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Artsakh
The National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh has called on the global community and United Nations member states to recognize the independence of Artsakh. The NA stressed that the only way to prevent further atrocities and ensure the safe return of Artsakh’s indigenous Armenian population is through international recognition of the Republic of Artsakh’s independence and right to self-determination, as enshrined in the U.N. Charter, and protection of Artsakh’s cultural and historical heritage from ongoing destruction. Recognition of Artsakh’s independence, the NA argued, is crucial for restoring historical justice and ensuring the safety of its people.
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Is Artsackh the only territory listed in the constitution? What about Nachitchevan, Kars, Van, Ardahan and Cilicia? They should be not only in the constitution but part of the national anthem.
There is no reference to Artsakh, Nakhichevan and Western Armenia in the current Constitution of Armenia and nor in its Preamble.
The reference to Artsakh is in the 1990 “Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia”, which calls for the unification of Armenia and Artsakh and calls on Turkey to recognize the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
Turkey and Azerbaijan wrongly claim that these are stated in the Constitution of Armenia and in its Preamble, whereas Armenian governments have for the umpteenth denied Turkey’s and Azerbaijan’s assertions.
The Turks and Azeris don’t bother to look up the Constitution of Armenia and the “Declaration of State Sovereignty of Armenia”, and decipher them via a machine translator, and they continue to confuse the two documents. Their “confusion” is however deliberate.
But on the other hand, Turkey and Azerbaijan will find any excuse not to have peace with Armenia, and to create a casus belli with Armenia, citing the declaration as an excuse, even though the current Armenian government of Pashinyan has told them for the umpteenth time that Armenia officially recognizes the borders of Turkey and Azerbaijan, and does not insist on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by them.
Yet these Turkic states will never be satisfied and no reciprocal statements on the recognition of Armenia’s borders have been made by them so far, no matter how much Pashinyan tries to appease them.
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