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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY CALLS FOR MASS RESETTLEMENT IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH
epress.am
07.07.2011
The parliamentary opposition Heritage Party calls on the authorities
in Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to undertake the
process of mass resettlement of citizens in the de-facto republic
and the territories surrounding it.
"Particularly considering the fact that there are many families
in Armenia, including refugees from Azerbaijan SSR who survived the
pogroms, who are unable to earn a living, are leaving Armenia en masse,
sometimes entire villages. We must create favorable conditions for them
in the liberated territories, create infrastructure, provide livestock,
farm machinery and large tracts of land," reads the statement issued
by the Heritage Party, stressing the need to resettle at least 10,000
people annually.
The opposition party explains the urgency of this move by regular
violations from Azerbaijan of any provision in signed agreements,
Baku's sounding of bellicose statements and the activity of snipers
on the line of contact.
In a statement quoted by the Heritage Party, Azerbaijan's President
Ilham Aliyev at the Third Congress of World Azerbaijanis, after signing
several documents with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict exclusively through peaceful
means, apparently said:
"Azerbaijan will ensure its territorial integrity by all means,
including through the use of force. The Armenian state was established
on historical Azerbaijani territories - Irevan and Zangezur - and
the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh came as guests."
Photo: blog.armenianherald.com
epress.am
07.07.2011
The parliamentary opposition Heritage Party calls on the authorities
in Armenia and the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to undertake the
process of mass resettlement of citizens in the de-facto republic
and the territories surrounding it.
"Particularly considering the fact that there are many families
in Armenia, including refugees from Azerbaijan SSR who survived the
pogroms, who are unable to earn a living, are leaving Armenia en masse,
sometimes entire villages. We must create favorable conditions for them
in the liberated territories, create infrastructure, provide livestock,
farm machinery and large tracts of land," reads the statement issued
by the Heritage Party, stressing the need to resettle at least 10,000
people annually.
The opposition party explains the urgency of this move by regular
violations from Azerbaijan of any provision in signed agreements,
Baku's sounding of bellicose statements and the activity of snipers
on the line of contact.
In a statement quoted by the Heritage Party, Azerbaijan's President
Ilham Aliyev at the Third Congress of World Azerbaijanis, after signing
several documents with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
on settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict exclusively through peaceful
means, apparently said:
"Azerbaijan will ensure its territorial integrity by all means,
including through the use of force. The Armenian state was established
on historical Azerbaijani territories - Irevan and Zangezur - and
the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh came as guests."
Photo: blog.armenianherald.com