Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan presented the heroic path of Sparapet Garegin Nzhdeh in a meeting with Russian reporters, noting that Nzhdeh and future Marshal of the Soviet Union Hovhannes Baghramyan fought against the Turk side by side in Sardarapat battle, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan talked about this answering the question of a Russian journalist, who offered to set a commission to investigate the history aimed at putting end to the controversial opinions about Garegin Nzhdeh between Armenians and Russians.
“I have never encountered that issue in our relations with Russia, I have never dealt with it and have never heard about that issue from our Russian colleagues during our negotiations and conversations. Frankly speaking, I was thinking that that issue existed only in our agenda with Azerbaijan, since I first encountered with that issue in a surprising way was in Ashgabat, during the CIS summit. (The issue was raised by Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev-edit.). It’s surprising for me that the issue exists also in our agenda with Russia. The name of Garegin Nzhdeh has never been pronounced during the interactions with our Russian partners. You say let’s set a commission. It would be strange if we set a c...
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