Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan leads the way for the "Tavush for the Homeland" march to Yerevan (Photo: Hoory Minoyan)
YEREVAN—Amidst the backdrop of the Armenia-Azerbaijan demarcation and delimitation process in the Tavush region, a grassroots movement known as "Tavush for the Homeland" has emerged as a vocal critic, expressing grave concerns over what it perceives as a threat to Armenia's territorial integrity and security.
The movement has voiced its opposition t
Hoory Minoyan was an active member of the Armenian community in Los Angeles until she moved to Armenia prior to the 44-day war. She graduated with a master's in International Affairs from Boston University, where she was also the recipient of the William R. Keylor Travel Grant. The research and interviews she conducted while in Armenia later became the foundation of her Master’s thesis, “Shaping Identity Through Conflict: The Armenian Experience.” Hoory continues to follow her passion for research and writing by contributing to the Armenian Weekly.
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Pashinyan should use to the “Tavush for the Homeland” movement and point out to the people he is negotiating with that he can not go against the will of his people and will not cede these villages. That is what the leader of a democratic country would do. The question is this, is Armenia a democracy or not? It makes no sense for the Armenian government to go against the will of the patriotic people within their country.
Because there is no sense…he is just dividing the land piece by piece and handing over to another country. He seems to be the only person to know the reason but the ultimate goal seems to destroy Armenia.
There is no reasoning whatsoever in what that unpatriotic traitor Pashinyan says and does. He says one thing today and contradicts himself the next day. He is a psychopath for whom nothing is sacred. Everything is a transaction for him. He is incompetent and immature. He is a disgrace to the Armenian nation. Because of this sheep-in-chief Pashinyan the enemy with Turkish backing has crossed into Armenian territory violating Armenia’s territorial integrity in one part of the country and refusing to withdraw while this sheep is in the process of handing over to that same despicable enemy some villages with strategically importance in another part of the country adding fuel to fire thinking he is on the path of “peace” not realizing by doing so he is strengthening the enemy position which can only lead to even more enemy aggression and not the other way around.
He is probably the first and the only sorry excuse of a leader in the world who threatens with legal actions his own citizens who are resisting his treasonous activities instead of helping and arming them to protect themselves and the homeland. He wants Armenians to forget about their past and give up on all their legitimate demands from their racist and criminal Turkish and pseudo-Turkish Azerbaijani enemies as a means to achieve “peace” which will never materialize and that his actions are doing nothing but rewarding our enemies for their criminal activities. When it comes to our enemies, peace can only be achieved by our unity, strength and show of force because that is the only language they understand. Pashinyan is a delusional fool and the sooner he is kicked out the quicker the nation will rise up and recover from the state he and his disastrous policies have put the nation in. In our worst day we can take care of this enemy in their best day. Pashinyan is the main and the only obstacle for us to put the enemy in his place like we always have.
They handed over Artsakh – unconditionally. The Armenians have been removed from there for the first time in 2,500 years. Let that sink in for a moment!
To appease Azerbaijan in his foolish hope that Azerbaijan will stop claiming more Armenian land and won’t attack Armenia and grab more Armenian land by force, as if Azerbaijan didn’t do that in the past three years! Hundreds of Armenian soldiers and dozens of Armenian civilians were killed by Azerbaijan’s border attacks, and it continues to occupy a total of 200 square kilometers of Armenian land ever since! Did Pashinyan demand that Azerbaijan hand back Armenian land which it has occupied, including the enclave Artsvashen? No! Treachery and stupidity go hand in hand with Pashinyan!
@ MARGARET. HE CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE WITHIN AZERBAIJAN’S BORDERS AT THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION. HE ALSO FOOLISHLY BELIEVES THAT BY GIVING AZERBAIJAN WHAT IT WANTS (THE VILLAGES), THAT IT WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP THREATENING AND ATTACKING ARMENIA AND ARMENIAN. IF HE TRULY BELIEVES THAT, HE IS 100% AN IDIOT. I SUPPORT HIM INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION AND THROWING PEOPLE IN JAIL AND TAKING BACK STOLEN MONEY AND PROPERTIES, BUT HE IS A COMPLETE DIMWIT WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. HE IS A SPINELESS WEASEL AND MOUSE WHO CAN’T SAY “NO” TO ARMENIA’S ENEMIES. THE SAME MOVEMENT WHERE HE WALKED AND GATHERED SUPPORT TO TAKE DOWN SARGSYAN IS THE SAME MOVEMENT ARCHBISHOP GALSTANYAN IS LEADING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE HIM DOWN. THE ARCHBISHOP IS SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP AND UNITY THAT PASHINYAN ONCE SHOWED BUT HORRIBLY FAILED. HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN AS PRIME MINISTER AND CLEAN THE METRO’S TOILETS.
