Former Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has called on current PM Nikol Pashinyan to resign “for the benefit of the country’s future”.

Karapetyan, who served as prime minister from September 2016 to April 2018, said that Armenia and Artsakh are in a deep moral, political, economic and social crisis and that Pashinyan and his government are incapable of effectively harnessing Armenia’s potential to resolve these challenges.

“Taking into account, on the one hand, the incessant and aggressive policy of Azerbaijan aimed at consolidating its success, and, on the other hand, the challenges facing Armenia, the continuation of this crisis every day is detrimental to us, only to us,” Karapetyan argued in a statement released today.

Karapetyan called on Pashinyan to rise above narrow political interests and find the courage to resign.

Karapetyan, a Stepanakert (Artsakh) native, also served as Yerevan mayor from December 2010 to November 2011.