Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s claim today, voiced in the Armenian National Assembly, that the international community is demanding that Armenia “lower the bar on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, has raised serious concerns in Karabakh.

Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan today convened a meeting of parliamentary representatives, the country’s Foreign Minister and Security Council Secretary to discuss Pashinyan’s remarks.

According to a statement released by Harutyunyan’s office, NGO representatives voiced their indignation over Pashinyan’s remarks and demanded that urgent consultations be held with parliamentary and extra-parliamentary forces to draft a common and clear political position in this regard.

Harutyunyan stressed that the Artsakh authorities will not abandon the struggle for the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, promising to fulfill this public demand.