Armenia has no army in Nagorno Karabakh. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during today's press conference.
"Azerbaijan is trying to justify that the Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army should be dissolved, should not exist. If there is no threat of Armenian Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh, at least there will be no need to have a defense army on that scale. Can you imagine that they are spending billions in this situation to maintain that army?" said Pashinyan.
According to Pashinyan, the existence of the Defense Army in Nagorno-Karabakh is the biggest proof of preparations for genocide and ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan.
When asked what will be the role of Armenia in case of escalation, Pashinyan answered:
"With the trilateral statement of November 9, a new security architecture of Nagorno-Karabakh was created. It was created by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, by the decision of the Federal Council of Russia, which are public documents.
Yes, the Russian Federation assumed the role of the guarantor of the security of NK both with the trilateral declaration and at the political level. Russia should play that role".
