After Azerbaijan, with critical support from Turkey, defeated Artsakh in the fall 2020 44-day war, Baku immediately moved to isolate Artsakh and force its inhabitants out of their ancestral homeland. Azerbaijan’s quick war was followed by an agonizing blockade, which was essentially a slow-motion genocide through the denial of access to basic necessities. In September 2023, Azerbaijan invaded again and immediately ethnically cleansed Artsakh of its native Armenian population. Baku has now turn
Or, subscribe now for unlimited access
By submitting your email address you agree for Hairenik Association, Inc. to send you communication by email.
Already a subscriber?Log in here
This story is FREE for you...
Create a free account to access this and four more articles, and get more sent to you with our e-newsletter.By submitting your email address you agree for Hairenik Association, Inc. to send you communication by email.
When Azerbaijan has made it clear that it won’t allow Armenians to return and live in Artsakh, after it ethnically cleansed all Armenians and systematically destroyed Armenian heritage, homes and villages, why doesn’t the Armenian government issue any statements condemning Azerbaijan’s provocative irredentist “West Azerbaijan” rhetoric and categorically refuse the return of Azeris to Armenia?
When Armenians won’t be allowed to live in Artsakh or Azerbaijan, why should Azeris be allowed to live in Armenia?
Since neither will happen, and after all the wars and massacres, it is best that both people never live together again.
Armenians, Azeris and Turks cannot and must never live together again.
In order to safeguard Armenia, Armenia must pass laws that prohibit Azeris and Turks from settling, buying and renting property, companies and shares in Armenia, as well as prohibit inheriting them. Numerous countries have such laws against citizens from hostile countries. Armenia needs to follow that example for its national security and future.
Steve M. has made a compelling argument. If Armenia permits Azeris to settle in Armenia, at the very least there should be reciprocity, i.e., the Armenians who were chased out of Karabakh should be allowed to return (in fact, that should be done in any case). For that matter, Armenians from Baku, Sumgait and other places in AZ ought to be able to return, though few would.
The current Armenian government considers the term western Azerbaijan as irredentist actually and violation of the internationally recognised boundaries.
Nevertheless those who agitated for a right of return to Arktash seemed quite obvious to Azerbaijan now for the time being at least, the hegemon has been demanding Armenia allow Azeris and descendants of those who left what is todays Armenia certainly from 1988 when community relations openly broke down , something which embarrassed the Soviet Union and it’s notion that it’s Communist ideals and Socialist society had overcome racial and religious differences amongst it’s peoples,and apparently even back to the 1947 Soviet encouraged emigration of Azeris and allegedly back some 1905 clash. At least there has been an acknowledgement of the actual reality rather with context considering the other side than the insular one track mentality amounting to a dangerous disingenuous state of affairs akin to the wishful thinking about Armenias strategic state prior to the 2020 conflict.