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PAP President Gagik Tsarukyan sent a message.

“One of the main messages of my recent public activity has been internal solidarity, the inadmissibility of dividing the economy into “Russian-oriented” and “Western-oriented”, the need for cross-party cooperation, because no political force alone can find the best solutions for Armenia in such a difficult situation.

Regardless of all the injustices that have been done to me and my team, I insist on the same today. Internal solidarity has no alternative. That is the enemy’s dream. I am sure that this realization will prevail in the near future.

Although I have a certain lack of information now, I can imagine the most serious difficulties faced by our businessmen in various fields. Over the years, what people have created step by step can fall into the water. I am in favor of exports from Armenia in different directions, not only to Europe, but also to the Arab world, the USA, etc., but it is not possible to completely change the export market in one day, one month, even one year.

One should enter a new market calmly, competently, patiently, without destroying the previous one, without destroying previous economic ties. Now we are doing the complete opposite.

In one of my previous messages, I mentioned that Azerbaijan intensively enters the markets from which we intensively exit. After losing traditional markets, it will be extremely difficult to return to the old positions, and in some cases, simply impossible. Those who live and work in real life know this very well. Those who live in cabinets cannot imagine this.
If we do not take steps today, problems will arise for new areas tomorrow. And there are steps, and everything should be done so that the Armenian businessman, the Armenian businessman, the Armenian worker, the Armenian peasant do not face irreversible losses. Unfortunately, I can’t be helpful now with concrete steps, but I assure you that there are steps, opportunities. Businesses and jobs are built over many years, but can be destroyed in just a few weeks.

I also want to appeal to the employees of those enterprises, which for reasons beyond my control today were deprived of normal working conditions and found themselves in uncertainty. All of you care is my care, your pain is my pain. It was unbelievable to imagine that in one’s own country they could intentionally damage working institutions, stop existing enterprises, prevent thousands of working people from going to work, when the country is already in a difficult economic situation, but this is our reality. I am sure justice will be restored and you will all return to your regular jobs.

As for cross-party cooperation, it is more a matter of thinking. Armenia is really facing serious problems. Only the Iran-US war, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the acute risks of our economy, and the undisguised ambitions of Azerbaijan are enough to understand the enormous volume of risks facing us.

In these conditions, we need the potential of all capable forces and individuals. of Armenia and Diaspora. In these conditions, what party affiliation, what party preference? We have hundreds of specialists in the field who do not want to hear the name of the party, but they can give a great benefit to our country as specialists and as people.

As a compassionate Armenian, as a person who has lived and created in Armenia all my life, I feel the importance of these ideas today more than ever.”

Center KHC
27.07.26

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Avetik Chalabyan, the coordinator of the “HayaVote” initiative, a political and public figure, addressed the people in a letter from the “Armavir” prison and urged them to fight against the current government of Armenia and the situation created in the country.

Chalabyan stated in the letter that he has been in prison for more than 1 month, and he described it as an illegality.

He reminded that in this one month, PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan and “Mother Armenia” party board member Aregnaz Manukyan were deprived of their freedom, a criminal case was initiated against Narek Karapetyan, a member of the National Assembly of the 9th convocation, Saint Bagrat and his friends, “Mother Armenia” party leader Andranik Tevanyan, RPA vice-president Armen Ashotyan and many other persons, who, according to Chalabyan, are still in prison. in words, they had the courage to fight against this regime and the pro-Turkish agenda implemented by it in Armenia.

“Today we are deprived of our freedom, but in reality our whole country is in prison. They are trying to deprive the whole country of leaders of thought and action, the perspective of the future, the freedom to choose that future by one’s own will. Today, in the prisons of both Armenia and Baku, all our people, their past and present, are being imprisoned, and an attempt is being made to imprison their future as well. You don’t have to wait for the day when the investigative committee will come after you personally, in a sense it has already arrived. So stand up and fight for the freedom of you and your children, as our worthy ancestors fought in Sardarapat 100 years ago. The enemy, having been defeated in Sardarapat, today is trying to conquer our country from the inside, through his henchmen,” Chalabyan wrote.

