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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that there was no diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at this stage, and urged citizens to sign up as military volunteers to protect their country, the Associated Press reported.
“There is no way now to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh issue through diplomacy,” Pashinyan said during a live address on Facebook.
“In this situation, we may consider all hopes, proposals and ideas about the need to find a diplomatic settlement effectively terminated.”
The Armenian prime minister said that all Armenians must “take up arms and defend the Motherland” and urged local mayors to organise volunteer units.
We need to believe
After meeting with the soldiers on the Artsakh frontline, the President of Artsakh addressed Armenian people from the trenches in a special video. The president said:
“Dear compatriots, I want to address you from the frontline, just several hundred meters away from the adversary. In order to win, we mostly need to believe. Belief has the greatest power. I believe that we will win. I want all our churches to pray for our victims, and of course, for the soldiers fighting in the frontline.
I want every Armenian to pray every day for our victory. I want today’s unity to be maintained. I want all of you to understand that the future of our nation depends on you. I want you to fulfil your duty towards the Homeland, and if possible fulfil that duty on the frontline. You are awaited in the frontline more than ever.
Fulfil your duty towards the Homeland with an honour. This is a patriotic war.
I want to state once again, we need to believe, I believe. We will win.”
