Lilit Galstyan: My goal remains unchanged-to achieve real change in  the country and build a viable state

ArmInfo. On August 18, a session of the National Assembly of the RA is discussing the candidacy for the chair of the NA Standing Committee on Protection of  Human Rights and Public Affairs. The opposition "Armenia" faction nominated NA deputy Lilit Galstyan for this position.

In her speech, she thanked her political team and faction for  nominating her for the post of committee chair.  Galstyan presented  her remarks on issues related to human rights protection. According  to her, her goal remains unchanged: to achieve real change in the  country and build a viable state.  .  Addressing the candidate, Maria  Karapetyan, a deputy from the ruling Civil Contract faction, asked  whether Galstyan was willing to discuss stopping the dissemination of  fabricated, conflict-provoking talk about "Western Azerbaijan" in the  Republic of Armenia for six months or a year. "Because if nothing  changes in Azerbaijan after that, you will always have the  opportunity to return to your style of work," Karapetyan asked.

In response, Lilit Galstyan stated that her speeches, whether in  parliament or on international platforms, can in no way be perceived  as provoking conflict. "I speak based on the assessments and value  system that, as a politician and a member of the ARF, are paramount  to me. Speeches at international forums about the return of  prisoners, the international right of return for the Armenians of  Artsakh, and the security threats facing the Republic of Armenia are  absolutely neither fictitious nor conflict-provoking. Anyone who  thinks that pursuing a policy of ignoring these security threats will  supposedly ensure peace is delusional. My statements stem from a  position of protecting the interests of the Armenian people. Every  day, we see Aliyev and his entire administration organizing festivals  in Nakhchivan in support of a return to 'Western Azerbaijan.' This  discussion is being conducted at the state level, just as a special  commission for the destruction and appropriation of Armenian cultural  heritage was established by decree of Azerbaijani President Aliyev,"  Galstyan said.

She added that the ruling faction does not make such demands at  international forums because it advocates a policy of peace at any  cost. "I represent the rights of those people for whom Artsakh is  their homeland, who are today being oppressed in Baku prisons, and  the rights of 120,000 Armenians who are protected by international  law," Lilit Galstyan concluded.