Political scientist: After 31 years, Artsakh is recognized as part of  Azerbaijan by Ter-Petrosyan`s political successor

ArmInfo. After 31 years, the Republic of Artsakh has been recognized as part of the occupier and genocidal Azerbaijan by the political successor of the first  President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan - Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan, as stated by political scientist Stepan Hasan-Jalalyan.

The political scientist's message received by ArmInfo highlights that  33 years ago, in March 1992, the first President of Armenia, Levon  Ter-Petrosyan, proposed resolving the  conflict between Azerbaijan  and Artsakh by incorporating the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region  into Azerbaijan as an autonomous republic. The political scientist  emphasized that Levon Ter-Petrosyan voiced this position in an  interview with the Russian-language newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".   In this regard, Hasan-Jalalyan cited an excerpt from the  aforementioned interview: "I would like to think that the status of  an autonomous republic within Azerbaijan would fully satisfy all  parties.  Nagorno- Karabakh remains within Azerbaijan, the  territorial integrity of the republics is preserved, and the Karabakh  people, in turn, have guaranteed life. This is our position. We are  ready to discuss it at any level."

"Fortunately, he was unable to realize his anti-Armenian intentions  then, as he was fairly and irrevocably removed from power," the  expert noted.  At the same time, Hasan-Jalalyan believes that no  circumstance could justify the refusal to de-occupy the Republic and  return the forcibly displaced population to Artsakh as the legitimate  owners of this land. "We can and must liberate Artsakh," the  political scientist concluded.