Armenian authorities not negotiating the return of Artsakh people to  their homes 

ArmInfo. The current Armenian authorities are not negotiating the return of the Artsakh people to  their homes in their homeland. This became evident from the response of the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ararat Mirzoyan to a journalist's inquiry during the final press conference on November 8.

  "The Armenian authorities also, in our opinion, made all possible  efforts after the 2020 war so that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh  continue to live in Nagorno-Karabakh and be endowed with certain  rights. These efforts and this fact, I believe, did not receive the  right attitude of the current and possibly former authorities of  Nagorno-Karabakh and in some ways, that's why we have what we have,"  Mirzoyan assured.

"You are asking a question: as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, do I  negotiate on the return of Armenians to Nagorno-Karabakh? We talked  about living in Nagorno-Karabakh at the time when Armenians lived in  Nagorno-Karabakh. Return under what conditions? I asked the  representatives of the political forces the same question: as part of  some autonomous structure, or as citizens of Azerbaijan who will have  the right to learn Armenian language at school," the minister asked.   "Returning to Nagorno-Karabakh has become a sort of tongue twister,  repeated not so much by the media as by politicians. The question  arises: return where and under what conditions, can you say? As  citizens of Azerbaijan? There is such an opportunity. As citizens of  Azerbaijan who study Armenian at school? There was such an  opportunity. And then?" Mirzoyan said.

There was a negative response to the question of whether there were  negotiations about this. Mirzoyan did not rule out that he had poorly  formulated the idea or that the journalist had misunderstood. He  recalled the 2020-21 proposals for direct talks with representatives  of Nagorno-Karabakh, the initiative to meet in Sofia, which  ultimately fell through along with the prospects. Specific actions by  specific individuals, possibly influenced by third countries, led to  this outcome. "Now that everything has happened and there are no  Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, you are asking in Yerevan about  returning. Just great. Unfortunately, I can't say anything positive  about this. Our government's policy is to ensure that our compatriots  forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh can meet their immediate  needs," the minister said, adding that short- term problems have been  solved, and medium-term and long-term ones are next in line,  including the issue of providing housing and work, and the  authorities are ready to do everything for their full integration.