ArmInfo. The Armenia and With Honor parliamentary factions issued a joint statement on Azerbaijan's ongoing aggression against Armenia and Artsakh.
The dominant faction Civil Contract torpedoes the draft statement introduced by the two opposition factions.
"By torpedoing the Parliament's statement, this anti-national government has put one more obstacle to advancing out national interests. The statement was aimed at drawing the international community's attention and making a political assessment of the anti-Armenian policy by Turkey and Azerbaijan," the opposition's statement reads.
Azerbaijan and Turkey must be held responsible for using forces and unleashing the 44-day aggression, thousands of victims, war crimes, ongoing terror and humanitarian disaster.
"There is no alternative to Artsakh's self-determination and the three wars provoked by Azerbaijan is the best evidence that the issue of Artsakh's status must be settled as soon as possible following the principle 'recognition for salvation'.
"The Azerbaijani armed forces must be withdrawn from the territory of the Republic of Artsakh. The coercive policy Azerbaijan and Turkey are implementing toward Armenia and Artsakh is a gross violation of international law and will not produce any results. It requires an adequate response by the international community. Considering the above, the RA National Assembly is calling on the allied nations, parliaments, international agencies, international community to raise their voice to prevent further genocidal activities by Azerbaijan and Turkey, take effective measures strengthen real peace in the region, preventing violations of international law, principles of nonuse of force or threat of force, terrorist practices, policy of coercion and blackmail by Azerbaijan."
