ARMENIAN POLITICIAN SUPPOSES ISSUE OF RETURN OF ARMENIAN TERRITORIES, OCCUPIED BY AZERBAIJAN, MAY APPEAR
“If the question of return of territories being controlled by Armenians in the security belt around the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is raised, the question of return of Armenian Shahumian and Getashen territories may appear,” leader of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia Galust Sahakian supposes.
At today’s press conference leader of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia Galust Sahakian reminded that the international community was not able to prevent the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey and the slaughter in Sumgait (Azerbaijan). He stated it within the context of the question of the PACE draft report on Nagorno Karabakh, being discussed lately. Galust Sahakian called the political forces of the country not to use the Nagorno Karabakh issue in the internal political struggle and not to “scare the people.” He also noted that if the question of return of territories being controlled by Armenians in the security belt around the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is raised, the issue of return of Armenian territories of Shahumian and Getashen, occupied by Azerbaijan, may appear. It should be reminded that being part of the NKR, Getashen and Shahumian regions, which had been populated by Armenians, were seized by Azeri forces in 1991-1992 with the support of the Soviet and Russian armies. The Armenian population was either deported or annihilated.
