Pashinyan Reminded of His Words on Karabakh Before Defeat to Azerbaijan

Critics of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have again turned to his earlier public statements on Nagorno-Karabakh, made before the military defeat by Azerbaijan. Opponents point to obvious contradictions between what the Armenian leader said on the eve of the conflict and its actual outcome for Armenia.

Pashinyan repeatedly spoke about the status of Karabakh and the country's readiness to defend its positions. However, the military defeat that followed cast doubt on the validity of those statements and on the strategic soundness of his leadership.

Armenia's defeat in the war for Nagorno-Karabakh brought serious domestic political upheaval in its wake. Sharp debates unfolded in society and among the opposition over Pashinyan's competence as a politician and as a military-political strategist. A number of political forces are demanding that the prime minister be held accountable for the miscalculations made during the conflict and in the period that preceded it, eadaily.com reports.