Self-determination of peoples is our fundamental value, says Italy’s Five Star Movement lawmaker

12:42, 14 August, 2020

YEREVAN, AUGUST 14, ARMENPRESS. During August 6 hearings at the Italian Senate’s Foreign Relations committee regarding the recent escalation at the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, Senator Alberto Airola from the Five Star Movement – part of the ruling coalition – addressed the people’s self-determination.

“I would like to say that people’s self-determination is one of our Five Star Movement’s fundamental values, and I will tell you that we, as Italians, also need peace and not just gas and petroleum,” Airola said at the end of the Q&A.

The Armenian Ambassador to Italy Tsovinar Hambardzumyan participated in the hearings at the invitation of the Italian side.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

Disclaimer: This article was contributed and translated into English by Emil Lazarian. While we strive for quality, the views and accuracy of the content remain the responsibility of the contributor. Please verify all facts independently before reposting or citing.

Direct link to this article: https://www.armenianclub.com/2020/08/17/self-determination-of-peoples-is-our-fundamental-value-says-italys-five-star-movement-lawmaker/

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS