VIDEO: "I don't want to talk about the partners in Artsakh; you have put them under fire." Nikol Pashinyan to the opposition

"To whom, to whom, but the term 'puppet government' is familiar to your faction because you and the neighboring faction have formed a puppet government in the country for many years, which has not breathed on its own, nor has it exhaled, nor has it coughed, nor sneezed. Therefore, I believe you know what I am talking about," stated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, responding to a question from Arthur Khachatryan, a member of the 'Armenia' faction in the National Assembly, regarding the expression 'puppet government'.

Pashinyan mentioned that he does not want to speak about his partners in Artsakh: "Because you have put them under fire too. I want to remind you how you celebrated when there was a change of power in Artsakh with two factions. You said that the people of Artsakh have knocked on the table; finally, a national government is being formed in Artsakh," he noted.

According to Pashinyan, the opposition's plan was for Armenia to get embroiled in war, as a result of which the compatriots in Artsakh would not have the opportunity to come to Yerevan after being forcibly displaced: "They would go to Boston, Paris, Los Angeles to strengthen the dwindling and disappearing ranks of the ARF. That has been your political approach; why have you come here to give speeches? You have never had an independent policy; you have not even understood what kind of policy you have conducted. You have pursued a policy that would ensure Armenia is never an independent state."

Nikol Pashinyan also condemned the arrests of former leaders in Artsakh.

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