Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks to the press Friday on wide-ranging issues
YEREVAN—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Friday signaled his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyed to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but he reiterated his earlier assertion that there cannot be a resolution to the conflict without the participation Artsakh, which he said has been made clear in all statements by the leader of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing countries.
Pashinyan was speaking at a wide-ranging press conference that lasted more than two and a half hours, and he discussed not only the Karabakh conflict resolution process, but also Armenia’s relations with Europe. Pashinyan also expressed his shock and astonishment at the level of corruption that has been unearthed since he took office in early May.
“I’m ready to negotiate with the President of Azerbaijan, because meetings and discussions are important, because we need to establish an atmosphere of trust without which a reolution is impossible,â€
