Inal Ardzinba, the de-facto Minister for Foreign Affairs of separatist Abkhazia, raised the alarm about the recent remarks made by Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, in which he said Armenia was willing to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan.

Ardzinba said Pashinyan's comments marked a substantial break from earlier stances. They were in direct conflict with a 1992 decision approved by the Supreme Council of Armenia. "Only a few years ago, it was unthinkable that the prime minister of Armenia would make such a statement," Ardzinba added. "In addition, the Supreme Council of Armenia passed a resolution in 1992 outlawing the execution of any normative legal act—internal or international—on Armenian territory that would recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as a part of Azerbaijan. This resolution is contradicted by Pashinyan's comments, which is highly unusual," he emphasized.

Ardzinba continued by highlighting the geopolitical factors at work and the possible repercussions of Pashinyan's remarks. "We are in a period of very rigid geopolitics," he said. "A geopolitical consensus led to what transpired in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the repercussions can be rather devastating. When we consider how many lives were lost and what transpired as a result, what happened in Nagorno Karabakh is tragic," the de-facto diplomat concluded.