Events of the Week: Pashinyan’s ‘ideological’ message and Pakistan

Last week, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the citizens of Armenia with an ‘ideological’ message, sharing his thoughts on the need to adopt a new Constitution in Armenia. At the same time, the government initiated the development of a new National Security Strategy. To what extent are these events related to the peace process, and Azerbaijan?

The trial of the former leaders of Nagorny Karabakh continued in Baku. To protest against the violation of their rights, former NK de-facto State Minister Ruben Vardanyan went on hunger strike. Is there a chance that Baku will release the detained Armenians as a sign of its commitment to reconciliation?

During the week, Azerbaijani officials maintained active contacts with foreign partners, in particular with current and former high-ranking officials from Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. What impact can these meetings have on the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process?

Experts Arsen Kharatyan and Farhad Mammadov discussed these and a number of other topics in the new episode of the programme ‘Line of Contact – Events of the Week’ aired on CivilNet.

The programme was prepared on the joint initiative of Yerevan and Baku Press Clubs.