MP: Artsakh residents cannot return home now, but Armenia must still  prioritize this issue in  its foreign policy

ArmInfo.There are few people who are ready to fight, but, nevertheless, the Armenian people consider Artsakh to be Armenian land. They do not agree with the  present situation and believe that Artsakh must be returned. Garnik Danielyan, an MP from the Armenia faction, told journalists during a  large rally of unity in honor of Artsakh's Independence Day.

"Our task is to ensure more active public involvement in these  processes. Nikol Pashinyan will not leave power quietly, he has  usurped everything. He is not the kind of leader willing for free and  fair elections. He has organized a campaign against the Church,  turned the Armenian Electric Networks into the headquarters of the  Civil Contract, and imprisoned those who oppose him, " Danielyan  noted, adding that Armenia has become a country where a person with  opposition views is persecuted. The parliamentarian also emphasized  that the Armenian authorities are still fulfilling the demands of the  Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem and making endless concessions. If earlier  the opposition previously called the trilateral statement of November  9, 2020 a capitulation, then in today's realities, this document,  according to Danielyan, already seems acceptable and preferable. He  did not rule out that after some time the Washington agreements would  also seem desirable. According to the deputy, the narrative  coming  from the "Civil Contract" (the ruling party - Ed.) only indicates  that they intentionally went to war, with the intention of losing, in  order to implement preagreed concessions.

 In a conversation with journalists, the leader of the opposition  faction "I Have Honor", Hayk Mamijanyan, noted that it is currently  impossible for the Artsakh people to return home, but this does not  mean that this issue should not be on the agenda of Armenia's foreign  policy.

He referred to the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group as another  concession to the demands of the Azerbaijani side. In this regard,  Mamijanyan pointed out  that the Prime Minister of Armenia went back  on his word when the parties only initialed the peace agreement  instead of signing it, despite promising  the opposite. The MP called  Pashinyan's main opposition comes from the Armenian people. According  to Mamijanyan, Nikol Pashinyan says that people can hold rallies if  they do not agree with his chosen course, in the case when they  detain dissenters, use flashbangs and noise grenades against  protesters, and use brutal violence.

Note that the rally on Freedom Square began with the anthems of the  Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh. Following this,  those gathered honored the memory of the fallen heroes with a minute  of silence and participated in a Universal Prayer.