Alen Simonyan`s statements show Armenian authorities` tendency to sow  discord among Armenian people - Artsakh NA deputies

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.