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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claims that he did not know his son Ashot’s whereabouts during the 2020 Artsakh war.

“Knowing that my son joined the army as a volunteer, I had no information on his whereabouts and didn’t try to reach out to him,” he said, testifying before a parliamentary commission probing the course and causes of the war.

“I thought if I tried to find out where my son was, it would mean I did not consider other soldiers my sons,” Pashinyan explained.

The premier claimed he learned about the developments involving his son only after the war and his return.

"Then I found out that he was part of a small scout team carrying out a mission on the frontline. He came under shelling and his fellow soldier was killed,” Pashinyan said.

According to him, 21 soldiers from Ashot Pashinyan's regiment were killed in Azerbaijani attacks.