I was recently in Armenia. I was previously there at the end of September, when Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh, was suddenly and completely emptied of Armenians. Although within the boundaries of Azerbaijan, it was an autonomous enclave, and had been the homeland of Armenians for millennia.
There have been recent reports of Azeris destroying historical and Christian Armenian buildings in Artsakh to rewrite history. Where was the Parliament at the start of the persecution? Why didn't they stop Azerbaijan then? According to the resolution, the is supposed to reduce its dependency on gas exports from Azerbaijan and demanded that Brussels review its relations with the country. The resolution was non-binding, and likely won't be implemented.
I guess gas is more important than human rights. What a disgrace. .
. He got tens of thousands of other Armenians to join his march, to stop the Armenian government from "giving away more sacred Armenian land." In Armenia, I met researcher Anzhela Mnatsakanyan, who helped our organization ADFA (A Demand For Action) with aid projects.
We sat in one of the cafes in the heart of Yerevan, joined by parliamentarian Zemfira Mirzoeva and journalist Anush Ghavalyan. "The problem that most people don't seem to understand is not the three villages that our government agreed to give up. It is the borders with other countries and control.
The main roads from Armenia to Georgia and then the road from Armenia to Iran will be controlled by Azerbaija.
