“WE MUST RESPECT THE SOVEREIGNTY OF KARABAKH, AS WELL AS THE RIGHT OF THE REFUGEES TO RETURN”
Support A1+!RA first Foreign Minister Raffi Hovannisian was elected today President of the party Heritage. But before the election he made a one-hour speech in which he represented concisely our history of the first, second and third Republics.
He called everyone not to criticize the founders of either the first or the second republics as if it weren't for them, perhaps the third republic would not exist. He recalled Karen Demirchyan and Vazgen Sargsyan. Then he spoke about the challenges of the time.
Raffi Hovannisian also referred to his version of the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. According to him, Karabakh's right of sovereignty must be respected, as NKR is a sovereign republic. Karabakh must be included in the negotiation process as party to the conflict. «And we must remember: there are no recognized or non-recognized republics; there are existing and non-existing republics».
Raffi Hovannisian also announced that the Azeris must return to their houses in Artsakh and Armenians must return to theirs in Getashen and Shahoumyan, and, on the whole, «We must respect the right of the refugees to return to their houses».
As for the new format, Raffi Hovannisian said he respects Hovannes Hovannisyan and Aram Sargsyan, as well as other representatives of the political field, but today it is still to early to speak about it. And Hovannes Hovannisian informed the journalists once more that the creation of a new format is inevitable.
By the way, the RA first and second Presidents, the NKR President and the leaders of all the parties were invited to the conference of the Heritage party. Naturally, the Presidents had not accepted the invitation. Representatives of the Pan Armenian Movement and «New Times» were not present either. Nevertheless, there has never been such a wide range of representatives in the session of another party.
