Armenian premier sees connection between `Basargechar` and Artsakh 

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan saw an inherent connection between Azerbaijan's statements about the Armenian city of Vardenis, calling it "Basargechar," and Artsakh. According to the prime minister, he came up with these statistics himself. "They still require verification at the expert  level, but at least at the political level, the results are  increasingly impressive."

"Both Armenia and Azerbaijan see and perceive only part of history,  considering this part legitimate. Are they telling the truth?  Formulating this question and attempting to answer it is in itself a  precondition for failure," he said, speaking at the annual  international conference "Orbeli Forum: Building Peace and  Multilateral Cooperation" on November 4 in Yerevan.

Nevertheless, Yerevan is steadfast in its desire to achieve peace and  will do everything to institutionalize it, Pashinyan emphasized.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, speaking at the Academy of  Sciences, instructed scientists to substantiate the right of return,  declaring that the most opportune moment had arrived for this, while  Azerbaijan was at the peak of its strength. In his characteristic  manner of interpreting history, the Baku leader reiterated that  Armenians were allegedly resettled in Karabakh by Tsarist Russia from  Iran and Anatolia, and that most toponyms in Armenia, including Lake  Sevan (which he called Goycha), are of Azerbaijani origin, and that  this is confirmed by maps of the Russian Empire. Speaking about the  return of Azerbaijanis, Aliyev reiterated his thesis that this should  not frighten Armenia, as it should happen by car, not by tank, but  emphasized that the primary responsibility for implementing this idea  lies with the state.  The President of Azerbaijan directly called on  academic circles to intensify their work to ensure that the return of  Azerbaijanis to Armenia "sounds completely logical and fair" to the  international community.  This narrative has been promoted for many  years by Baku through the organization "Western Azerbaijan Community"  (formerly the "Union of Refugees"), which has been promoting the  "return" agenda to the territory of the Republic of Armenia since  2022.