David Babayan: Artsakh is a free country

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David Babayan: Artsakh is a free country David Babayan: Artsakh is a free country

00:38, 14.04.2019
                  

STEPANAKERT.- Different European organizations seem to reconsider their approaches in terms of relations with Artsakh, press secretary of the President of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic/NKR), said during Facebook live.

He recalled that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated in his speech at the PACE that he had to intensify relations with Artsakh. "There are also some critical ideas about PACE that the position of this organization has also contributed to Azerbaijan's aggressive behavior.

Right after that Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland announced that he should give a new impetus to relations with Artsakh and similar states and noted that Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović should pay attention to that issue, "said David Babayan, adding that Mijatović wanted to have more interest in "gray spaces."

He underlined that they immediately responded that the phrase "gray spaces" is unacceptable because Artsakh is a free, accessible country, everyone can come and get acquainted.

"If there is a wish to come, we will just welcome that approach. When people come and see the barbaric country of Azerbaijan and Artsakh, which has chosen the path of democracy, they make conclusions, "said David Babayan.