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ARMENIAN REFUGEES NEED SPECIAL STATUS IN ARMENIA, POLITICIAN SAYS
news.am
Feb 28 2011
Armenia
The Armenian authorities are obliged to grant special social and legal
status to the survivors of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait and other
cities of Azerbaijan, Larisa Alaverdyan, a member of the Heritage
Party, stated during the Feb. 28 procession in commemoration of the
Armenian pogroms in Sumgait.
The Government must grant special status to the Armenian refugees. "A
group must be set up to raise the problems of Armenian refugees from
Azerbaijan at various international agencies. The victims of the
Armenian pogroms in Sumgait must be viewed as victims of genocide. I
think these people must be called descendants of genocide committed
by Azerbaijan," Alaverdyan said.
Alaverdyan said that Azerbaijan must pay financial, moral and
territorial damage to the Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan - the
Armenians that "really built up that state."
"We must know what the international community's opinion on where
the refugees must live and what compensations they are to receive,"
Alaverdyan said.
Today, Feb. 28, Armenians throughout the world mark the 23rd
anniversary of Armenian pogroms in Sumgait.
According to official information, 26 Armenians were murdered and 100
seriously injured. Experts, however, say that the pogroms (Feb. 26
to 28) claimed 200 lives.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Feb 28 2011
Armenia
The Armenian authorities are obliged to grant special social and legal
status to the survivors of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait and other
cities of Azerbaijan, Larisa Alaverdyan, a member of the Heritage
Party, stated during the Feb. 28 procession in commemoration of the
Armenian pogroms in Sumgait.
The Government must grant special status to the Armenian refugees. "A
group must be set up to raise the problems of Armenian refugees from
Azerbaijan at various international agencies. The victims of the
Armenian pogroms in Sumgait must be viewed as victims of genocide. I
think these people must be called descendants of genocide committed
by Azerbaijan," Alaverdyan said.
Alaverdyan said that Azerbaijan must pay financial, moral and
territorial damage to the Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan - the
Armenians that "really built up that state."
"We must know what the international community's opinion on where
the refugees must live and what compensations they are to receive,"
Alaverdyan said.
Today, Feb. 28, Armenians throughout the world mark the 23rd
anniversary of Armenian pogroms in Sumgait.
According to official information, 26 Armenians were murdered and 100
seriously injured. Experts, however, say that the pogroms (Feb. 26
to 28) claimed 200 lives.
From: A. Papazian