ArmInfo.The Artsakh parliamentarians demand that the Armenian authorities renounce their "disastrous position". On April 14, the National Assembly of Artsakh adopted a statement during an extraordinary meeting.
"The current legal and political status of the Republic of Artsakh has been formed by the will of the people as a result of three referendums and the adoption of a constitution based on their results and through a nationwide agreement established in the previous years. The Armenians of Artsakh are well aware of the price of peace. The statehood of Artsakh, the right to live freely and independently in the historical homeland are absolute values from which even the threat of war cannot keep us.
According to Armenia-Azerbaijan "peace" agenda, any negotiation process to annex Artsakh to Artsakh as well as the signing of the resulting document, undermines not only the statehood of Artsakh, but also the inalienable right of the Armenians of Artsakh to live in their historical homeland.
We demand that the authorities of the Republic of Armenia renounce their current catastrophic position and be guided exclusively by these values. No government has the right to lower the bar of internationally recognized self-determination to a status unacceptable to Artsakh, under the pretext of "peace."
On behalf of the Armenians of Artsakh we apply to
-Armenians all over the world to stand united and resolutely by the brothers and sisters of Armenia and Artsakh in this just struggle.
– our colleagues in the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia to not deviate from the decision of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Armenia of July 8, 1992
-the leadership of the Russian Federation. During the peacekeeping mission, it is very important for us that you do not allow anyone to manipulate the problems that arise, as a basis for questioning the further security of the people of Artsakh.
– the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries. Make efforts to maintain the only international mandate for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict regardless of all other disagreements."
Earlier, yesterday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking in parliament, said that the international community urges Armenia to slightly lower the bar on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. " Otherwise, please do not pin your hopes on us, and not for the reason that we do not want to help you, but because we cannot help you," the RA Prime Minister said. After this statement by Pashiyan, a meeting of the Security Council was convened in Artsakh. "Azerbaijan's proposals regarding the status of Artsakh are unacceptable," Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan said at a meeting with the leadership of the regional administration, heads of communities, and active representatives of the population in Martakert. Today, MPs of Armenia's ruling Civil Contract faction, represented by Vigen Khachatryan, stated that the idea that Artsakh has no future within Azerbaijan, put forward back in 1996, was erroneous.