Pashinyan Describes Azerbaijani Official’s Gandzasar Statements as ‘Unacceptable and Incomprehensible’

As Baku Doubles Down on Anti-Armenian Attacks, Yerevan is Unable to Provide Succinct Position

The 13th Century Dadivank Monastery—now under Azerbaijani occupation—has become the focus of a futile debate on Armenian identity, because the government of Armenia has failed to succinctly respond to Baku’s efforts to distort history, all in the name of “peace.” It all started last week when a top adviser to Azerbaijan’s president, Hikmet Hajiyev, accompanied dozens of diplomats accredited in this country on a junket in occupied Artsakh and cla…

Pashinyan Calls Efforts to Prove Gandzasar’s Armenian Identity to Azerbaijan “Pointless”

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan broke his public silence Wednesday over Azerbaijan’s claims about the Armenian heritage of Gandzasar, four days after a senior Azerbaijani official presented the medieval monastery to foreign diplomats as part of the heritage of Caucasian Albania. Pashinyan addressed the controversy after opposition lawmaker Lena Matevosyan of the Strong Armenia faction raised the issue during a question-and-answer session in parli…

Pashinyan Calls Hajiyev's Gandzasar Deception "Unacceptable," Backs Matenadaran Director: "We Have No Blank Pages In Our History" - ZARTONK | Homeland Meets Diaspora | Latest Armenian News | Breaking News and Videos

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the National Assembly on Tuesday, September 16, 2026, that statements made by Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev at occupied Gandzasar Monastery are “unacceptable” and “incomprehensible,” and that Armenia had already set out its position through Matenadaran Director Ara Khzmalyan, whose September 14 rebuttal exposed Hajiyev’s manuscript display as a deception. […] The post Pashinyan Calls Hajiyev’s G…

Pashinyan describes Azerbaijani official’s Gandzasar statements as ‘unacceptable and incomprehensible’

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has described the latest statements by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s Assistant Hikmet Hajiyev concerning...