Armenia should actively raise issue of Armenian refugees in international arenaJanuary 15, 2010 - 15:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For 20 years the rights of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan have been violated. They have not received compensation, and it is still not clear, can they ever return to former places of residence, Larisa Alaverdyan , the former ombudsman of Armenia, RA NA deputy, told a round table "Ethnic cleansing in Azerbaijan: Baku, 1990" in Yerevan. The issue of Armenian refugees of eastern Transcaucasia was wiped out from the Nagorno Karabakh negotiations. The interests of the Armenians of the region are not properly represented either diplomatically or in the information field," the Armenian MP said. Larisa Alaverdian drew attention to the fact that the Armenians were not a minority in Azerbaijan, and were founders of Soviet Azerbaijan. "It turns out that the Armenians were deprived of their homeland, and not just places of residence, as some wish to present," the parliamentarian said. According to Alaverdyan, the Armenian side should be more active in international bodies and raise the issue of ethnic cleansings in Azerbaijan by all means. On January 13, 1990, the Azerbaijani authorities instigated the Armenian pogroms of 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 the above-mentioned date, 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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |