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KARABAKH REFERENDUM MUST BE IN YERABLUR

Politics


“I sent my only child to the liberation war in Artsakh. Give me my son back and then give the lands to Azerbaijan,” said mother of deceased liberation soldier Mrs. Parandzem during a round-table discussion at the “Miatsum” women’s initiative.

The round-table discussion was aimed at finding solutions to preserve the liberated lands and relocate the people. Among participants were intellectuals, as well as representatives of NGOs and political parties.

Member of “Miatsum” Grizelda Ghazaryan said that today many people don’t even know where Karabakh is, what the defense system is and its significance in terms of liberated lands. That is why they are organizing trips to different cities and Marzes of Armenia to raise public awareness of the developments in Karabakh. But every time the members face police intimidation.

During the discussion, participants also expressed their concerns about RA foreign policy.

As far as the issue of self-determination and liberated lands is concerned, the women believe that the people of Artsakh play a decisive role. However, according to member of the political council of the People’s Party of Armenia Ruzan Khachatryan, protests are only held in Armenia and not in NKR. The people of Karabakh were supposed to be the ones standing up for their rights and demanding the authorities to come to terms with them,” underlined Khachatryan.

Nanor Sefilyan, wife of squadron commander of Shushi Jirair Sefilyan, proposed to take action. According to Nanor Sefilyan, the people of Karabakh are active and all they need is somebody to organize the protest. Former head of the governmental commission for ethnic minorities Hranush Kharatyan made a statement to express lack of confidence in the OSCE Minsk Group, as well as the active political parties not taking any concrete steps for the conflict settlement.

“The OSCE must conduct a referendum in Yerablur. They lie when they say that there has to be discussion with the people before signing the treaty,” said Kharatyan.

Co-chair of the Armenian committee of the “Helsinki Civil Assembly” Natalia Martirosyan proposed to continue the marches, even with a small group of women.