Historical Armenia cause of hostility against Armenia - premier 

ArmInfo. The current government of the Republic of Armenia and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally  have come to the conclusion that "historical" and "real" Armenia are antagonists and create the most serious threats to each other, Armenia's premier stated on April 10 in parliament, presenting a report on the progress and results of the program of the Government of the Republic of Armenia (2021-2026) for 2023.

According to Pashinyan, he and the entire government of the Republic  of Armenia, having long been bearers of the traditions and psychology  of "historical" Armenia, only in 2022 recorded that the key factor in  ensuring the security of the Republic of Armenia has been ignored  since the first years of the founding of statehood. This factor, as  the prime minister explained, is the internationally recognized  borders of the Republic of Armenia.

"Only after the September 2022 war, I was clearly convinced that the  fixation of the internationally recognized territory of the Republic  of Armenia could become an additional and decisive factor in ensuring  the short-, medium- and long-term security of our country," he said.

It was from this moment, according to him, that a psychological and  political process began, called the process of delimitation between  "real" and "historical" Armenia. At the same time, as Pashinyan  pointed out, the process is harder and more painful than delimitation  with Azerbaijan. "Historical Armenia does not recognize the  territorial integrity of real Armenia, since the latter is a limiting  factor for the former," Pashinyan said. 

In this sense, the head of the Cabinet continued, "historical"  Armenia, willingly or unwillingly, echoes a number of countries that  encroach on the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity  of real Armenia.

In addition, the prime minister pointed out, historical Armenia not  only guarantees eternal enmity with a number of countries, but also  gives them a reason and grounds for an aggressive policy towards  Armenia. It also forces the "real" Armenia to be dependent on the  "senior partner", deprived of real independence, he noted. "Our  vision of historical Armenia will always lead us into the trap of  genocide, in which we will need a savior and patron, without whom we  cannot exist. The fear of genocide will keep us in the status of an  outpost. And an outpost does not need territorial integrity, borders,  or sovereignty. He only needs a patron," Pashinyan said.

Meanwhile, according to the prime minister, the government and  society of Armenia should concentrate on serving the interests of  "real Armenia", while fixing the impossibility of returning to the  thinking and logic of "historical Armenia" in the future. Otherwise,  there will be a constant source of threats within the country, he  said.