“LET THEM GIVE BACK 54 ARMENIAN VILLAGES”
Support A1+!“A crushing defeat in the diplomatic realms,” member of the political board of the Social Democratic Henchak Party (SDHK), Vahan Shirkhanyan, said with regard to recent developments over the Karabakh conflict regulation.
Though the Armenian side won the war and was to take an active diplomatic policy, Azerbaijan was able to defeat Armenia in the sphere of information.
“While our officials were busy building palaces and visiting casinos, Azeris waged an information war against Armenia,” he said.
His opponent, Republican Armen Ashotyan, agreed that Armenia has lost the information war but he accounted it for Armenia’s democratic path. The Armenian opposition and press will inform the world of the country’s interior life,” said Ashotyan.
The Republican MP thinks Armenia needs a political consensus and solidarity of political forces to win in the diplomatic sphere.
“For the first time Azerbaijan has signed a document envisaging a peaceful resolution to an issue. Let us not forget that both the first, second and third presidents of Armenia continue negotiations over the Karabakh conflict with different methods. None of them has started from naught. This is very important,” said Ashotyan.
The opponents also debated over previous versions of the conflict settlement. Vahan Shirkhanyan ensured that the one proposed in 1998 was undoubtedly better as it referred to the whole region of Lachin. While today they mainly speak of the Lachin corridor, withdrawal of Armenian troops, return of Azeri refugees, etc. Shirkhanyan also reminded that 54 Armenian villages are today in Azerbaijan’s territory. “If they want new territories, let them give back those 54,” he said.
Ashotyan agreed with Shirkhanyan at the same time noting that the territorial exchange will hardly contribute to the settlement of the Karabakh issue.
