Issue of return of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians untimely - RA NA  speaker 

ArmInfo.  National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan believes the opposition is obsessed with the return of Artsakh residents. He stated this in response to the refusal of representatives of Armenia's ruling Civil Contract party  to support a draft resolution at the Euronest session in Yerevan  demanding the protection of the right of return of internally  displaced persons to Nagorno- Karabakh.

"I want to understand whether they are ready to ensure the safety of  these people. Are you serious?" he said in a conversation with  journalists on October 31.

According to Simonyan, the opposition is constantly harping on the  return of Artsakh residents.

"Can anyone now claim to guarantee the return of an Armenian to any  settlement in Karabakh? These are not just empty words, not toasts."  Naturally, after some time, when relations normalize, some people  will leave and live in their homes if the opportunity arises. I want  to understand who they're turning to? That is, are there residents of  Karabakh today who want to leave, and the Armenian authorities are  saying, "No, we're against it?" Simonyan said.

Journalists reminded the speaker of the example of Gaza, when the  international community united and decided: to which Simonyan  responded: "This is a very good example: the international community  united, and now genocide is taking place in Gaza."

"We could become a second Gaza: and what would the Sanchezs and  others do? Would they stand up and make a statement from the center  of Madrid? They would turn our territory into Gaza. They would make  their false statements," the speaker of the Armenian parliament  concluded. As a reminder, MEP Nacho Sanchez Amor, speaking in the  Armenian parliament during a meeting of the Euronest Parliamentary  Assembly committees, described the situation of police arresting  people for expressing opinions or posting on social media as  unacceptable. He specifically emphasized that such an approach is  inconsistent with democratic principles. "The Armenian authorities  must be mindful of this, especially if the country intends to become  a candidate for EU accession," Amor emphasized.