YEREVAN. Nov 10 (Interfax) - The Armed Forces insisted on the adoption by Armenia of a joint statement with Russia and Azerbaijan on a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the deployment of Russian peacekeeping troops to the region, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a livestream on Facebook on Tuesday.
"I made this decision after the army kept insisting for a long time on the need to take such a step. The army said that it is necessary to stop, that there are certain problems and they either do not see the prospects to solve them or the resources for their resolution have been exhausted," Pashinyan said.
The content of the statement does not benefit Armenia, he said.
"But, otherwise, if the agreement had not been signed, it would negatively affect our combat capabilities," the Armenian prime minister said.
Among problems facing the army, Pashinyan listed several dozen instances when residents of certain districts resisted the deployment of forces in their territory, problems with the draft, the low level of militiamen's combat capabilities, and desertions, he said.
"We have found ourselves in a situation where there was no alternative to signing this agreement," Pashinyan said.