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SHAHUMYAN-GETASHEN COMPATRIOTIC UNION DEMANDS TO INCLUDE THE ISSUE OF NORTHERN ARTSAKH IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS
Alisa Gevorgyan
"Radiolur"
13.06.2012 17:34
June 13, 1992 was a tragic day for the population of Shahumyan and
Getashen. Twenty-one years ago the Azerbaijani militants exiled the
whole population of Getashen. The same happened to the residents
of Shahumyan a year later. Eighteen Armenian villages in Northern
Artsakh were invaded by Azerbaijanis and they still remain occupies
by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Twenty years have passed since the events. The refugees still live
in poor social conditions, many of them still reside in temporary
dwellings. The issue of Northern Artsakh is never being touched upon
during the negotiations taking place within the framework of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
The Shahumyan-Getashen Compatriotic Union came forth with a statement
today, in which it requires to include the issue of Northern Artsakh
in the negotiation process.
"The resolution of the issue of Armenian refugees is impossible
without the settlement of the issue of Northern Artsakh, since about
half a million refugees will be deprived of the opportunity to return
to their homes because of the lack of real security guarantees,"
the statement reads.
"It's necessary to speak about losses and defeats although it is hard,"
President of the Union Edik Balayan told reporters today.
The statement of the Shahumyan-Getashen Compatriotic Union further
reads: "Azerbaijanis are intensively re-settling the Armenian villages,
razing the Armenian settlements, historic monuments and cemeteries
to the ground. They are attempting to erase all traces of Armenian
ethnicity. The actions of Azerbaijan over the past 20 years come
to prove that the Armenian man has never had and cannot have an
opportunity to live under the Azerbaijani rule. Those engaged in the
Artsakh issue must come to understand this."
Alisa Gevorgyan
"Radiolur"
13.06.2012 17:34
June 13, 1992 was a tragic day for the population of Shahumyan and
Getashen. Twenty-one years ago the Azerbaijani militants exiled the
whole population of Getashen. The same happened to the residents
of Shahumyan a year later. Eighteen Armenian villages in Northern
Artsakh were invaded by Azerbaijanis and they still remain occupies
by the Azerbaijani armed forces.
Twenty years have passed since the events. The refugees still live
in poor social conditions, many of them still reside in temporary
dwellings. The issue of Northern Artsakh is never being touched upon
during the negotiations taking place within the framework of the OSCE
Minsk Group.
The Shahumyan-Getashen Compatriotic Union came forth with a statement
today, in which it requires to include the issue of Northern Artsakh
in the negotiation process.
"The resolution of the issue of Armenian refugees is impossible
without the settlement of the issue of Northern Artsakh, since about
half a million refugees will be deprived of the opportunity to return
to their homes because of the lack of real security guarantees,"
the statement reads.
"It's necessary to speak about losses and defeats although it is hard,"
President of the Union Edik Balayan told reporters today.
The statement of the Shahumyan-Getashen Compatriotic Union further
reads: "Azerbaijanis are intensively re-settling the Armenian villages,
razing the Armenian settlements, historic monuments and cemeteries
to the ground. They are attempting to erase all traces of Armenian
ethnicity. The actions of Azerbaijan over the past 20 years come
to prove that the Armenian man has never had and cannot have an
opportunity to live under the Azerbaijani rule. Those engaged in the
Artsakh issue must come to understand this."