Tripp will be Syunik’s Der Zor Corridor. Garnik Kerkonyan

“In 1915 It was the 2nd or 3rd week, and my 12-year-old grandfather, who lives in Aintap, sees families coming from Marash. 100 families, 200 families, 1000 families… My great-grandfather’s father was a cobbler, and cobblers unite and start making leather bags for water and distribute them to Marash families…

Why is this story important at this moment, because my 12-year-old grandfather looked at Marash families driven to the desert as a result of the Genocide and perceived it as an isolated incident. Unfortunately, the Genocide is not an event, it is a process, and he, being an Armenian from Atap, did not understand and told me at the time that we did not imagine that we would be next. He did not believe, because when a person has an experience, he perceives it as an event, not a process. “Unfortunately, the Genocide program is not an event, but a process.” said at the conference dedicated to the Diaspora military movement held in Paris on April 11-12 famous American-Armenian lawyer, “Kerkonyan:

According to him, when historians return to the beginning of the 100-year history, they should see the sequence of the Genocide process, starting with the Hamidian pogroms, ending with the Sumgait, Kirovabad, Baku pogroms and, of course, Artsakh.

“But the story doesn’t end there. That’s what’s important. And the victim doesn’t understand the scope of that plan at the time, how huge the plan is. We are on that plan. We should not understand the issue of Artsakh as 2023. incident. It is the last volume of the program. And the program continues… The issue of the Constitution, the demolition of the churches of Stepanakert, TRIPP is even a part of that Genocide. TRIPP will be the Der Zor corridor of Syunik.” said Garnik Kerkonyan.

The latter noted that we have already forgotten what were the first steps of Azerbaijan regarding the Berdzor Corridor: the electricity and gas of Artsakh were cut off from Armenia so that the people of Artsakh would have to use the gas and electricity of Azerbaijan.

“It is in this context that it is important to understand why the return of Artsakh citizens is important. The main lessons the world learned after World War II were easily forgotten by the same world. Concessions do not appease the criminal. Let’s remember how the Prime Minister of England Chamberlain in 1939 runs to Munich, meets Hitler, brings back a paper saying we have peace, but after that there was not only war, but also Genocide. Therefore, the series of concessions will not lead us to war, but to the continuation of the Genocide. Unfortunately, we haven’t learned the lesson of 35 years yet.” said the lawyer.

Emphasizing the issue of the return of Artsakh citizens, the member of the committee for the collective repatriation and protection of other fundamental rights of the Artsakh people noted that the right to return is one of the fundamental rights of the Artsakh people.

“But the return is a major obstacle for the security of the Armenian people, contrary to the Genocide plan. If we cannot advance that narrative to the international community, during legal and diplomatic discussions, the series of Genocide will continue. We are the ones who must understand that the Hamidian pogroms, the Baku, Sumgait and Artsakh pogroms are the same story, and if we cannot tell that story to the international community, in the end, we will suffer.” said Garnik Kerkonyan.

According to the speaker, when Aliyev held a military parade after the war, and Erdoğan, standing next to him, gave the name of Nuri Pasha, saying that his soul has calmed down now, it means that the criminal knows what his next step is.

“His goal is not only Artsakh and Syunik, but all of us. We are victims. I don’t need to feel it on my skin, the people of Artsakh have already understood it very well. And if we carry this ideology forward, we will realize that what is happening to us is the same history that is planned that way. If you are Aliyev or Erdogan and you see that you have reached the last 25 km, what should you do…” said Garnik Kerkonyan, adding that in this geopolitical situation, everything is changing very quickly in the South Caucasus.

In conclusion, the latter mentioned that the right of return is not defined only for us, it is the international law, and Ukrainians, Palestinians, and the people of North Africa should also talk about it.

“The right of Artsakh residents to return is one of the main pillars of keeping Armenians safe.” said Garnik Kerkonyan.

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