He also noted that hundreds and thousands should come out to fight instead of everyone deprived of their freedom, so that the enemy will fall again. The politician stressed that today’s fight is everyone’s.

To remind, 7-8 employees of the police and investigative bodies visited Avetik Chalabyan’s house in the early morning of June 24, when the family members were still asleep. On the same day, Chalabyan was detained for 2 months. He was charged with preparing to obstruct voters’ right to vote (by a group of people with prior consent and using official powers).

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As it is known, after the scandalous incident that happened in one of the markets the other day, a criminal prosecution was initiated against a man selling watermelons. The investigative committee informed that a criminal prosecution was initiated on the grounds of hooliganism.

The incident happened after Aram Avetisyan, a blogger, went to the market and provoked a fight with a citizen, insulted and insulted him, and the citizen responded in the same way.

The citizen selling watermelons is Arman Kalashyan from Zartonk village of Armavir region. His Advocate Gurgen Grigoryan said that his client was released after questioning.

“My client does not have any status, he was interrogated and released. They did not give him any notice for re-interrogation.

I understand very well that my client did not commit any crime, did not do anything illegal.” of 168.am Gurgen Grigoryan said in a conversation with

Until now, the blogger has not been invited for questioning, according to the lawyer, it is the law’s requirement that the blogger be invited for questioning, but what the pre-investigation body will decide in this regard, he cannot say.

“I think the investigator is quite smart, he will do the analysis related to all this. I cannot say many things, it often happens that the law is not applied. At the moment, I cannot say anything definite,” Gurgen Grigoryan emphasized.

It should be reminded that last week law enforcement officers initiated a criminal prosecution against a citizen selling watermelons in one of the markets under the charge of hooliganism. The reason was that the citizen asked the so-called blogger Aram Avetisyan whose media he was representing, “traitors?” After that, the person posing as a blogger started cursing the citizen, threatened that he would be “judged”, and the citizen cursed him in turn. Hours after the incident, the Investigative Committee told the media that a criminal prosecution was initiated against the citizen selling watermelons.

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Luciana Minasyan, the head of the Armenian Orphans Aid Society (SOAR), the lawyer of the Armenian prisoner of war Ludvig Mkrtchyan, who has been held in Baku for 5.5 years, urgently and publicly appealed to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Sputnik Armenia reports.

Earlier, the lawyer said that Ludvig Mkrtchyan is facing a serious health problem and is fighting for his life. 56-year-old Mkrtchyan’s leukocyte count is 14.27, which is almost double the normal, which is accompanied by extensive inflammation. He also has severe heart disease: left ventricular hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction, aortic insufficiency. Armenian prisoners of war often have headaches and dizziness, and chest pains.

“Allow Ludvig Mkrtchyan to immediately call his wife Hranush Shahbazyan. Silence is enough. Enough uncertainty. One call. Now,” Minasyan wrote.

He noted that Ludvig Mkrtchyan has not spoken to his wife for more than a month. The last time they talked was on June 19. During that call, Ludwig said that he felt so weak that he fainted. He was taken for a heart exam, but after that there was no diagnosis, no explanation. Only complete silence. The lawyer warned once again that Mkrtchyan’s health is getting worse, and the family has no information about him.

“One call will not make him well, but it will give the woman an opportunity to know if her husband is still alive and conscious. This is the minimum manifestation of human dignity,” the lawyer wrote.

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Armenian fish farmers continue to complain that they cannot sell their products. As a result of restrictions on the Russian side, fish is currently not exported to the Russian market, it is not sold in the domestic market, as a result, fish farmers have accumulated debts of millions and continue to complain.

Recently, they held a protest near the Government building, demanded a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, but no meeting took place.

