ARF: Until at least humanitarian issues are resolved, peace talks are  mockery to Armenian people

ArmInfo. Any country interested in strengthening mutual trust between Armenia and  Azerbaijan and achieve genuine peace in our region should focus its  efforts on the release of all detainees in Baku, the withdrawal of  Azerbaijani forces from the territory of the Republic of Armenia and  ensuring the right of return for the forcibly displaced Armenians of  Artsakh. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, representative of the ARF  Dashnaktsutyun party's Supreme Body and member of the opposition  faction  Hayastan in the National Assembly, stated this  on his  Facebook page. 

 He noted that Armenia had already made very painful and "bold"  unilateral concessions, but these concessions not only did not  stabilize the situation in the region, but  further fueled  Azerbaijan's ambitions, opening the way to a new war. "Until at least  humanitarian issues are resolved, peace talks are a mockery of the  Armenian people. Of course, you can sign various memorandums of  understanding on peace, you can make dozens of statements, but none  of them will bring peace to the region. Throughout history, no power  has managed to achieve peace by satisfying all the demands of the  aggressor. Such political incompetence has ultimately led to a  disaster for everyone. Before doing so, let me note once again that  all the agreements reached during this time are made behind the backs  of the people and are exclusively negotiated with one person. No  influential political force in Armenia, no person or structure with  serious authority supports these agreements and the political course  of the current regime. 

In order to implement the agreements made, the regime is forced to  expand the wave of repression each time, and increase the number of  political prisoners in the country. Therefore,  external forces that  rely on Pashinyan's continuous compliance should understand that it  is impossible to suppress  public discontent in the long term through  constant repression," the parliamentarian emphasized.