Lemkin Institute calls on Pashinyan to prevent any future familiarity between his statements and those of Armenian Genocide deniers

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issued a statement regarding Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s scandalous remarks, in which he questions the fact of the Armenian Genocide.

“At the risk of being accused of being a ‘Dashnak’ organization, taking Russian money, and circulating ‘fake news’ by some Armenians, including notably the Zoryan Institute, which demanded last year that we apologize to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after suggesting that he was engaging in cryptic genocide denial, the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security once again calls attention to Prime Minister Pashinyan’s recent statements on the Armenian Genocide, which further echo Turkish denialist narratives.

His senseless statements ignore the decades of historical research on the Armenian Genocide conducted by Turkish, German, British, American, and Armenian scholars, among others, stand in the way of the ongoing struggle for justice for the victims of the Armenian Genocide, and create a dangerous geopolitical dynamic, especially in the context of Azerbaijan’s recent genocide of Artsakh Armenians and its ongoing threats to the Republic of Armenia.

We hope that the Armenian Prime Minister will clarify his statements on the genocide and work to prevent any future familiarity between his statements and those of Armenian Genocide deniers. We will continue to advocate for Armenia’s right to sovereignty and especially for greater international defense of Armenia’s borders,” the Lemkin Institute said in a statement.