Armen Karapetyan, a member of the Union of Fish Breeders according to them, they will wait until Thursday, after that they will do what they have to do.

“At the moment, we are in a state of waiting until this Thursday, the next meeting of the Government, then it will be clear whether there is a reaction from their side or not.”

We gave them our support plan, what needs to be done so that we can extend it for some time. It is true that I consider this a temporary solution, but if it does not happen, we will not delay.

Aid money came from all over the world, but it did not reach us, we only paid taxes and were persecuted. The government was given money to give us, but now it is gone. They pay their bonuses on time, receive their bonuses, and then go on vacation. More than 8 million premiums have been written to governorates and the deputy prime minister, isn’t this a good thing? of 168.am said Armen Karapetyan in a conversation with

He mentioned that if the government is unable to answer the fish farmers’ questions today, the Europeans will answer their questions during the “COP-17” to be held in Armenia in October.

“Then you will hear the voice. If the problem solver is one person, we should meet with him. We have to understand, if they gave something to transfer to us, why didn’t they transfer at least a part of it? They write on the paper that we will give a subsidy, but by the 1st of the month, the subsidy disappears, aren’t we cattle?” added our interlocutor.

He also expressed hope that all questions will be answered on Thursday, for example, why was the subsidy given until August 1?

“This is the same as saying: I give you 1 billion dollars, but you have to go to New York and come back in half an hour. If you can’t go and come back, I can promise 1 trillion more. What is the meaning of this, their brain works in a different way, as they say, let it end well. Everyone has crossed those “red lines”, there is no more room for us not to do debt. Apart from the Azerbaijani tuman, there is no other currency in the world that we have not made a debt with. What we have and don’t have, we have sold, starting with gold,” emphasized Armen Karapetyan.

It should be noted that since May, the Russian Federation has imposed restrictions on the import of a number of Armenian products to the Russian market: flowers, fruits and vegetables, and from today on dairy products.

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On July 26, the Iranian media reported the statement of the representative of the Iranian army, Mohammad Akraminiya, and said that Tehran stopped its military operations after the USA stopped its attacks.

He emphasized that Iran’s behavior at this stage of the conflict is based on “reciprocity” and that any change in the situation on the ground will lead to a proportionate response from Tehran.

Earlier, the United States halted airstrikes against Iran after nearly two weeks of continuous military operations, as President Donald Trump’s advisers told him there were no more targets to hit and they expressed concern about the depletion of American weapons stockpiles.

Despite this relative ceasefire, yesterday Tehran accused Kiev of attacking an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, killing one sailor and injuring several others. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that the country will not leave this attack unanswered.

Aragchin added, who spoke with the head of EU diplomacy Kaya Kalas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and told them that Ukraine’s action “cannot go unanswered”.

The incident took place on July 25. Iranian officials reported that the ship loaded with iron was on its way from the Russian city of Astrakhan to the Iranian city of Anzali. Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack and summoned the charge d’affaires of Ukraine.

Will this Iran-US ceasefire have a long life, in case of resumption of mutual attacks, what developments may take place, and what impact may they have on the region, particularly on Armenia?

Military expert Davit Jamalyan according to them, in the USA they understand, in particular, Trump’s opponents, as well as his entourage, talk about the fact that this latest escalation unleashed against Iran was an adventure.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran, being a self-sufficient country, having a very serious military-industrial complex, moreover, having prospects, being one of the power centers of the multipolar world, having the undisguised support of Russia and China, is not only able to successfully resist this aggression, but also to carry out pre-offensive activity. Therefore, Iran has confronted the United States with a serious fact, which is causing a serious blow to its reputation.

Trump is trying to keep his face, which, of course, is an adventure.” 168.am–Davit Jamalyan said in a conversation with

According to the military expert, these processes will bring to the international stage forces that, of course, existed before, but their positions will be further strengthened. these powers are Iran, Russia and China.

