but specifically for the 

village of Voskepar , Kirants village to ensure the safety of these 

villages."

"Citizens who participated in the meeting with the Prime Minister, 

who is ready to easily give up our country, told the media that Nikol 

Pashinyan told them in a conversation that either they must agree to 

transfer the territories of 4 villages to Azerbaijan, or war will 

break out in a week. Today a week has passed, and the Prime Minister 

is not giving any information about what will happen.

You simply cannot threaten people with war, you cannot terrorize 

citizens, you cannot sow despair among citizens, you cannot quote 

encyclopedias and declare that 4 villages of the Tavush region are 

not Armenian territories, but Azerbaijani territories. You cannot sow 

uncertainty in citizens about the future of your own Motherland, and 

you simply cannot lie," Tovmasyan noted.

The MP recalled that the Azerbaijani armed forces occupied the 

sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia in Syunik, 

Gegharkunik, Vayots Dzor,  but there are no demands for their 

withdrawal from there.  "We don't hear Nikol Pashinyan talking about 

how livestock and agriculture have become impossible in three regions 

of Armenia as a result of the Azerbaijani occupation. And in a number 

of cases, problems have arisen with drinking and irrigation water, 

and that enemy positions are already several hundred meters from 

schools and people's houses (Shurnukh, Nerkin Hand, Kut and other 

settlements).

We do not hear Nikol Pashinyan talking about what new problems will 

arise after the transfer of 4 villages, when pastures, arable lands, 

strategic water resources, gas pipelines, etc. will come under the 

control of the Azerbaijanis. We also do not hear Nikol Pashinyan, 

along with his readiness to demarcate borders, talk about the current 

threats to the lives of people living in border villages," the MP 

stated.