Turning to the question of the displacement of the population of Artsakh in 2023, Nikol Pashinyan stated: “With his leadership, Levon Ter-Petrosyan dragged Armenia and the Armenian people into this adventure.” This is stated in the announcement of ANC.
“It is clear from this that Pashinyan has absolutely no knowledge of the ancient, medieval, or modern history of Armenia.
The Karabakh movement began with the official decision of the Nagorno-Karabakh Regional Council on February 20, to which the Armenian people responded with mass demonstrations. Initially, they were led by Zori Balayan and Igor Muradyan, around whom Vano Siradeghyan, Ashot Manucharyan, Hambardzum Galstyan, Alexan Hakobyan, Vazgen Manukyan, Samvel Gevorgyan and Samson Ghazaryan were gradually included as members of the first “Karabakh Committee”. And Rafael Ghazaryan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Babken Ararktsyan and Davit Vardanyan were included in the committee in 1988. at the end of May. So much for historical truth.
And now let’s turn to the motives of Pashinyan’s statement. This comes from the lips of a man, during whose 8-year rule we had ten conflicts with Azerbaijan, including three armed conflicts, during which Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh suffered catastrophic losses and defeats.
1. 2020 The disastrous 44-day war, which took place after he rejected the pro-Armenian plan for the settlement of the Artsakh conflict, guaranteed by Russia, the US and France,
2. 2022 the September war, as a result of which we lost the sovereign territories of Armenia in Vardenis, Jermuk and Syunik, which was a consequence of the Pashinyan policy of rejecting the plan proposed by the announcement of November 9, 2020,
3. 2023 the war that took place as a result of Pashinyan’s recognition of Nagorno Karabakh as the territory of Azerbaijan and ended with the genocide committed against the people of Artsakh – deportation.
The loss of Artsakh and the catastrophic weakening of Armenian statehood are the main results of Nikol Pashinyan’s rule. Pashinyan understands very well the crime he has committed against the Armenian people and makes pitiful efforts to avoid responsibility before the Armenian people and history.
In fact, the movement of 1988 was aimed at protecting the lives and basic human rights of the people of Nagorno Karabakh, and from the beginning it had a non-violent, constitutional and legal character. When Azerbaijan responded with military aggression, self-defense was organized in Nagorno-Karabakh, thanks to which the safety and freedom of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh was ensured.
The Nagorno-Karabakh problem could be solved peacefully if the compromise settlement plan proposed by the international community was adopted. The biggest “adventure”, the misfortune, was not doing it. Nikol Pashinyan is the main actor of that misfortune that dealt catastrophic blows to the Armenian people and their statehood. Today, in order to avoid responsibility and maintain power, he is trying to assume the disgusting role of a party leader who ensures the direct administration of Azerbaijan in Armenia. The “peace” brought by Pashinyan is the dependence on Aliyev and Erdogan. Nothing else.
The Armenian National Congress is in favor of the process of normalization and reconciliation of relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey, and unlike Nikol Pashinyan, it has always taken this position, but categorically rejects any attempt to limit Armenia’s sovereignty and interfere in our internal affairs.
Pashinyan is today the main threat to Armenian statehood and sovereignty, whom the Armenian people will have a historic opportunity to remove in the National Assembly elections on June 7,” the statement said.
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