Yerevan.May 30. ArmInfo, Naira Badalyan. What happened in Armenia can be described as the process of returning power to the people. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with DW.
According to the prime minister, this is a change of power by decision of the inhabitants of the country, as well as "velvet", the people's revolution without violence. "The process and my election to the post of prime minister were within the framework of the constitution and laws of Armenia," he said.
According to the head of the Armenian government, the events in Armenia cannot be called a "color" revolution. "It is understood that there is a great geopolitical context behind such a change of power, in our case it was an internal process in the Republic of Armenia by the decision of the Armenian people.For us it is a matter of national dignity and for me personal dignity, from outside, it does not matter who and where, should decide the internal political issues of Armenia, "he stressed.
According to Pashinyan, the revolutions that took place in other republics formerly part of the USSR were of a different nature. "After these revolutions, we saw changes in the foreign policy of these countries, and we said that in general we will continue the foreign policy of Armenia, develop relations in all directions, this concerns the Armenian-Russian relations and relations with the European Union, the US, Iran, with Georgia.The vector of our foreign policy remains the same as before the revolution, "said Nikol Pashinyan.