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2021 was the year of post-war repercussions, and very serious efforts were required to keep the situation in Armenia and around it controllable, Nikol Pashinyan told a cabinet meeting on Thursday, adding at the beginning of 2021 they faced that problem.

“It took huge efforts from the public administration system to be able to overcome the domestic situation in 2021 without shocks,” he said. “We encountered very serious problems in the external environment, and we still continue to encounter them. The invasion of the Azerbaijani armed forces into the Sotk-Khoznavar section since May 2021, the consequences of that act, and the incident of November 16 further underscore our security concerns.”

He proposed the participants of the meeting to observe a minute's silence to honor all those, who sacrificed their lives for the homeland in 2021 and in the past.

Afterwards, Pashinyan referred to the plans of the government for 2022.

“We must make every effort in 2022 to make it a year of prosperity and revival. This is our main message today. It is clear that the post-war agenda and the consequences will still be felt for a long period, and we must step by step, consistently overcome this situation and try to solve all the problems that are on the foreign policy agenda. My conviction is that we must do everything in our power to find solutions. We must do our best to leave inheritance to the next generations, to the next governments, not problems that are constantly becoming more complicated, but a stable and recorded situation, which is a key precondition for ensuring the further normal development of the country,” he said

“On the other hand, of course, this is not easy; no matter how much we are willing to take responsibility for making decisions, we must also state that making those decisions often does not depend only on us. This is the most important point. We must be able to bring to maturity a process that will finally give us the opportunity to record the situation and complete the agenda of opening an era of peaceful development for Armenia and our region," Pashinyan noted.