Official: Why not for Armenians to return to Nakhijevan and Ganja?April 14, 2021 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Chief of Presidential Staff of Artsakh (Karabakh), former Human Rights Defender Artak Beglaryan has raised the issue of Armenians returning to their historical lands in Nakhijevan, Shamkhor, Ganja, hours after Azeri President Ilham Aliyev repeated his theory of "returning to Yerevan", the Armenian capital, one day. "Azerbaijan and personally Aliyev does everything to humiliate Armenians and deepen Armenophobia, at the same time talking about "readiness" for regional peace and cooperation," Beglaryan tweeted. "P.S. Why not Armenians return to Baku, Sumgait and their historical lands Nakhijevan, Shamkhor, Ganja etc?" Aliyev has claimed on numerous occasions that Yerevan, the province of Syunik and Lake Sevan in Armenia are all "Azerbaijan's historic lands". Back in December 2020, U.S. Representative Jackie Speier spoke out against such remarks, describing them as "chilling", which she said "evoke Ottoman rhetoric before the Armenian Genocide." Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.” |