  Armenia must take its refugees issues to international levelJanuary 13, 2010 - 21:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Almost all Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan residing in RA have an obvious issue - absence of their own homes, Eleonora Avanesova, an eyewitness of Armenian pogroms in Baku said.As she told a joint news conference in Yerevan, many of refugees still live in hostels or factory territories. Another eyewitness of tragic events Robert Khachaturyan emphasized in his turn that the refugees repeatedly addressed Armenia's state structures with a request to bring their issues to international instances' notice, in order to receive compensation for lost property in Azerbaijan. "Instead, state structures advise us to receive RA citizenship. The approach is incorrect one, not serving as a solution to our problems," Khachaturyan noted. "Armenia creates the impression of unwillingness to raise the refugees' issue in international structures, while Azerbaijan has managed to artificially stir up the so called "Khojalu problem," he added. When asked by PanARMENIAN.Net reporter if Armenian refugees would accept land property in liberated territories around NKR as a compensation for property lost, Khachaturyan replied that many would gladly agree. Twenty years ago today the Azerbaijani authorities instigated the pogroms of Armenian population in Baku. Some 400 Armenians were killed and 200 thousand were exiled in the period of January 13-19. The exact number of those killed was never determined, as no investigation was carried out into the crimes. On January 13, 1990 a crowd numbering 50 thousand people divided into groups and started "cleaning" the city of Armenians. On January 17, the European Parliament called on EU Council of Foreign Ministers and European Council to protect Armenians and render assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. On January 18, a group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev to express concerns over the violence against the Armenian population in Azerbaijan and called for unification of Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide  Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.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.”Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Pashinyan: We must stop searching for homeland, we have found that homeland Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
