ArmInfo. No one in the world has recognized Nagorno- Karabakh as an independent entity; it was considered part of the territory of Azerbaijan. This was stated by President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan on October 22, entering into a verbal altercation with the deputy from the opposition faction "Armenia" Gegham Manukyan.
The parliamentarian, in particular, asked the speaker where he got the thesis that the UN Security Council resolutions allowed Azerbaijan to commit aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh.
In response, Simonyan noted that no one in the world has recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as an independent state. "We are talking about the law, and there is nothing new in my statements," the Chairman of the National Assembly said. In response to these statements, Manukyan recalled that the UN resolutions did not concern the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, they talked about establishing a ceasefire, and these documents did not provide any legitimate grounds for aggression against Nagorno- Karabakh.
In response, Simonyan said that he was ready to discuss the UN Security Council resolutions, but not in the meeting room. "I understand that you can cling to every word and build theses on this, try to prove something. But the fact remains: the territory we are talking about was and is the internationally recognized territory of Azerbaijan," the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia said.
Earlier in an interview, Alen Simonyan noted that the attack on Nagorno-Karabakh and the occupation of Armenian territory are different things from a legal point of view. According to him, Azerbaijan carried out the operation in Nagorno-Karabakh, having at hand "at least 3-4 UN Security Council resolutions." At the same time, he added that this is not about justifying the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.