29/01/2026 | 10:53:34 Thank you. Dear colleagues, Over the past year, many moral, legal, and political constraints have been lifted, making the language of mega-strategies and the logic of "backyard" policies obvious. For many countries that cannot afford mega-strategies, the primary challenge is the preservation of state sovereignty and national independence. The importance of norms and rules, emphasised in the resolution, and their open disregard by states that are not members of our organisation, make it... 27/01/2026 | 16:54:41 Dear colleagues, Elections are a test of the resilience of democracy, trust in institutions and society's ability to resolve conflicts peacefully. Armenia, on the eve of the parliamentary elections in June 2026, finds itself at the crossroads of these challenges. Voter turnout in the last two parliamentary elections in Armenia did not exceed 50%. Low turnout is the result of a deliberate policy by the authorities to cultivate a sense of predefined election results. This policy is promoted by... 26/01/2026 | 18:11:24 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Armenia is entering a difficult electoral political period. The political space is being deliberately narrowed to manipulative alternatives like "peace or war", "Russia or the West" and others. These frames are false. There is no "party of war" in Armenia. Civil and political forces that are being labeled as such simply because they raise uncomfortable questions about the fate of Armenian prisoners held in Baku, the... 26/01/2026 | 17:35:45 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, The international justice system established in Europe was designed for states that generally recognised the rule of law and limits on power, and were prepared to be limited by it.That system no longer corresponds to the political reality it is meant to regulate. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a vast new political space emerged where democracy and human rights did not need to be reformed, they had to emerge... 03/10/2025 | 10:13:18 Dear colleagues, Artificial intelligence cannot become a black box deciding human destinies, specifically in migration and asylum procedures. Digital decisions in such sensitive matters must always be subject to strict human review. We often talk about external interference. However, today we are in a situation of a new, voluntary form of digital dependency. According to AI gurus, the more we rely on AI advice, the more data it collects, the smarter it becomes, and I would add the greater its... 02/10/2025 | 20:12:29 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Democracy begins to deteriorate when elections fail to change the country's ruling power. Today’s Armenia, in this sense, is the most striking example of democracy's failure to reach maturity. Democratic procedures are formally preserved, but democracy is perceived as the winner's right to rule without restraint. There is a disturbing process, resulting in three unacceptable trends. First, the monopolization of power, in... 29/09/2025 | 17:02:49 Madam Chair, The Armenian people are being asked to believe that, following the Washington declarations, peace has already been achieved between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Yet the Washington peace is not the conclusion of the conflict, but the start of a new phase of regional uncertainty. Armenia has once again found itself in a position where its geopolitical agenda is being dictated. Efforts to neutralise the Turkic risk while ignoring others' historically deep geopolitical interests create... 25/06/2025 | 21:02:39 Ladies and gentlemen, the Reykjavík Summit has stressed the link between human rights and the environment. It stressed the right to a healthy environment and highlighted the importance of social justice. Our states drive that social justice, including through energy policies and public investment; their actions should therefore support the energy transition in a socially fair manner. This transition is an opportunity for Europe to be stronger and more resilient, geopolitically, economically... 25/06/2025 | 17:01:29 Dear colleagues, the escalation in the Middle East is already echoing beyond its borders. These events pose a direct threat to the South Caucasus. The last five years of Armenia's geopolitical history make us understand that international institutions are losing their authority, universal norms are losing their relevance, national borders are losing their stability. And ultimately, each country is forced to have its own survival strategy. The conflict in the Middle East has shown the... 23/06/2025 | 16:49:44 Dear colleagues, In 2022, the Armenian authorities recognised Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. That recognition did not bring peace. Instead, it encouraged Azerbaijan to advance new territorial claims. Today, Azerbaijan is aggressively promoting the concept of so-called "Western Azerbaijan". This is not a humanitarian initiative, but a geopolitical project aimed at the eventual takeover of Armenian territories, under the pretext of "repatriating" Azerbaijanis. This is not a human...