Davit Jamalyan is sure that these mutual military attacks will end in a so-called “draw”, mostly in favor of Iran, because the blows that Iran inflicts on the United States are very painful. The USA has no countermeasures against all that, unlike Iran, which knew about hitting it.

“Yemen also joined this whole process, the Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia. Along with closing the strait, international maritime trade and oil prices will rise, a serious blow will be inflicted on the US economy, that is, there is no good scenario for Trump. And for Iran, of course, the losses were big and painful, but Iran is in an advantageous position, it came out as the winner in the first two stages of escalation.

If you have noticed, Israel is not openly interfering in this third escalation, because Iran has dealt very painful blows to Israel, several more such blows, and Israel may not be able to withstand anymore,” our interlocutor added.

According to Davit Jamalyan, Iran has not only not lost its missile industry, but it is also rapidly replenishing it. Iran even went so far as to supply representatives of its armed forces and weapons to Yemen.

As for Armenia, according to the expert, under these conditions it is obvious that TRIPP has no prospects.

“A year ago, when Nikol Pashinyan in fact handed over territory to Azerbaijan and Turkey under the American auspices, in order to keep his power, in fact, he handed over a “corridor”. At that time, the influence of the USA in the region was greater than it is now. It is very clearly stated that this “corridor” will be opened according to their wishes and according to their rules. The tragedy for us is that according to the perception of the power centers, Armenia is not a subject, but an object. The problem is, in this case, under what conditions that “corridor” can be opened.

If there is a change of power in Armenia, which I think is inevitable and will happen sooner or later, the new government, after restoring normal relations with Iran and Russia, should simply throw the so-called TRIPP into the dustbin of history and raise the positions of Armenia’s subjectivity and negotiate from those positions.

I would like to say one more thing: this path of the friendly people of Iran should be very instructive for us, how they were able to use the time and turn into someone who dictates conditions to the United States,” emphasized Davit Jamalyan.

Let’s remind that mutual strikes between Iran and the US were stopped on June 18, after which they talked about starting negotiations and signing an agreement, but the strikes resumed a few days after the cease-fire.

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Recently, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev confirmed changes in the country’s Housing Code, the laws “On the status of refugees and forcibly displaced persons (internally displaced persons)” and “On the social protection of forcibly displaced persons and their equalized persons”.

According to the new norms, a permanent housing fund will be created in the territories “liberated from occupation” (quotation marks: – M.P.), in which the residential areas included will be provided to forcibly displaced people, with the condition that they will be left as property later. The order of resettlement of Azerbaijani citizens, delivery of their apartments and formalization of ownership rights will be decided by the authorized state body.

We learn from Azerbaijani sources that previously such objects were allocated on the basis of lease agreements.

With those changes, the grounds for terminating the status of a forcibly displaced person are also clarified. A person will lose that status when he is provided with an apartment instead of his previous place of residence in the occupied or “liberated” territories of Artsakh, and even if he refuses to receive an apartment under such conditions.

By the way, the new legislative changes also apply to those citizens or persons who have already received an apartment and resettled in the “liberated areas”, which, according to the Azerbaijani authorities, will enable them to use the legal guarantees provided by the legislation.

And months ago, Azerbaijani MP Razi Nurulayev in the Mill Mejlis had suggested for the returnees to Karabakh to build their houses with their own funds, because the state should not cover the costs of housing construction alone, especially when many settlers return after a short time to where they lived for the last 30 years; eg Baku.

“Today we are building houses, utility services and infrastructure for the displaced persons at the expense of the state. But what is the result? Some of the settlers return after some time. In my opinion, the main role of the state should not be to build houses, but to create conditions. When a resident builds his own house, he is more firmly attached to that land.
During construction, they get used to the place, get to know the surroundings, look for means of income, and neighborly relations are formed. It is also a psychologically and socially healthier model. In addition, this is significantly cheaper for the state budget, because citizens will build their houses twice cheaper than at present,” Nurulayev elaborated.

