Yerevan /Mediamax/. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has delivered an address about the National Security Strategy at the Security Council meeting today.

We present several remarks from the Prime Minister’s speech.

- Violence must be excluded in settlement of any internal issues in Armenia. Any individual or political power that considers violence to be a method of settling internal issues must be rejected.

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- The people and free expression of the will of the people are the only sources that form power. Any attempt to distort the free expression of the will of the people must be considered anti-national.

- Sovereignty of Armenia, Artsakh and Armenian people is the biggest value. Those that are ready to engage foreign powers in internal Armenian issues and to represent the interests of foreign powers in Armenia must be met with tough counter-action from the Armenian people and its legitimate representative, the government.

- Existence of courts that are under foreign or domestic influence is a threat to national security. The courts must be independent.

Photo: Press service of the Armenian government

- The goal of the Artsakh peace talks must be the defense of the achievements of Artsakh Liberation War, which was aimed at protecting the sovereignty and security of the people of Artsakh. The governments of Armenia and Artsakh will consider the option of settlement of the conflict as acceptable only if it is approved by the people of Armenia and Artsakh.

- Armenia has been “in the Western past of the East” and “in the Eastern part of the West”, often becoming an arena where civilizations clashed. We reject this presumed position and present as an advocate for a dialogue between civilizations.