The people of Artsakh are in favor of such an Armenian government for which the issue of Artsakh is not closed. About this 168 TV Revue mentioned on the air of the program political scientist, co-founder of Artsakh “Ardarutyun” party Hakob Hakobyanspeaking about the participation of Artsakh Armenians in the NA elections.

The figure from Artsakh emphasizes that no authority can close or open the issue of Artsakh. The Armenian people opened it once and will address the issue of Artsakh until historical justice is restored.

Expressing his opinion regarding the well-known accusations addressed to Nikol Pashinyan, the people of Artsakh and military generals, and regarding this topic, former Minister of Defense of RA Seyran Ohanyan’s response to Nikol Pashinyan in the National Assembly last week. speech and Onik Gasparyan, the former chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, following it statement մասին՝ Hakob Hakobyan emphasizes that such accusations have nothing to do with the morality of the people of Artsakh who were subjected to genocide and forced displacement in Artsakh.

“I think that our Armenian people understand very well that if there were about 150,000 Artsakh people living there, then they would have perished until their last breath, there would be no people left. In the new Armenia, these authorities would say that the Artsakh people fought and did not run away. The intensity of the one-day war of September 2023 probably exceeds the intensity of many wars in the world: in one day, the people of Artsakh lost more than 200 victims, not counting the nearly 1000 wounded, and those who say that the people of Artsakh did not fight, should have been in Artsakh, in Stepanakert, at that moment, and seen the workload of hospitals and hospitals, and then they would have understood, and talking about not fighting in such a situation is another manipulative action in order to put the blame on the people of Artsakh. They are talking about a people who have not moved a meter from their place of residence for centuries, have fought for centuries to live in their homeland, and imagine what the situation was when the people were forced to leave their native territories, and instead these authorities say that a genocide was committed against the people of Artsakh, they forcibly displaced the people of Artsakh from their homeland with the threat of death at gunpoint, they are talking about how the people of Artsakh seem to have voluntarily left“, emphasizes the figure from Artsakh.

According to Hakobyan, all these accusations are a direct indicator that the head of the state and the leadership conducting the war were not in their place and could not organize in such a way that there would be no escapes.

«I think that Nikol Pashinyan does not want to highlight historical justice, but this is simply another topic with which he tries to distract the public from the real issues, to make him believe that everyone is guilty except him, and thereby to remove from his shoulders all the heavy guilt that exists, because we have had such losses from the war of 2020 until today, from which the Armenian people cannot recover.Hakob Hakobyan thinks.

Speaking about the right of Artsakh Armenians to return to Artsakh, Hakob Hakobyan emphasizes. “We don’t want war, we want to stand up for what we have»։

The figure from Artsakh emphasizes that the natural right of return of Artsakh Armenians is an inalienable right, and it cannot be “closed”. the right is either exercised or not.

Hakob Hakobyan reminded that since 2023, at the initiative of the Artsakh National Assembly, a committee for the protection of fundamental rights of the people of Artsakh was created, headed by former Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan. Noting that to everyone’s surprise, not only Baku, but also the RA authorities do not welcome the Swiss peace initiative aimed at protecting the right of return of Artsakh citizens, trying to close the Artsakh issue, Hakob Hakobyan adds that the international community does not consider the Artsakh issue closed.

«No authority can close or open that issue. The Armenian people have raised this issue once and will address it until historical justice is restored.“, says the interlocutor.

According to Hakob Hakobyan: The authorities of Azerbaijan also understand that the issue of Artsakh is not closed.

Hakob Hakobyan adds that although today the world moves not by the power of law, but by the right of power, everyone is convinced that the moment will come when we will return to the power of law.

«It is not possible to rule the world for a long time with the right of force. There will come a time when we will again return to the power of law, there will come a time when they will be condemned again, although now some organizations and countries are also condemning the genocidal actions that took place in Artsakh and which do not differ from genocide in any way. Unrealized genocide is also a crime. Unfortunately, in September 2023, in front of the eyes of the world, the criminal leadership of Azerbaijan was able to commit such a crime against an entire nation by force, but I believe that there will come a time when these perpetrators will answer in a world ruled by force of law.Hakob Hakobyan adds.

According to the co-chairman of the Artsakh “Ardarutyun” party, the fact that the people of Artsakh do not want to live “under the hands of Azerbaijan” is an understatement, because Azerbaijan itself does not want Armenians to live in the territories under its control.

«Otherwise, the military and political authorities of Azerbaijan would not have given an order to kill a peaceful peasant who was doing business on his land. There are many such cases, which are not news, I am just saying, but everyone is aware of them, these authorities are also aware of them, and in that case, to blame people for why you didn’t stay, so that it was your turn, is just a misunderstanding.

It’s not like we could have peaceful coexistence there, we didn’t. For tens of years, Azerbaijanis have shown by their behavior that coexistence there is impossible, therefore, when we talk about return, we must necessarily talk about self-determining mechanisms along with it. Otherwise, the same story will repeat itself. Those people simply do not perceive and accept the Armenian nation ethnically. they kill without any reason. As long as there are no mechanisms that will curb the Armenian-hating desires of Azerbaijan, talking about the return of the people of Artsakh is just an adventure.“, he emphasizes.

Hakob Hakobyan believes that the only way to fight against all this is to remove the current regime from power and to form a government of national forces in Armenia, for which historical memory and historical justice are state guidelines.

«The people of Artsakh understand that their dream, that is, the return to Artsakh, should come true in the presence of a strong Armenia. A strong Armenia means a strong society, a national government, and only in that case is it possible to realize the collective return of the people of Artsakh to Artsakh. The people of Artsakh will be in favor of those authorities for whom the Artsakh issue is not closed, not those authorities that will declare that “the people of Artsakh fled”, as if everything was fine in Artsakh, it was calm, the people of Artsakh simply did not want to live in Stepanakert, they decided to come to Yerevan.Hakob Hakobyan mentioned.

Full interview in the video.

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