But Aliyev has his own plans to increase the number of settlers in the occupied Artsakh territories. We have written more than once that after the first Artsakh war, Baku from all international platforms announced of more than 1 million refugees and forcibly displaced people.

However, 6 years have passed since the 44-day war, as a result of which significant areas of Artsakh came under the control of Azerbaijan, and it has been almost 3 years since Artsakh has been completely depopulated, but Aliyev has not even managed to 90.000 resettle a person.

According to July 6, 2026, “in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur resettled 88,123 thousand people”.

And today the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan reported that in the first half of 2026, 1 billion was allocated to the restoration of “liberated territories”. 64,1 million manats, moreover, 371,1 million manats for the design and construction of residential complexes.

Now, what about Aliyev’s latest decision?

In essence, he is trying to secure the desired and promised result of the resettlement process through “blackmail”.

It should be noted that in December 2023, Aliyev had announced that they plan to have in Karabakh by the end of 2026 140.000 settler, that is, in the coming months, the dictator of Baku will be able to approach 50.000 bring people to “liberated areas” promising legal guarantees.

Time will tell if Aliyev will succeed in this. However, it is clear that the latest legislative changes related to Azerbaijani refugees and their resettlement prove that Aliyev has failed the resettlement process and is now trying to ensure certain results, at the cost of losing or narrowing the meaning of the concept of “return to homeland”.

What is it about? Oxu.az elaborated that in the past, independent temporary accommodation of forcibly displaced persons was allowed under the condition that it would not violate the rights and legal interests of other persons, and in the event of such a situation, the bodies of the executive power of Azerbaijan were obliged to ensure the transfer to another apartment within the same settlement.

And now, according to the Azerbaijani media, the new law, in fact, removes the restriction of being tied to the same residence, and now in similar cases, the bodies of the executive power are obliged to offer displaced people another residential space without territorial attachment.

And this is exactly what we mean when we say that we are dealing with the substantive loss or narrowing of the concept of “return to the homeland”.

In other words, it is not necessary for an Azerbaijani who has the status of “forcefully displaced” to have his own apartment in the place where he lived before the first Artsakh war. By the way, even before this information was circulated in Azerbaijani sources that the country’s authorities tried people resettle in the places where they have never lived, for example, in the occupied Red Market and Haterk areas, or in the occupied Artsakh areas, where mainly Armenians lived even in the Soviet period.

And it is very possible that the newly created fund will include less resettled settlements and areas, so it is not accidental that the law did not exclude the fact of refusing the apartment to be provided by the government.

In this context, let us add that on one occasion we wrote, that Aliyev is trying to rush to create conditions close to the city in the villages, because many of the settlers are sent from Baku, where they have lived for the past 30 years, and return there shortly after.

In other words, Aliyev considers the resettlement of the “liberated territories” both to solve some problems on the international stage and in the context of the security of Karabakh.

Moreover, on one occasion, the propaganda machine of Baku opened “parentheses” that for Baku, the issue of Karabakh security is no less important than the economic recovery of the region, because the main priority is to ensure the normal and safe life of people returning to the liberated territories.

Therefore, according to Baku, along with creating civil infrastructures, a modern security system is also being formed, so that the next attempts to test the strength of the region or to question the established realities, whoever it may be, will be stopped.

In other words, in order to legitimize the creation of security and military structures, Aliyev also needs this resettlement in specific areas. The problem is to show that resettlement is actively being carried out, and the president of Azerbaijan cares very little that many of the citizens of Azerbaijan may not return to their “place of birth-residence”. And, it is not important at all that the propaganda machine of Baku has publicly provided exciting scenes so far.

And the same will happen in the case of the possible return of “Western Azerbaijanis” to Armenia, when among the returnees there will also be those who were not born and lived in Armenia, after all, many Azerbaijanis who went from Armenia to Azerbaijan during the Karabakh movement moved to Russia after a short time due to different treatment.

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