Republican: “If independence of Karabakh is recognized, we shall probably need to cede those 5 regions” (video)
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) faction member Sukias Avetisyan remembers that the rumors on ceding those 5 regions to Azerbaijan started when there was ceasefire, “These April events showed that at present it is meaningless to speak to Azerbaijan about any negotiation issues.” Mr Avetisyan will support the resumption of negotiations process only when the Armenian armed forces make Azerbaijan negotiable. But he personally is against ceding those 5 regions to Azerbaijan, “They are our territories, they are not occupied territories, they are liberated territories and we have many other similar territories, which must be liberated.” If publisher and lawmaker Vrezh Markosyan observes those 5 regions from the point of view of being historically Armenian lands, Shahumyan and Getashen also must be demanded. But he will cede those territories to Azerbaijan only if the independence of Karabakh is recognized, “If [they] recognize, if there is peace, we shall probably need to cede those 5 regions.” The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic National Assembly “Homeland” (“Hayrenik”) faction member Arbat Avanesyan thinks, “Only a vicious Armenian can cede even a single inch from the territories of Artsakh.” The lawmaker of the Nagorno Karabakh’s parliament shouldn’t have been asked even a question about ceding liberated territories even through negotiations, “Let the people, who hold negotiations, negotiate.” Serzh Sargsyan, who hails from Karabakh, spoke about concession of those 5 regions still in 2011 in Kazan. Two days ago Hermine Naghdalyan said that we didn’t need those lands, “I respect Hermine Naghdalyan and I haven’t heard her say that, I don’t know who ascribes it to her,” says the lawmaker.
