Artsakh parliament member Metakse Hakobyan said that “Artsakh is not a closed chapter” after meeting with forcibly displaced residents in Goris.

Following the meeting, she wrote on Facebook that such encounters remain difficult, as people speak not only about social issues but also about the loss of their homeland, violated dignity, and unanswered justice.

“These people today live not only in material hardship but also with deep internal pain—being forcibly deprived of their homeland and feeling abandoned by their own state.

This feeling is present in every story, in every look. Artsakh is not a closed chapter for us, as the authorities try to present.

We will not stop… justice, security, and a real opportunity for return must be ensured. With the current authorities, none of these seems possible.

Instead, there is a defeatist policy that seeks to reconcile us with loss, silence the pain, and push rights into oblivion. But we have not forgotten and will not forget.

These meetings are not only about recording pain but also a clear demand—to restore dignity, ensure our rights, and stop the defeatist and dangerous policies that have led us to this reality,” Hakobyan wrote.

On September 19, 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh, leading to mass displacement of more than 100,000 Armenians to Armenia following a ceasefire agreement the next day.