Former refugee sees cooperation as key to settlement of Azeri-Armenian
conflict
Assa-Irada
5 Jul 05
BAKU
“I am concerned about the plight of Azerbaijani and Armenian refugees
as I am also a refugee from Baku ,” Robert Melik-Pashayev, a
representative of the Armenian NGO Veradarts Haik [Back to Armenian
Roots], has told a seminar on the displacement of the population in
the South Caucasus held by the sub-committee on refugees [of the
Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population] of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe [in Baku].
Melik-Pashayev said that he was born and lived in Azerbaijan. He moved
to Armenia after the known events [when the Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict over Nagornyy Karabakh started].
“I can see how grave the refugees’ situation is. I can see how
difficult it is to begin new life,” he said.
He said that he was not going to return to Azerbaijan because of
anti-Armenian propaganda. He blamed both the Azerbaijanis and
Armenians for inflaming the conflict and described talks and
cooperation as a way out of the situation. Melik-Pashayev believes
that the governments and public organizations should work in this
sphere.