De-Armenianization of Artsakh fact of ethnic cleansing that must be  remembered - politician

ArmInfo.  The forced absorption of Artsakh is not only a tragedy but also an act of ethnic cleansing, which we must remember, document, and demand justice. This is the opinion of former head of the State Revenue Committee of Armenia and political figure David Ananyan.

"Exactly two years ago, on September 19, 2023, after a nine-month  blockade, Azerbaijan launched a large- scale offensive across the  entire territory of Artsakh.

Civilians were attacked, roads were blocked, and vital infrastructure  was destroyed.

The result: 223 dead, dozens missing, and thousands wounded. The  greatest loss was the forced expulsion of over 100,000 Artsakh  residents from their homeland.

This was not only a tragedy but also an act of ethnic cleansing,  which we must remember, document, and demand justice," he wrote on  social media.

As a reminder, two years ago on this day, September 19, 2023,  Azerbaijan, under the pretext of an "anti- terrorist operation,"  agreed on September 20 to disarm the NKR Defense Army and negotiate.  On September 24, the exodus of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh (the  Republic of Artsakh) began. On September 28, NKR President Samvel  Shahramanyan signed a decree terminating the Republic of  Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) as of January 1, 2024, and dissolving all  state institutions. The document was never made public, and no one  has seen it. The decree was signed amid Azerbaijani aggression  against the NKR and the threat of the complete physical extermination  of the entire Artsakh population. After the mass forced exodus of the  population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Shahramanyan, back in  Yerevan, published a decree rescinding his previous decision. Despite  this, various speculations regarding this matter periodically appear  in the Armenian public sphere. Moreover, Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly publicly stated that there cannot be  an Artsakh government-in-exile in Armenia, and that there is only one  military-political leadership in the country-the government of  Armenia.