No return to historical Armenia idea! Pashinyan calls on

ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan calls for recording the strategic impossibility of 

returning to the idea of 'historical Armenia'. He stated  on April 11 at the final speech during a discussion of the implementation of the government program for 2023.

Yesterday, in parliament, Pashinyan said that "historical" and "real" 

Armenia are antagonists and create the most serious threats to each 

other. According to him, "historical" Armenia, willingly or 

unwillingly, echoes a number of countries that encroach on the 

sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of real Armenia. 

In addition, the prime minister pointed out, historical Armenia not 

only guarantees eternal enmity with a number of countries, but also 

gives them a reason and grounds for an aggressive policy towards 

Armenia. It also forces the "real" Armenia to be dependent on the 

"senior partner" and deprived of real independence, he noted. "Our 

vision of 'historical Armenia' will always lead us into the trap of 

genocide, in which we will need a savior and patron, without whom we 

cannot exist. The fear of genocide will keep us in the status of an 

outpost. And an outpost does not need territorial integrity, borders, 

or sovereignty. He only needs a patron," Pashinyan said.

"We come from Cilicia, the Armenian Highlands, the Kingdom of Van. 

The problem is this. The discussion is as follows: should we look at 

the world from the heights of the Kingdom of Van or from the heights 

of the Republic of Armenia? This is our conceptual discussion," 

Pashinyan said today.

According to the prime minister, one important question needs to be 

answered. "Do we recognize that a few meters or kilometers from Khor 

Virap, inextricably linked with our Christian roots, is Turkiye? I 

say that the government of the Republic of Armenia and the political 

majority recognize that Turkiye is located a few meters from Khor 

Virap and for the government of Armenia, recognizing this is the most 

important means of security. And this is precisely the strategic 

choice.

When we say that there is no Turkiye a few meters from Khor Virap, we 

choose 'historical' Armenia.  When we say that Turkiye is a few 

meters from Khor Virap, we are choosing the 'real' Armenia. The same 

approach is used in the case of Voskepar: We must fix the strategic 

impossibility of returning to the idea of 'historical' Armenia. This 

is precisely what the dispute is about," he said, noting that now 

there is a choice between 'historical' and real 'Armenia'," Pashinyan 

noted, adding that it is necessary to state the strategic 

impossibility of returning to the logic of historical Armenia.