He was brought to power by his masters. All so called color revolutions are orchestrated. His job is to do what he is doing and will not stop unless the people of the military topple him.
Pashinyan should use to the “Tavush for the Homeland” movement and point out to the people he is negotiating with that he can not go against the will of his people and will not cede these villages. That is what the leader of a democratic country would do. The question is this, is Armenia a democracy or not? It makes no sense for the Armenian government to go against the will of the patriotic people within their country.
I’ve not been following too closely. What is Pashinyan’s reasoning for turning over these villages – I can’t make sense of it
Because there is no sense…he is just dividing the land piece by piece and handing over to another country. He seems to be the only person to know the reason but the ultimate goal seems to destroy Armenia.
There is no reasoning whatsoever in what that unpatriotic traitor Pashinyan says and does. He says one thing today and contradicts himself the next day. He is a psychopath for whom nothing is sacred. Everything is a transaction for him. He is incompetent and immature. He is a disgrace to the Armenian nation. Because of this sheep-in-chief Pashinyan the enemy with Turkish backing has crossed into Armenian territory violating Armenia’s territorial integrity in one part of the country and refusing to withdraw while this sheep is in the process of handing over to that same despicable enemy some villages with strategically importance in another part of the country adding fuel to fire thinking he is on the path of “peace” not realizing by doing so he is strengthening the enemy position which can only lead to even more enemy aggression and not the other way around.
He is probably the first and the only sorry excuse of a leader in the world who threatens with legal actions his own citizens who are resisting his treasonous activities instead of helping and arming them to protect themselves and the homeland. He wants Armenians to forget about their past and give up on all their legitimate demands from their racist and criminal Turkish and pseudo-Turkish Azerbaijani enemies as a means to achieve “peace” which will never materialize and that his actions are doing nothing but rewarding our enemies for their criminal activities. When it comes to our enemies, peace can only be achieved by our unity, strength and show of force because that is the only language they understand. Pashinyan is a delusional fool and the sooner he is kicked out the quicker the nation will rise up and recover from the state he and his disastrous policies have put the nation in. In our worst day we can take care of this enemy in their best day. Pashinyan is the main and the only obstacle for us to put the enemy in his place like we always have.
I hope they remove this crooked regime.
They handed over Artsakh – unconditionally. The Armenians have been removed from there for the first time in 2,500 years. Let that sink in for a moment!
To appease Azerbaijan in his foolish hope that Azerbaijan will stop claiming more Armenian land and won’t attack Armenia and grab more Armenian land by force, as if Azerbaijan didn’t do that in the past three years! Hundreds of Armenian soldiers and dozens of Armenian civilians were killed by Azerbaijan’s border attacks, and it continues to occupy a total of 200 square kilometers of Armenian land ever since! Did Pashinyan demand that Azerbaijan hand back Armenian land which it has occupied, including the enclave Artsvashen? No! Treachery and stupidity go hand in hand with Pashinyan!
@ MARGARET. HE CLAIMS THAT THEY WERE WITHIN AZERBAIJAN’S BORDERS AT THE FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION. HE ALSO FOOLISHLY BELIEVES THAT BY GIVING AZERBAIJAN WHAT IT WANTS (THE VILLAGES), THAT IT WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP THREATENING AND ATTACKING ARMENIA AND ARMENIAN. IF HE TRULY BELIEVES THAT, HE IS 100% AN IDIOT. I SUPPORT HIM INVESTIGATING CORRUPTION AND THROWING PEOPLE IN JAIL AND TAKING BACK STOLEN MONEY AND PROPERTIES, BUT HE IS A COMPLETE DIMWIT WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS. HE IS A SPINELESS WEASEL AND MOUSE WHO CAN’T SAY “NO” TO ARMENIA’S ENEMIES. THE SAME MOVEMENT WHERE HE WALKED AND GATHERED SUPPORT TO TAKE DOWN SARGSYAN IS THE SAME MOVEMENT ARCHBISHOP GALSTANYAN IS LEADING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE HIM DOWN. THE ARCHBISHOP IS SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP AND UNITY THAT PASHINYAN ONCE SHOWED BUT HORRIBLY FAILED. HE NEEDS TO STEP DOWN AS PRIME MINISTER AND CLEAN THE METRO’S TOILETS.
4 billion net worth. His american and turkic handlers paid him well. Im so sorry our hayastanci brothers and sisters fell for this charlatan
He was brought to power by his masters. All so called color revolutions are orchestrated. His job is to do what he is doing and will not stop unless the people of the military topple him.