Yerevan /Mediamax/. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has stated that “rejection of the right to self-determination could only lead to oppression and further violence.”

“By effectively implementing the principle of self-determination of peoples, the United Nations gave birth certificates to, or helped restore the independence of, more than a hundred states. Some might assume that this process stopped with the end of the Cold War. But that might bе an illusion. Rejection of the right to self-determination could only lead to oppression and further violence. It would profoundly contradict the core values of the United Nations and the historical evolution of the global international order. The emergence of a number of states within the last two decades is the best evidence of that trend,” Pashinyan said in the speech commemorating the 75th anniversary of UN.

“Sovereignty of all states, no matter size and power, is better maintained, and national interests are better served in the current system, when there is respect for international law, including first of all the UN Charter.

The United Nation had a vocation to converge the everlasting dualism of international relations expressed in the natural selfishness of states and equally natural need of cooperation.

The United Nations proved its vitality by converging these two seemingly incompatible notions into effective global system of sovereign nations united by common values and principles, sharing a common vision for the future, and having the determination to have common institutes of cooperation,” stated Nikol Pashinyan.