ARMENIAN REFUGEES DEMAND THEIR FUTURE BE DISCUSSED IN KARABAKH TALKS
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.02.2009 15:15 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian refugees from Azerbaina are the real
victims of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict.
"Today, on the eve of the 21st anniversary of Armenian pogroms in
Sumgait, the Armenian refugees demand that their future be discussed
in Karabakh talks," said Eleonora Asatryan, coordinator of Refugees
and International Law organizations network.
"Some 500 thousand refugees, who are scattered throughout the globe,
have the right to moral, financial and territorial compensation,"
she said.
"We have requested the NKR authorities for partial compensation and
permission to settle in the liberated territories. We have received
no response yet, but we know that official Stepanakert never minded
the idea," Mrs. Asatryan said.
The Armenian pogroms in Sumgait on February 26-29, 1988 were the
first outburst of ethnic violence in the modern soviet history.
Violence, robberies and killings resulted in flows of Armenians to
Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia.
Armenians were evicted from their houses while Azeris in Armenia were
given a possibility to sell or exchange their immovable property.