NEW INSIGHT LIBERATED TERRITORIES

Lragir.am
17 July 06

Even the legal definition of the territories controlled by NKR is
doubted. What is more, not only by foreigners but also ourselves.
Maps are published in Armenia, where the liberated territories are
marked with a different color. On other maps Kashatagh and Karvachar
are marked with the same color as Armenia and Karabakh. This means
that the Armenian reality lacks a common, real attitude towards these
territories. The Armenian refugees presented their point of view on
these territories. They proposed president Aliyev recognizing these
territories as compensation to Armenian refugees. Arman Melikyan,
adviser to the NKR president, says 500 thousand Armenian refugees
comprised 8 percent of the population of Soviet Azerbaijan, and
they can claim to 12 thousand square km from 150 thousand square km
legally belonging to Azerbaijan. "Hence, it is not serious to consider
returning lands," said Arman Melikyan.

Sanasar Saryan, chair of Karabakh Refugees NGO, told us in an interview
that the approach of the international community towards the problem
of refugees is not equal. The rights, possible return, compensation to
Armenian refugees is not included in any document. And the refugees
living in Karabakh have not received any compensation. So far no
international organization has attended to the problem of Armenian
refugees, said Sanasar Saryan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress