ArmInfo. The deputies of the National Assembly of Artsakh condemn the statements made by the Speaker of the Parliament of Armenia, which are seen as insulting to the dignity of the people of Artsakh.
<You left, you left because it was not safe. Although you could have stayed and fought to the end, but you chose to leave,> the speaker said on February 11 during a briefing with journalists in parliament, when a journalist from Artsakh asked about when she could return to her homeland. And, as Simonyan pointed out, the people of Artsakh could fight with the weapons that the Republic of Armenia left there. The next day, he tried to smooth over the negative impact of his words by saying that they were directed to specific individuals who <were returning to their homes on Northern Avenue, who were returning to their mansions in Armenia, who were building businesses outside of Karabakh, since they did not see their future tied to it>.
<Such an approach and way of thinking of the RA NA Chairman reveals the tendency of the RA authorities to sow discord among different parts of the Armenian people. The national liberation struggle for Artsakh, the establishment of an independent republic is the result of a fight to the death, paid for with blood and sweat. Refusing to acknowledge this fact is a traitorous attitude and the result of enemy propaganda. Such statements are nothing short of sacrilege towards the Armenians who perished for their homeland,> the statement of Artsakh parliamentarians says, which was signed by 24 elected representatives.