Friday, February 14 2020 13:43

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan dispelled all doubts about the absence of Shaumyan region's occupation issue on the agenda of Armenia. MP from  My Step parliamentary faction Tatevik Hayrapetyan expressed a similar  opinion during parliamentary briefings, commenting on Berlin  statements by Prime Minister Pashinyan.

"Earlier, doubts, concerns and even discontent regarding the silence  of the Armenian leadership on the issue of occupation of the  Shahumyan region were heard repeatedly. And, in my opinion, the  Armenian Prime Minister put an end to this issue," the  parliamentarian said.

According to Hayrapetyan's estimates, for the first time Armenia  raised the issue of Azerbaijani occupation of Shaumyan in Berlin at  the level of the head of state, an issue about which all Pashinyan's  predecessors preferred to remain silent.  Speaking at the discussions  "Long-term partnership under new signs, Armenia-Germany relations"  held on February 13 in Berlin, answering the question of the  Azerbaijani participant in the event, the Armenian Prime Minister  reminded the audience of the fact of the Azerbaijani occupation of  Shaumyan region

"You know, there is a Shaumyan region, where thousands of Armenians  lived, who today cannot return to their homes because Shaumyan was  subjected to ethnic cleansing. And the current status quo is solely  the result of the desire of the Armenians of Artsakh to protect their  right to life," Pashinyan noted.