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Aghvan Hovsepyan: Armenia Should Have Its Lost Territories Back
Victims of Armenian genocide should receive material compensation,
churches and church lands should be returned to the Armenian Church,
the Republic of Armenia should receive back the territories it lost.
But all these claims should have perfect legal grounds. Upon the
initiative of the ministry of Diaspora, in a conference of lawyers
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Aghvan
Hovsepyan, prosecutor general of Armenia said in his speech.
International insurance agencies decided in 2007 to pay the heirs of
the victims of the Armenian genocide, but they have recently stopped
the payments. According to the prosecutor general the reason is
Turkey's pressure. Aghvan Hovsepyan said that if Armenia possessed
undeniable arguments, this process would have a logic outcome.
According to him, this issue is up to the Armenian lawyers to solve.
It has been one century, since the Armenian-Turkish relations, as
Aghvan Hovsepyan says, have been staying in place. Though many
countries recognized and condemned the Armenian genocide, we have no
significant result. I'm sure we will be at the same point in one
century. The reason is not only the policy of denial of Turkey,
neither the geopolitical contradictions of super powers. I strongly
believe the reason is also our positions on the recognition of the
Armenian genocide and on the Armenian-Turkish relations, said
Hovsepyan.
He added that the recognition of the genocide is only one element of
the Armenian cause. The settlement of the Armenian-Turkish relations
is of legal character and it should be reached based on international
right. This, according to the prosecutor general means that all
international pacts relating to the Armenian people and their
territories should be examined. Otherwise we will have what we have
now, said Aghvan Hovsepyan.
He thinks it is wrong not to answer the Azeri balderdash that Syunik,
Yerevan and Artsakh are Azeri territories. `Wouldn't it be more
effective if we gave legally grounded answers to Azeris. For instance,
in accord with March 16 pact of Moscow of 1921, Nakhichevan was
separated from Armenia and as an autonomous region was given under
Azerbaijan's patronage. Letting alone the legality of the Moscow pact,
I should note that in 1923, Azerbaijan's Central Committee revised the
previous decision and included Nakhichevan in its composition. This
decision was such an evident violation of the international right that
even Turkey issued a protest note against it. Can we affirm
Nakhichevan is an inseparable part of Armenia and that Azerbaijan
occupied it? Of course we can, but somehow we are silent', said Aghvan
Hovsepyan.
Dwelling on international agreements relating Armenia, the prosecutor
general said that the Armenian-Turkish border is not regulated. `We
have territorial disputes with both Azerbaijan and Turkey'. According
to the prosecutor general, in order to solve these issues, it is
necessary to work out a large package of claims with relevant legal
grounds and introduce it before the authorities of Armenia with the
view of submitting it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the
principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). `I'm sure if
Azerbaijan had at least 1/100 of our legal ground, it would have long
applied not only to the International Court of Justice, but to all
possible instances', said the prosecutor general calling not to forget
that time is working against us.
13:30 05/07/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/30377
Victims of Armenian genocide should receive material compensation,
churches and church lands should be returned to the Armenian Church,
the Republic of Armenia should receive back the territories it lost.
But all these claims should have perfect legal grounds. Upon the
initiative of the ministry of Diaspora, in a conference of lawyers
ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Aghvan
Hovsepyan, prosecutor general of Armenia said in his speech.
International insurance agencies decided in 2007 to pay the heirs of
the victims of the Armenian genocide, but they have recently stopped
the payments. According to the prosecutor general the reason is
Turkey's pressure. Aghvan Hovsepyan said that if Armenia possessed
undeniable arguments, this process would have a logic outcome.
According to him, this issue is up to the Armenian lawyers to solve.
It has been one century, since the Armenian-Turkish relations, as
Aghvan Hovsepyan says, have been staying in place. Though many
countries recognized and condemned the Armenian genocide, we have no
significant result. I'm sure we will be at the same point in one
century. The reason is not only the policy of denial of Turkey,
neither the geopolitical contradictions of super powers. I strongly
believe the reason is also our positions on the recognition of the
Armenian genocide and on the Armenian-Turkish relations, said
Hovsepyan.
He added that the recognition of the genocide is only one element of
the Armenian cause. The settlement of the Armenian-Turkish relations
is of legal character and it should be reached based on international
right. This, according to the prosecutor general means that all
international pacts relating to the Armenian people and their
territories should be examined. Otherwise we will have what we have
now, said Aghvan Hovsepyan.
He thinks it is wrong not to answer the Azeri balderdash that Syunik,
Yerevan and Artsakh are Azeri territories. `Wouldn't it be more
effective if we gave legally grounded answers to Azeris. For instance,
in accord with March 16 pact of Moscow of 1921, Nakhichevan was
separated from Armenia and as an autonomous region was given under
Azerbaijan's patronage. Letting alone the legality of the Moscow pact,
I should note that in 1923, Azerbaijan's Central Committee revised the
previous decision and included Nakhichevan in its composition. This
decision was such an evident violation of the international right that
even Turkey issued a protest note against it. Can we affirm
Nakhichevan is an inseparable part of Armenia and that Azerbaijan
occupied it? Of course we can, but somehow we are silent', said Aghvan
Hovsepyan.
Dwelling on international agreements relating Armenia, the prosecutor
general said that the Armenian-Turkish border is not regulated. `We
have territorial disputes with both Azerbaijan and Turkey'. According
to the prosecutor general, in order to solve these issues, it is
necessary to work out a large package of claims with relevant legal
grounds and introduce it before the authorities of Armenia with the
view of submitting it to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the
principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). `I'm sure if
Azerbaijan had at least 1/100 of our legal ground, it would have long
applied not only to the International Court of Justice, but to all
possible instances', said the prosecutor general calling not to forget
that time is working against us.
13:30 05/07/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/country/view/30377