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NORTHERN ARTSAKH OCCUPATION MUST BE INCLUDED IN PEACE TALKS
Asbarez
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Armenian victims of Getashen invasion
STEPANAKERT-On the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan's violent invasion
of Shahumian and Getashen, which resulted in the depopulation of
those areas from its Armenian residents, a group calling itself the
Shahumian-Getashen Compatriotic Union issued an announcement urging
that the invasion and occupation of those lands by Azerbaijan to be
included in the peace talks.
June 13, 1992 was a tragic day for the population of Shahumian and
Getashen. The Azerbaijani militants forcibly deported the entire
population of Getashen. The same happened to the residents of Shahumian
a year later. Eighteen Armenian villages in Northern Artsakh were
invaded by Azerbaijan and they still remain occupied by the Azeri
armed forces.
The group said that 20 years have passed since the events and the
refugees still live in poor social conditions, many of them residing
in temporary housing facilities. The issue of Northern Artsakh has
never being discussed during the negotiations taking place within
the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"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 group's statement reads.
"It's necessary to speak about losses and defeats although it is hard,"
said President of the Union Edik Balayan.
"Azeris 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 identity. The
actions of Azerbaijan over the past 20 years come to prove that the
Armenians have never had and cannot have an opportunity to live under
Azeri rule. Those engaged in the Artsakh issue must come to understand
this," added the statement.
Asbarez
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
Armenian victims of Getashen invasion
STEPANAKERT-On the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan's violent invasion
of Shahumian and Getashen, which resulted in the depopulation of
those areas from its Armenian residents, a group calling itself the
Shahumian-Getashen Compatriotic Union issued an announcement urging
that the invasion and occupation of those lands by Azerbaijan to be
included in the peace talks.
June 13, 1992 was a tragic day for the population of Shahumian and
Getashen. The Azerbaijani militants forcibly deported the entire
population of Getashen. The same happened to the residents of Shahumian
a year later. Eighteen Armenian villages in Northern Artsakh were
invaded by Azerbaijan and they still remain occupied by the Azeri
armed forces.
The group said that 20 years have passed since the events and the
refugees still live in poor social conditions, many of them residing
in temporary housing facilities. The issue of Northern Artsakh has
never being discussed during the negotiations taking place within
the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group.
"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 group's statement reads.
"It's necessary to speak about losses and defeats although it is hard,"
said President of the Union Edik Balayan.
"Azeris 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 identity. The
actions of Azerbaijan over the past 20 years come to prove that the
Armenians have never had and cannot have an opportunity to live under
Azeri rule. Those engaged in the Artsakh issue must come to understand
this," added the statement.