Pashinyan to Aliyev about "fascist" Armenia: Azerbaijan is perceived similarly in our country
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan considers Azerbaijan's accusations of "fascism" to be an attempt to escalate bilateral relations. His country has the same negative perception of Baku.
He said this in an interview with Armenia News, Censor.NET reports.
"Perhaps Baku is trying to "legitimize" the escalation in the region. Aggressive statements are being made in the hope that Yerevan will respond aggressively, which will allow Baku to make its own statements more aggressive... We will not follow this path and will stick to a peaceful strategy and will consistently implement the peaceful agenda," Pashinyan said.
According to him, Armenia will use the language of dialogue, not the language of aggression.
"Undoubtedly, the calculation is that there will be a reaction: "You are a fascist," and the spiral I have described will begin to tighten," the Armenian prime minister said.
At the same time, commenting on the words about "fascist" Armenia, he admitted that Azerbaijan has such a perception of his country.
However, Pashinyan claims that Armenia also has a similar perception of Azerbaijan. This is what led to the long conflict between the states.
But the strategy for peace is to take into account that Azerbaijan has this perception of us, and they should take into account that Armenia has this perception of them. The peace agenda is about discussing and considering these perceptions. Some of the agreed articles of the peace treaty close the page on some of these perceptions, while other parts give us the opportunity to make all mutual negative perceptions part of the bilateral agenda and eliminate them," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
On January 7, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called Armenia a "fascist state" and a threat to the entire region.
