ARMENIAN PARTY PROPOSES DISCUSSION OF ISSUES OF SHAHUMIAN AND
GETASHEN OCCUPIED ARMENIAN TERRITORIES AND REFUGEES
PanArmenian News
Nov 22 2004
YEREVAN, 22.11.04. The Armenian party proposes to bring up for
discussion the issues of Shahumian and Getashen occupied Armenian
territories and Armenian refugees. Written proposals on that were
submitted by the Armenian party in the course of the session of
the NATO Parliamentary Assembly session in Venice November 11-17.
Chairman of the Committee for Defense, National Security and
Internal Affairs of the Armenian Parliament M. Shahgeldian told
about the course of the discussions at a press conference November
19. During the event, where the question of the security system of
the South Caucasian countries was also discussed, the draft of a
German representative on the countries of the region was heard. The
final report will be presented at the next session. A proposal on `the
seven occupied territories of Azerbaijan` is introduced into the report
instead of `the four territories` present in the initial document. In
M. Shahgeldian`s words, the inclusion of the issue in the UN General
Assembly agenda influenced on making such an alteration. In the course
of the debates a French representative also suggested the introduction
of the issue of lifting the blockade of Armenia, held by Turkey. The
Armenian party also made its written proposals. These specifically
remind of the occupied Armenian territories of Shahumian and Getashen,
as well as persons of Armenian nationality displaced from Azerbaijan
by force. It should be reminded that Getashen territory was occupied
by the Azeri forces in the summer of 1991 with the direct support of
the Soviet army. Shahumian region was occupied in the summer of 1992
due to bribed Russian generals. Thousands of Armenians were deported
by force or annihilated in the course of those operations.